The Senator

Just checked - you are correct (apparently, the dates vary by slightly from player to player). https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/agents-take-the-nfls-crucial-2019-offseason-dates-and-what-they-mean-for-your-team/ So this could drag out til next Saturday, and probably will. But we can start signing Free Agents on Wednesday, and begin talking to their agents Monday. Thank God there’ll be more important things to talk about than AB The Man-Child. .

Are roster bonuses due March 13th? This could drag out until Tuesday. .

Well, Antonio, 4 o’clock has come and gone. We are all still riveted to Instagram waiting for your big announcement. (The one where you acknowledge that 31 NFL teams decided you’re a pain in the ass, not worthy of a 1st round pick or a pay raise.).

I agree. I doubt Brown even thinks about taxes. He lets Rosenhaus worry about that stuff. Brown is more excited about the casinos. .

No, the players pay state income tax in each state they play, so unless the Raiders actually play in Nevada this season (which is possible, if they choose to play in 36,000 seat Sam Boyd Stadium), Brown will be paying state income tax somewhere for his home games (unless the Raiders play their home games in Texas, Florida, or New Hampshire), and he’ll pay them in Colorado, Missouri, California, Indiana, Wisconsin, Minnesota, and New Jersey for his away games. .

Throw in WR Tyrell Williams, and draft LT Jonah Williams, and now we’re cookin’ with Crisco... https://www.buffalorumblings.com/2019/3/9/18254653/buffalo-bills-2019-free-agent-target-profile-wide-receiver-tyrell-williams-los-angeles-chargers .

My guess is he lands with the Raiders, wherever they’re playing this season. But no one knows what’s being discussed. If the Raiders are only offering pick #27 (they may not even be offering that - they may be offering pick #35) and not willing to meet Brown’s demand for a new contract, he may well remain with the Steelers... https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/how-antonio-brown-killed-bills-trade-and-the-steelers-options-with-diva-wr-moving-forward/ Supposedly, the trade was to be finalized and announced by this afternoon. Well, it’s almost 2 o’clock on the East Coast and nothing’s happened. .

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intrepid_Sea,_Air_%26_Space_Museum Check out the list of Selected Exhibits. You’ll love it. .

Beane says the Bills have moved on. If anyone is still trying to make the deal with Buffalo work, it’s the Steelers. Oakland/Las Vegas must not be offering as much as Beane did... https://247sports.com/nfl/pittsburgh-steelers/Article/Antonio-Brown-thinks-that-he-will-be-traded-to-Raiders-129859270/ .

A few years back I toured the Intrepid in NYC with a friend, a Boeing engineer, and they had a Lockheed A-12, predecessor of the Blackbird. My friend lit up and started telling me how it would slowly leak fuel when it sat on the ground because in flight, at Mach 3, the fuselage would expand and seal the leaks. How Johnson and his crew figured this out and accounted for it is beyond me. .

Ugh, that means tomorrow’s 11:30 Mass is really 10:30. Days like this, I wish I lived in Phoenix. .

If you enjoy 1st hand accounts, you might also enjoy The General: MacArthur and The Man He Called ‘Doc’, written by my late friend Roger Egeberg, MacArthur’s personal physician. Nice cover photo of the General wading ashore in the Phillippines with Dr. Egeberg at his side. .

I remember buying a TI scientific calculator when I took college physics and calculus. At the time , it was fairly sophisticated, and quite expensive. Now they’re about 20 bucks at Office Depot, and do a lot more. A basic calculator is practically free. Hard to believe that Kelly Johnson and his team at Lockheed’s ‘Skunkworks’ designed the SR-71 Blackbird - perhaps the greatest airplane ever - with little more than sliderules and protractors. RIP Mr. Merryman .

Gotta agree with BillsFan17 - I don’t wish physical harm or injury on Brown. But I do hope the a-hole goes broke in Vegas! .

Congrats to your friend! Saw a local news report that Roswell has ‘cured’ a few patients, though I’m not sure how they confirm that since there is no blood test for tumor markers as of yet. Since Alex Trebec’s announcement, this topic has actually gotten some attention from the media. Not as much attention as Jussie Smollett or R. Kelly, but some - which is good. .

I am a bit of a Shakespeare buff - had the great joy of seeing a young James Earl Jones play Othello at DC’s Folger Theatre in the early ‘80s. I’ll look for Mays book. .

I’m surprised you did not enjoy the escapades of Ignatius J. Reilly! While my own slant tends toward the conservative, i.e., O’Rourke.R.Emmett Tyrrell, et al, I will read most anything that I or my friends think will make me laugh hysterically. I’ll hunt down Too Fat to Fish. .

My best to you as well. I can imagine how difficult it is for all medical professionals to see patients suffer, but see the children suffering and dying from this awful disease must be heartbreaking. I know it breaks my own heart when I see them. Keep up the good work, and keep the faith. .

Still no love for ‘A Conferderacy of Dunces’ by John Kennedy Toole? Though I’ve read many of the ones mentioned above, I don’t read as many novels as I should. I tend more toward historical events, political bios, books written by friends of mine, and satirical humor. As such, authors like Doris Kearns Goodwin, P.J. O’Rourke, Amy and David Sedaris, etc., fill my bookshelves. .

OK OK... my head is spinning. Yes, California is a large state with many nice places. I’ve been to Fresno and all over the state - lived in San Francisco for seven years. I’m glad you like it there in Fresno - it’s a beautiful place to live. Plus no earthquakes or mudslides, though the wildfires affect the air quality. And, BTW, God Bless your wife and all the good folks who work at Roswell. They took great care of my brother, and they take excellent care of me. .

Seeing them in a small venue like that must have been great, but loud. I don’t miss February in Ithaca. .

Doubt it, unless you live somewhere like Temecula. Then, they’d be roughly the same house, only you’d be stuck way out in Temecula. I bought a great townhouse in downtown Buffalo, right on the lake, in 1999 for $120K, sold it a few years ago for $380. Taxes didn’t go up that much, because it was never re-assessed while I owned it. With everything that’s going on downtown and on our waterfront these days, I regret it. In a couple of years, it could fetch $500K. Plus it was 10-15 minutes away from everything, including Ralph Wilson Stadium. If you buy the right property, it will always appreciate, no matter where. .

Are there any $100,000 houses in California? Last time I visited my friends in EssEff and Hermosa Beach, what goes for about $100K here costs about $400K or more out there. So basically 4x the mortgage payment, and a sh*tload of taxes on top, for an equivalent home, minus the palm trees. And you better like your car, because you’re going to be in it about 4 hours a day just to get to and from work, and pay 4 bucks a gallon for gas. .

If that were the case, you’d think the Raiders would be selling tickets for 2019, which they are not. My guess, he’s gonna play in a crap 36,000 seat stadium in Whitney, NV, which they’ll have to share with owner/operator UNLV... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Boyd_Stadium .

Another David E. Kelly classic. .