Johnny Coli

Happy B-day, Hops Guy!

Dynasties don't choke in big games. The Shift-8's haven't won anything in four years. They won a championship in 01/02, didn't make the playoffs in 02/03, won the next two, and have gagged in the playoffs since. Hardly a dynasty. If anything, I'll give them props for being dominant for the 18 months spanning the 03/04 and 04/05 seasons. But calling them a dynasty is an insult to real sports dynasties, especially in light of the fact that they have been cheating the whole time.

Eff'ing-A right I do. I also drink the melted butter after I'm done eating lobster or steamers. Knock it back like a shot.

I don't think it would have an impact at all, really, other than to generate a buzz for the movie. BSG cast a woman in the role of Starbuck, and it was considered groundbreaking. If it's that big of a deal, then Marvel can do what they did with Jackson, and remodel the character in a new issue. It would probably save the film, as I don't think people are going to be clamoring to go see a blond-haired, blue-eyed white guy named Captain America, without being skeptical of it being a two hour pro-USA propaganda film. I know I won't.

So it's okay to have Jackson in the role of Nick Fury, a traditionally white comic book character, because they put out an issue three years ago with a remodeled Fury, but it would completely change Captain America and ruin the movie to have a non-caucasian in the role because Marvel hasn't remodeled the character in a comic book form yet? That would ruin the franchise? You can't be serious.

Wanna know why nothing will ever happen to the P*ts, even though all the evidence suggests they've been cheating for the past eight years and the league has looked the other way? Look no further than Patriot Place ("Everybody Wins!"), Bob Kraft's new monument to himself. Notice that CBS will have a huge presence at the complex in the form of CBS Scene, opening during the first week of the NFL's 2008 season. This will be the Stadium/entertainment/shopping complex that all other NFL stadiums will be compared to from here on out. No way the NFL is going to punish a cash cow they will be able to point to as a model for other cities to copy in order to draw an NFL team. No way the NFL is going to tarnish their cash cow franchise, despite all the evidence shwoing they cheated for almost a decade. You can almost guarantee the P*ts will win the championship in the 2008 season because it is in the best interests of the NFL to make it happen. Patriot Place. "Everybody Wins!"

They shouldn't pigeonhole themselves into making him caucasian, for one thing. They've already shown a willingness to deviate from form with Jackson. I see no reason why they couldn't do the same thing with this character.

Get well, Grant. Take care, bud.

Oh man, that is terrible news. Fifty-eight. Been watching him on MSNBC during the primaries. What a loss.

Where was it ever said that the driver was intoxicated?

Sorry for the loss of Samson, John. I had to put down a pet last year. Pretty tough thing to do, but it's the last great thing you can do for your friend. I'll quietly knock back a beer for your friend this evening.

Go to your XP history. It drops a little every level. You've got a good range on your team...have someone look at the average drop per level. Or you could just take my word for it. Arkansas is too clever by half. The difference between a lvl 17 and a lvl 20 is less than 10 XP to train, and far less than 100 per game. The in-game XP drops about 20 XP per game as you level up. It's all right there in the XP history for your players. I have been known to lie, though.

It was a gutted team that the new owner got a couple days ago. He's pretty bummed, but he's going to just try and rebuild, knows he'll be relegated again, and will try and get his team in shape for AA next season.. It happened a lot, with scumbags gutting their teams and moving to the new Africa league, prior to the level caps Bort put in. And by all means, do not boost under any circumstances until the end of the season. In all seriousness, the amount of XP you "gain" by not boosting early in a season for a player over level 16 is roughly 400XP, and it goes down from there. I did a pretty exhaustive search of the forums. It's not even half a level gain. Levels below that, sure, maybe. You've got to look at your XP history and then you can calculate what you'd gain per day training, and a rough per game estimate. There's a thread somewhere with all the calc's. It's not worth it. But if you're going to go that route, wait until week 5.

Keep 'em guessing, Jauronimo!

I put this in our list, Control, but I'll probably just go buy it. It's a biopic about Joy Division's Ian Curtis. Heard an interview with the director yesterday afternoon on NPR. I'm a big Joy Division fan and didn't see it in it's limited theatrical release, so I'm pretty stoked to see it.

Let the healing begin.

I'll fight to the death to defend the honor of our mascot against other NFL teams' fans (and by God, I've had to drop the gloves on multiple occasions to do so), but I'm not going to lie to other Bills fans, or more importantly, myself. Our mascot is terrible.

Thirty bucks, man? I could buy two Lasko's, and still have enough change left for a forty "large beer" (edited to remove urban gang lingo). That's twice as much cooling power, and the street cred is priceless. And Stuck is right. You are advised to snap the plastic feet on before operating the fan, so there is some level of assembly. I bought mine at a Home Depot, and guys that shop at Home Depot don't give a damn about product warnings or directions. I threw the feet in the recycling bin. I'll take risks with my own life, but I won't take risks with the planet Earth.

DC Cab Here's Siskel and Ebert reviewing it: At the Movies Spoiler alert: They didn't like it.

Our mascot sucks.

Like I give a crap. The joy I got out of being petty by voting against that pig Smerlas three times is worth 300 times more to me than my three "hits" is to them. Bam... I just did it again and I'm feeling awesome.

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Pretty funny that by linking to the poll, Willis990 the P*ts troll just sank Smerlas. Nice job, troll. I voted against him three times now.

It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World. I think just about every single actor in Hollywood in 1963 was in it at least briefly and it may be one of the funniest movies of all time. Edit: Cool, Youtube has the scene where Jonathan Winters destroys the gas station. Love this scene. Homicidal Maniac