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Really sorry for your loss. I had to put down my little girl last year. She made it almost 16 years. I'm glad she stuck around for the birth of my daughter and that they got to spend some time together. "Doggie" was my daughter's first word. I still miss my doggie a ton.

By the way, I watched the friendly between Italy and Brazil. What a game! Both teams looked ready for the WC right now. The skill on display was ridiculous. De Rossi. Pirlo. Balotelli. Neymar. Players on top club teams just really hitting their peak this time of year. Crazy, creative, attacking end-to-end action the whole time. I think that was the singe most entertaining friendly I've ever seen.

Yeah, I agree with you. First of all, to even pluralize words like Pele and Maradona proves that you don't know what you're talking about. Those two were absolute freaks of nature. Another thing is I look at exactly which players came out and defended the coach/team. Bocanegra, Howard, Bradley, Cameron, Gomez. These aren't five random jerks who merely had brief stints at the international level. These are top guys who are leaders on the field. They also happen to be really good guys, whose opinion actually means a lot. If it were the Bills, think Eric Wood, Fred Jackson, Kyle Williams. The guys whose word you trust. Anyway, all of it is a bunch of talk. Good performances on the field trump all that crap. Let's see what they got.

Great point.

Well, I've been having this sad, lonely conversation with myself in the USMNT soccer thread I started. Big game tomorrow night. Not too much of the old soccer crowd around anymore it seems.

What's up, AJ? Glad you're back!

Some drama going on in the last couple days. On Tuesday, the Sporting News dropped this article with anonymous statements from a few USMNT players suggesting dissatisfaction with coach Klinsy and the state of the team... http://aol.sportingnews.com/soccer/story/2013-03-19/jurgen-klinsmann-us-mens-soccer-coach-national-team-usa-american-world-cup-2013 Since then, some key players have come out in defense of Klinsmann (Carlos Bocanegra, Tim Howard, Michael Bradley, Hercules Gomez and Geoff Cameron)... http://aol.sportingnews.com/soccer/story/2013-03-20/us-mens-national-soccer-team-rift-response-jurgen-klinsmann-world-cup-qualifying I’ve been following this and overall I get positive vibes from the whole thing. I love the statements from Howard, Bocanegra and Bradley. These are the guys who have been leaders from the Bob Bradley era to now. They seem to be all in. And I particularly love what Hercules Gomez had to say, that this kind of scrutiny and attention can only help because it shows that at least people in the country care about their team. Anyway, bring on Costa Rica tomorrow night. I can’t wait.

there's somethin' you don't hear every day

Here's the roster: GOALKEEPERS (3): Brad Guzan (Aston Villa – 5/3 SO), Sean Johnson (Chicago Fire – 0/0), Nick Rimando (Real Salt Lake – 0/0) DEFENDERS (6): Tony Beltran (Real Salt Lake – 0/0), Matt Besler (Sporting Kansas City – 0/0), Geoff Cameron (Stoke City – 6/0), Omar Gonzalez (LA Galaxy – 1/0), Clarence Goodson (Brondby – 5/0), Justin Morrow (San Jose Earthquakes – 0/0) MIDFIELDERS (9): DaMarcus Beasley (Puebla – 26/6), Kyle Beckerman (Real Salt Lake – 2/0), Michael Bradley (Roma – 20/5), Joe Corona (Club Tijuana – 1/0), Maurice Edu (Bursaspor – 10/0), Jermaine Jones (Schalke 04 – 6/0), Sacha Kljestan (Anderlecht – 13/0), Brek Shea (Stoke City – 2/0), Graham Zusi (Sporting Kansas City – 4/0) FORWARDS (5): Jozy Altidore (AZ Alkmaar – 18/6), Terrence Boyd (Rapid Vienna – 2/0), Clint Dempsey (Tottenham Hotspur – 27/11), Herculez Gomez (Santos – 6/2), Eddie Johnson (Seattle Sounders FC – 12/10) Kinda scary, especially on defense. Lots of injuries right now limited who could get called in.

More WC qualifying. 3/22 at 10pm ET vs. Costa Rica in Commerce City, CO 3/26 at 10:30pm ET at Mexico (estadio Azteca) Both games on ESPN. The first one this Friday night against Costa Rica is huge. Need a win because a loss is the most likely result next week in Mexico City. Klinsmann will be announcing the U.S. roster at some point today. Need to do much better than last month in Honduras.

That's a very good one. I also briefly considered, for a boy, Pakistanley.

I like Vera. We ended up having a girl and naming her Zuzu Emily. If it had been a boy, it would have been Maximillian Lawrence.

Wow, I liked that movie. Their "Sweded" versions of the classics... funny! (to me anyway)

I know. What the hell is wrong with us? The internet gives us endless opportunity to see all kinds of beautiful women in whatever mode of undress and/or degradation that we prefer. Yet, the chance of peeking at a blurry snapshot of some random anonymous (fully clothed) regular girl that happens to be known to one of us is irresistable. The male mind is truly a sinister and despicable abomination. And thank god for that! Cheers.

My favorite tv-sports-watching experience of all time. Only a Bills superbowl or a USA world cup would compare.

Nope, for my eyeballs. I already have a favorite wine glass and that's all I need in that dept. Now, I'm in the mood to watch a good movie and drink some wine tonight. Recently got the new Bond movie on blu ray. I think I'll do that tonight with a bottle of Bogle petit sirah (one of my favorites lately).

I'm gonna go get some new glasses.

Nice. While you're there, could you pick up one for me too? Thanks.

I liked it Killing Them Softly very much. I thought it was excellent. My vote for worst movie is The Jerky Boys. I wanted it to be good, but oh boy it was not.

I only saw the second half, but it was the worst I've seen this year. They looked like a bunch of chuckers out there. No half court offense whatsoever. None of the shots were falling. Plus, nobody could even hold on to the ball. It was laughable.

Soap. Awesome! I had a mild crush on Corinne back in those days.

You just can't do that. You can't eat that crap every day. You're begging for it.

Just stop it. Stop the foolishness. Both of you. She's a perfectly lovely girl and we're in love and we're going to run away together. Beerball, you should be ashamed of yourself. You have been officialy demoted from Global Moderator to Assistant Regional Probationary Moderating Liason.

She seems nice.

Eight year olds, Dude.