RuntheDamnBall

"Hard Time Killing Floor Blues," Skip James.

Sure, but... is center really the biggest problem right now? Really, I don't think so. Our worst problems lie at both guard positions (particularly right) and whichever tackle position Peters isn't playing. The best-case scenario is that Merz and/or Pennington start to 'get it' and less needs to be addressed this offseason.

Coulda had Marques Colston with a sixth round pick. These things are not obvious.

Yeah, in "A Simple Twist of Fate."

Empire, by far the best movie with the best balance of action and storyline. Why? Lucas had the least to do with it.

I say we settle this with a deathmatch. Really, Time magazine is an authority on music? Really?

Go-Betweens: "Cattle and Cane"

sehr gut.

I see Moulds getting about 5-50 against this defense. It's indeed Johnson we have to watch out for.

True. It's amazing the ST have rebounded -- I think they definitely felt the loss of Stamer. I didn't realize Neufeld was so hurt. That's unfortunate for the ST as well. However, and I think this is important -- the special teams are very good on this team. However, we have quite a few guys who are ST heroes only and I think that the team is just a little too worried about losing some of them considering the failures on some of the other sides of the ball. I'm talking Neufeld, Wire, Stamer (who I do actually like at LB much better than Haggan), Davis. Sure, each of them contributes in that part of the game. I still might swap out one or two of them for a guy who could contribute in bigger ways on offense and/or defense.

Tucker was suited up for the Browns last week. Good bet he is not still out there.

That's awesome. I'm sure you'll also give him something even more valuable -- the stories behind the names on that ball.

First off, this is not a referendum on my charitable giving. I was simply pointing out the hypocrisy of anyone who might call this a Christian country while espousing a decidedly un-Christian mindset and social policy. If this is not you, certainly don't self-apply it. But the idea behind most social programs, misguided or not, is that ultimately, it's for the good of society. Because people don't just fade into the distance when they're poor. They beg, borrow and steal. And as much as you'd like for the problems to go away they are somehow going to be governmentally supported until they can earn a fair wage for a job, whether that's through prison, through social programs that I'll agree are inadequate and don't solve all the problems, through educational funding to perhaps better themselves. You can't execute people for being poor so there has to be another solution, unless you're one of the statistics masters on this board. At what point do you cease to simply cede to the market and realize that paying people below poverty level wages while recording record profits borders on exploitation? If the market eliminated your job you might feel differently. I feel that there is a cost of doing business in this country, always has been, and part of that cost is a living wage for full-time workers. Otherwise the buck will be passed to someone -- usually the taxpayer.

I'm immersed in a couple of books about the Negro Leagues in baseball [right now, [u]Shades of Glory[/u], by Lawrence Hogan], and a good one about Mumbai (Bombay) called Maximum City, by Suketu Mehta, an Indian-American who moved back in the late 90s.

Hopefully a blessing in disguise.

If Wal Mart doesn't support its employees, though, it's likely the government will with your money through tax dollars. This means food stamps, health care, etc. etc. etc. at an almost certainly less efficient cost than could be provided through Wal Mart. Think about it. And unless you want people to die or just be completely put on the squeeze, there has to be a solution. It's certainly not indicative of a very Christian nation to say to these people, "you made bad choices, therefore you must suffer for the rest of your life." You know, forgiveness, all that stuff.

Yowza. Though, your personal fave looks like the most airbrushed one.

Obviously lots of Bills players past and present have done a lot for the community but what I like about Moorman is that it all seems really genuine. The guy was a substitute teacher before he made his way into the NFL and really seems to enjoy working with kids. He is definitely one of my favorite Bills right now, both for his on- and off-the-field actions. Hope he gets recognized as an all-time great (and career Bill) at his position when all is said and done.

Mike Wiliams may have turned out to be a bust no matter what. But, there's also some possibility that if he had had consistent coaching (i.e. not a revolving door at the OL position or in terms of running different offenses), he just may have worked out, at least better than he did. Think about if he had one coach who he connected with constantly pushing him... The same thing is happening to Gallery in Oakland. These guys may not have the mental toughness for the NFL, or that toughness just might have been exhausted by virtue of the fact that they could never get untracked, that nothing ever clicked in the crucial first few years.

Defenses are even more sophisticated now and losing guys to free agency didn't occur so quickly back then either. Continuity was a lot more possible in the pre-free agency NFL.

Junior Murvin, "Police and Thieves"

Oy vey.

I think our success with the run dictates more play action. Not sure how much we're using but I'm certain we could do better with it.

Riemersma was alright, decent. Not great, but I'd argue decent.

"The True Wheel" -- Brian Eno