Ned Flanders

But what about your cooler that went missing? That's the type of hi-jinx, tomfoolery, and monkey shines that needs to end.

That's one job where you start at the bottom and stay there...

That '83 team was an enigma, wrapped in a riddle. Got off to a good start, only to drop a bomb at home against the Jets on MNF. They were 7-4 at one point but lost four our of their last five to fall out of playoff contention. All the main parts, save for coach Chuck Knox, remained from the 1980-81 playoff teams, but they just couldn't get over the hump. By the next season, they fell to 2-14 with a similar disaster to follow in 1985. By '86, their savior had arrived and things began to turn upward.

Thank you. I've been harping on this for years and it's the reason I won't get the white throwback. Either Nike, the Bills, or both, are lazy here.

Todd Rundgren here in DC Wednesday night is tempting, although the seats are in the nosebleeds. He played at the Birchmere, a much smaller venue, last year and that seems to be a better place for him. The Warner Theater, where he's at Wednesday night, looks to have about a third of the available tickets sold, if that. I looked at this concert when seats first went on sale and I think the cheapest were $65.

Sheesh, all the owners did.

This was one of the best shows on network television, ever. With Munch moving on to SVU, is his character's run longer than that of Frasier's?

On a related note, Modern Family is now unwatchable. First three seasons were "appointment television" but since then, it's become a train wreck. All of the characters, except for Jay, are boorish cads. I've tried it a couple of times this season and have had to turn it off less than five minutes in. This show can't end fast enough. End of rant.

That thread will live on in TSW lore forever.

Col. Flagg from MASH

Absolutely...no question about it.

Dale Dye has become the modern day Richard Jaeckel...

Yeah, sorta takes the small, independent brewer label away from DB but they continue to make some fine, very drinkable, products. If Mr. Budweiser showed up at my door with an open checkbook, it would be tough to say "no." I know some small brewers have told the big boys to go pack sand, and I respect them for that, but I also can't blame any business for considering an opportunity.

Devil's Backbone, a Virginia brewery, just put out Earned Run Ale in the DC area, a session pale ale that was only available at Nats Park last year. Comes in a pack of 4 16oz cans. Will also inbide soon in some Hennepin, a saision from the fine folks from Ommegang in Cooperstown. Great brewery and a very good ale.

I'm sorry, but MASH went quickly downhill after Frank Burns left. BJ became a jerk, Margaret's hair was perfectly coiffed and making Klinger a featured part of every show grew tiresome. I'll sit and watch any episode, seasons 1-3, but when scanning the channels and see a "newer" MASH, I keep surfing.

Which is better, speaking no English at all or speaking Howard Cosell?

A Garbage Plate at 4:00AM is better than a steak at the Ritz.

We had an Apple's in Brockport when I was going to school there in the early 1980s. What I remember most about them is that they took every bottle you brought in, even the Canadians, which no other local store would touch. One time, we took back enough bottles to buy a Trivial Pursuit game, which at the time was about $40...which comes out to be 800 bottles at a nickel each...probably a weekend's worth...

I'll go through the usual song and dance once my contract is up in August...I hate doing it, but there's no way I can pay the list price. They've been pretty fair in the past, but as others have noted, since AT&T took over, the loyalty discounts are not certain; it may take several calls before you hit a sympathetic CSR. In my area, Fairfax, VA, I've got two other competing choices, Cox and Fios. That's been my strong hand in years past when negotiating with DTV.

Just fought with an hardboiled egg for what seemed like an eternity to rid the bastard of shells...yesterday's egg, cooked in the same lot, was much easier to peel, however. What the hell gives?

I seriously doubt we get a Sunday night game...it's probably in Al Michaels' contract that he doesn't have to come to Buffalo. I'm predicting an early November Thursday night game against the Jets (yes, again) in NJ, and a home Monday night game in October vs. Jax.

Not funny... Chuck, from Happy Days

Thanks for the laugh!

I still have an unopened bottle of Project Pasadena champagne...almost opened it after the Bills clinched the playoff spot, but it remains stashed away for the big celebration (I just hope I'm still alive to see it)

Brits find NFL football second only to golf as "most boring sport." https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/early-lead/wp/2018/01/11/london-will-host-three-nfl-playoff-teams-this-fall-but-survey-shows-little-interest-among-brits/?utm_term=.377da9763160