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Running up the score
[Read the article: King Kaufman's Sports Daily]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]A good bit from today's Boston Globe, by Jim McCabe
There is, up ahead, a big game. Bigger than big. But there exists, back over there, a big issue in which a lot of points were made. Too many points, some would say. Some questions linger from a 52-7 game that has done for the Patriots' national approval rating what opting out has done for Alex Rodriguez.
The Patriots' team song for 2007 is:
A. "You and Me Against The World."
B. "Superman (It's not easy to be me)."
C. "You Can't Deal Me All the Aces and Expect Me Not to Play."
When they met at midfield after last Sunday's game, Joe Gibbs said to Bill Belichick:
A. "Now I regret that I only beat you, 42-17, when you were with the Browns in 1991."
B. "You and me, pal. Talladega. Any time, any day, 500 laps. Let's see what you have under the hood - and I don't mean your sweat shirt."
C. "I've got the Jets next week. Can I borrow your tapes?"
Why couldn't Belichick have shown more class like:
A. Don Shula, whose 1972 Dolphins threw for two fourth-quarter touchdowns in a 52-0 win over the Patriots.
B. Gibbs, whose 1991 Redskins went to the air late in the game and rubbed it in against the Falcons, 56-17.
C. Coach Otto Graham and linebacker Sam Huff - beloved Hall of Famers, both of them - who were involved in the decision to kick a field goal with seconds left to give their Redskins much-needed breathing room over the New York Giants, 72-41.
OK, then, why didn't he exercise great sportsmanship like:
A. John Heisman, whose 1916 Georgia Tech club demolished Cumberland, 222-0, and so endeared himself to colleagues that they named college football's most prestigious award after him.
B. George Halas, the icon of icons to the helmet-wearing crowd, and such a gentle, fair-minded, and dignified gent that he called for a double reverse to score his team's ninth touchdown, then faked the extra point and ran in for a 2-point conversion after the Bears' 10th touchdown to cement a 73-0 squeaker over the Redskins in 1939.
C. Lou Holtz, who in 1992 ordered a fake punt in the third quarter to give his team added space in a 54-7 win over Tom Coughlin's Boston College Eagles.
When they met at midfield after the game, Belichick said to Gibbs:
A. "Joe, there are yellow caution flags in NASCAR, not in the NFL."
B. "My memory goes back to 1991, you know."
C. "Tell me, have you folks in the NFC considered flag football?"
The picks
New England (-5) at Indianapolis - By all means, you Patriots and Colts can say hello to one another, but do not say goodbye. You'll see one another again in January. Pick: Colts
http://www.boston.com/sports/football/patriots/articles/2007/11/02/questions_worth_running_up_the_flagpole/
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Riiiight....interactive
[Read the article: Of working women, handbags and cosmetics]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Having TCF blog-head at the readers is interactive? On what planet? Is there some link where I can blog-head back at TCF?
You are joking, right?
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@Holly
[Read the article: "30 Reasons Girls Should Call It a Night"]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Jeez, I didn't know you were such a Puritan! And now it turns out that you know how other people should lead their lives! I guess I don't heart you anymore.
BTW, four or five drinks in a row? That's called a PARTY.
People are spending enough time in the gym making sure that their personal vices don't cost the economy the umpteen-bazillion dollars that are frequently estimated. In that holiest of holy grails, lost productivity. The gains from which most Americans never see anyway. So WTF?
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Simple aesthetic pleasure
[Read the article: Once and for all, proof that Macs are cheaper than PCs]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Someone back on page 5 said it all with that line. It's a lifestyle appliance. You are paying to be cool. You pay to sit in the Starbucks and open up your Mac and look around and think how cool you are. Silver is sexier than black, right?Question: Is it a chick magnet? Is it a great opening line in a box? Do you get a hard-on when you pop the lid?
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What kind of a stupid car is it...
[Read the article: Once and for all, proof that Macs are cheaper than PCs]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]...that you have to use the "Ignition" key to turn the engine off? (I don't know which dipstick I'm mocking, but seriously, did you get that one off an email chain letter "joke". Ho ho ha ha hee!)
Let's face it, if Steve Jobs had licensed the Mac OS to other manufacturers, we'd all be using Macs, not PCs. But he didn't, so that's the way it is.
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"So where's the file you're looking for?"
[Read the article: Once and for all, proof that Macs are cheaper than PCs]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]"On my hard drive."
"Where on your hard drive?"
"I don't know. I just click on the hard drive icon."
Actual conversation w/ Mac User in distress.
Five year old Dell w/ an eight year old secondary hard drive, some added memory and a new video card. Gotta back up my files cause the thing just has to blow sometime! Works like a charm, no viruses.
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I just want to thank everyone
[Read the article: Once and for all, proof that Macs are cheaper than PCs]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]This has been the most entertaining thread since Salon stopped running pubic hair stories.
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They could call it work/study
[Read the article: King Kaufman's Sports Daily]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]and pay them the prevailing rate for all the other schmo jobs on campus. How about that?
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Ah, what lovely sentiment from Karlos!
[Read the article: King Kaufman's Sports Daily]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]"...followed by a lifetime as a bus driver and an assistant coach at the local high school than a shot at a remunerative white collar career."
No doubt while drinking cheap American beer and scratching their balls in public. May you be run over by a bus...driver.
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Do what your peers are doing
[Read the article: Should I take my husband's name?]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Take the rock and the name. Get all cuddle-cozy because now you are MARRIED! You're a big girl now!
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Sanctimonious
[Read the article: King Kaufman's Sports Daily]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Right. Like you with the poor beleaguered college football players.
And enough with the "greenies" bit. First, can we just call it what it is, speed or amphetamines? Greenies sounds like some bad cop dialogue from a 70s TV show, or your gym teacher trying to prove how hip he is.
Second, you would have to assume that today's players are not using speed to get through the days. And if you believe that, I have a different bridge I'd like to sell you.
Still goes nowhere, though.