[Al_U_Card]

4 weeks ago, at work, a despairing Bills fan asked about Superbowl picks.....

He said Chargers-Cards

I said Colts-Vikings.

This may be one of the best playoff seasons ever.

[gwnn]

Codo, on Jan 14 2010, 02:39 PM, said:

Okay you may argue that Podolski isn't good in German too, but I guess his Polish is even worse.

I will probably represent Iceland and my Icelandic is even worse than his German

[Aberlour10]

Hijackers make a weekend break.

[luke warm]

Lobowolf, on Jan 16 2010, 01:57 AM, said:

ggwhiz, on Jan 16 2010, 12:28 AM, said:

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Would you guys please stay on topic?

ummm, we are! Moderate yourself.

ps. Bet against Warner at your own risk.

Actually thinking of going a little moneyline, too, but I'm taking the points. The Charles Grant (DE) injury (tricep; out for season) will be felt by the Saints.

your bet isn't lost quite yet, i sure hope g. williams doesn't change his game plan now that warner is out... if he plays more coverage rather than his aggressive type D, leinart will pick them apart - of course it won't matter if the saints keep scoring

[gwnn]

since my tennis threads have never been much of a success, I'll just note in passing that AO2010 is kicking off tomorrow. Who do you think will win?

[gwnn]

the sun is so high now that it can shine through my kitchen window

[Aberlour10]

The sun shone into the Rhine water while I walked at the bank of the river this afternoon. As usual I have not found any signs for the Gold der Nibelungen.
Damn Hagen, where did you hide this treasure!?

I cheered me up with the globet of the gold..... pilsner in the old tavern at the riverside.

[y66]

No more water cooler for Brian and Andrew:

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I suspect I am not the sole victim of Internet-induced "present self bias." ... watching my own and others' present versus future self struggles, I worry that the Internet may impose a "survival of the focused," in which individuals gifted with some natural capacity to stay on target or who are hopped up on enough stimulants forge ahead, while the rest of us flail helplessly in some web-based attentional vortex.

From Brian Knutson's essay Hijacking the future self which appeared recently on Andrew Sullivan's blog.

[y66]

Aberlour10, on Jan 17 2010, 11:43 AM, said:

The sun shone into the Rhine water while I walked at the bank of the river this afternoon. As usual I have not found any signs for the Gold der Nibelungen.
Damn Hagen, where did you hide this treasure!?

I cheered me up with the globet of the gold..... pilsner in the old tavern at the riverside.

Where it always is ... right under your nose? Cheers!

[Al_U_Card]

BEER!

Just Friday, we were in the supermarket and a bunch of "kids" (say 16 to 21 from the looks of them) were in stocking up for the weekend. Girls with foodstuffs and guys with....you guessed it, BEER!

What a wonderful invention.

[Winstonm]

I like beer
It makes me a jolly good fellow
I like beer
It helps unwind and sometimes it makes me feel mellow
(Makes him feel M-e-l-l-o-w.)

Whiskey's too rough
Champagne costs too much
and vodka puts my mouth in gear

So this little refrain
should help me explain
as a matter of fact
I like beer.

[jjbrr]

Beer?

Don Julio Blanco, imo.

Real drinks don't come with poetry.

[Winstonm]

Alcoholic's Jeopardy.

Country-western singers for $800, Alex.
The answer is:: I like beer.

Who is Tom T. Hall?

Correct!

[jjbrr]

I prefer the Summer Olympics to the Winter Olympics. I feel there is more variety and such.


But I still plan to watch as much of the Winter Olympics as I can.

USAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

[jdonn]

Speaking of which, remember how big of a deal the X Games were when they first came out? WOO TONY HAWK! And now, does anyone even know when they are happening? Or care?

[ggwhiz]

Didn't they fold them and open the Brewery that makes Dos Equus?

[Winstonm]

I never knew the X Games had a brewery.

[Winstonm]

In a related news story, CNNC has learned that Sarah Palin is still waiting to be told what she thinks about the Massachusetts special election race.

[jjbrr]

jdonn, on Jan 17 2010, 02:13 PM, said:

Speaking of which, remember how big of a deal the X Games were when they first came out? WOO TONY HAWK! And now, does anyone even know when they are happening? Or care?

No and No.

Although I see that redhead snowboard kid all over the place now. Kind of LOL.

[Lobowolf]

Winstonm, on Jan 17 2010, 08:35 PM, said:

In a related news story, CNNC has learned that Sarah Palin is still waiting to be told what she thinks about the Massachusetts special election race.

Like all reasonable people, she thinks the spot should just be given to a Kennedy; she just hasn't decided which one.