Confidential to bnb
 

From the Sports Guy. First, the bad news:

"One longshot pick to potentially fall apart. What about Philly? This is an actual excerpt from John Clayton's 'First and 10' column this week: 'This was a bumpy offseason for Philadelphia, beyond Owens' antics. There was the Jerome McDougle shooting; Todd Pinkston blew out a knee; Correll Buckhalter is out for the season; Brian Westbrook held out and wants a new deal; and Corey Simon had the franchise tag pulled and signed with the Colts.'

Good Lord! In New England, the most traumatic event of the summer was Deion Branch's getting rested throughout the exhibition season because Belichick wanted to save him for the playoffs, so there was a rumor that Branch was hurt (it turned out that he wasn't). Meanwhile, Philly had so many things happen, a player got SHOT and it was casually thrown in the middle of the paragraph. Unbelievable. In a sport that ongoing distractions really can kill your season, the Eagles seem to be pushing the limits."


Now the good news:

"We'll see how it goes. In the AFC, they could have been broken. In the NFC, they'll probably still go 11-5, even with all this stuff happening."

http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2...simmons/050908

This is an interesting bet. Hope I'm not paying off in week 12.

Catholic Fashion
 

White shirt, blue skirt, sweater-thingy: like, totally, CSG.

Whatchoo say, Pony?

humina humina

Catholic Fashion
 

Only my skirt knows for sure.

Paris
 

LOS ANGELES - Paris Hilton is happy with tycoon fiance Paris Latsis, settling down to a quieter life and thinking about having a baby -- but first she wants a new $2 million engagement ring.

The hotel heiress told Vanity Fair magazine that she wants to have a baby within two years.
She should call Britney first and see how it's going. No more talk about pregnancy sex from her it seems.

But she was not happy with the engagement ring Kasidokostas gave her, so a new, 24-carat emerald-cut diamond ring estimated to cost $2 million has been ordered, Vanity Fair said.

“I like it,” Hilton said of the first ring, “but it’s yellow, and I’m like, I didn’t want yellow for my engagement ring.” Boo hoo.

Hilton is no longer as embarrassed as she once was by the sex tape made when she was 19 by then-boyfriend Rick Salomon. “I used to think it was so bad, but it’s like, everyone has sex. I’m sure everyone has filmed a tape,” she said. (Believe what you want, but that's not true.)

Hilton said the party life is no longer for her. “The nightclub scene is a very dark, bad scene,” she says. Kasidokostas “loves me and likes staying home with our dogs and me cooking.”
I can only imagine what she cooks. Lean Cuisine?

http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/msnbc/Co...vmed.widec.jpg

Speaking of Catholic stuff
 

Some of you may want to have a look at

THE MEN COMMANDMENTS

I'm particuarly intrigued my #21. I wonder if that applies to conference calls...

Learn them; Live them; Love them

Speaking of Catholic stuff
 

I knew the Mr Man overly masculine moniker was a cover for something. He is in clear violation of rule #30.

Speaking of Catholic stuff
 

Failure to follow #28 caused much, much drama earlier this year. It seems that everyone is calmer now. Not speaking to each other, but much calmer.

Speaking of Catholic stuff
 

I thought of your story when I read that one. Are the new couple still together?

Must-see movie
 

Reason #1 that RP should come visit me: The Nip/Tuck trailers are two stories below my office window, and I see those guys just about every day. Oh, and the guy who plays the teenage kid, John Hensley, he dated my step-sister for a year while he was on "Witchblade," (filmed in Toronto). So we've chatted in his trailer. I couldn't get him to buy any tickets from me though.

Speaking of Catholic stuff
 

As is my quarry.

I must say, I am relieved to know that there is authority for the notion that all that's required as repayment for moving assistance is beer.

And to know that I can be up to 100 minutes late. ;)

Speaking of Catholic stuff
 

Nope. Apparently things didn't work out well, though I haven't heard the details on what went wrong. I was told that there was too much pressure and now the new guy is totally put off by her now.

I'm guessing that if queried, he'd say it wasn't worth it.

ETA: I guess I could query at his birthday party* this weekend.

*Question: Birthday party is thrown by his best friend. Does party count as "present" in violation of Rule 6?

Speaking of Catholic stuff
 

You have a very full box.

Must-see movie
 

Humina humina indeed. I am planning a visit to Santa Monia sometime in January or February, and I know Onkle und Tante will be happy to babysit the little darling-to-be.

That kid's a little odd-looking. He reminds me of Michael Jackson.

Speaking of Catholic stuff
 

Sorry about that. It got away from me. All better now.

What the fuck is
 

2 to all. Jesus fucking Christ.

Confidential to bnb
 

Fly, Eagles, Fly! On the road to victory.
Fly, Eagles, Fly! Score a touchdown 1-2-3...
Hit 'em low, hit 'em high
and watch our Eagles fly!
Fly, Eagles, Fly! On the road to victory!
E-A-G-L-E-S!!!!

What's even worse than this is that I even know the words to the Dolphins' fight song. Oh, and Penn's too.

Confidential to bnb
 

Also from the Sports Guy:



To Terrell Owens and the Eagles. Back in Week 2, I wrote the following:

'Let's say you have a buddy who's dating a crazy chick. You know she's crazy. Hell, HE knows she's crazy. But everything is cool for a few weeks, to the point that people start saying, 'All right, maybe she really isn't crazy, maybe she's gotten her act together.' And then a few weeks pass ... and she turns into a complete lunatic. She makes Glenn Close in 'Fatal Attraction' look like Mrs. Cleaver. Just like you thought. Your poor buddy can't get out fast enough. And you're looking back in disbelief that you suckered yourself into this thing working out. That's T.O. It's only a matter of time. But for this week? We're still in the honeymoon phase.'

Followed that up in Week 10 with: 'By the way, how was the T.O. honeymoon period for you? If this was a relationship and T.O. was the chick, we'd be at the point where the Eagles just found out that T.O. stinks up the bathroom, can't cook to save his life, doesn't like sex as much as he claimed, and flips out whenever you don't want to do something with him and his family. In other words ... um ... maybe this was a bad idea.'

Here's the point: This was so overwhelmingly inevitable, anyone with half a brain could see it coming. They rolled the dice with T.O., got one fantastic season out of him, nearly won the Super Bowl when the Pats ran out of D-backs, and now they're stuck in the relationship from hell. Was it worth it? Actually, yes. The goal is to win a Super Bowl, right? So it was worth it since they almost won. Even if he ended up cutting up all their clothes and setting their house on fire."

Music
 

I very much like the New Pornographers song "Twin Cinema." The new album is terrific - three and a row for Carl (AC), Neko, and the boys.

Fitba
 

So I'm 1 for 1 on football bets this year (a 6 point tease of New England and the under). So with that pedigree, here's str8's plays of the week:

POTW: Houston-Buffalo under 37.5 (though I got this at 40)

Tease the following four teams by 6 points in a three-way round robin:

Hou/Buf Under 43.5
Titans +13
(Sex) Panthers -1
Rams even


This has been a public service announcement.

Speaking of Catholic stuff
 

This is, after all, the DP board, is it not?

Speaking of Catholic stuff
 

Is that timed subjectively or objectively. I mean, do I have to hang up after 10 seconds, or can I use some average?

What the fuck is
 

With no sign posted, I got a ticket in Connecticut for doing this. You could have knocked me over with a feather.

Anyone have landlord experience? My brother's tenant has a tenant who bounced July, didn't pay August and hasn't paid September's rent.

What the fuck is
 

What would make you think you could turn left on red in Connecticut?

(We are law-abiding citizens -- we don't put up with this sort of tomfoolery.)

Speaking of Catholic stuff
 

I, too, am curious about this rule. I mean, some of the conference calls I'm on tend to get rather lengthy. If the guys participating follow the commandments, they may be worth a second look.

Speaking of Catholic stuff
 

Careful, unless you're personally on the call. Some lawyers tend to pad the time on their bills.

Would everyone please let me know you're ok?
 

It says that you and your travelling companions got tired of some guy's cock after an hour or two. On second thought, I guess it does read how you wanted it to. And please stop sending me pictures.


eta: aw shit, stp.

What the fuck is
 

Because turning left on a red light from a one-way street onto a one-way street is every bit as not-dangerous as turning right on a red light.

Of course, I am stop sign and stoplight scofflaw, newly emboldenned by my 1-0 record pleading not guilty for traffic violations. Mrs. Str8 called this one dead-on, when I won my case, that my refusal to wait out red lights in the middle of the night would get worse and worse. FEAR ME, LOS ANGELES.

What the fuck is
 

I always admired your proposed theatrical parody of the board.

Also, I miss the dainty petunia, her time here was too short. [sniff]

Come out, Virginia, don't make me wait.
 

Have they started asking you to sing "hit me, baby, one more time" yet?

I'd say that the combination of a sweater over a shirt paired with a skirt is, indeed, evocative of the stereotypical Catholic schoolgirl look.

What the fuck is
 

You were mean to patentpara too.

What the fuck is
 

Rowland was remodeling his kitchen, he needed the $$$$.

Would everyone please let me know you're ok?
 

Slow, slow monkey. Leave insulting me to the professionals.

What the fuck is
 

But you didn't SAY you were turning FROM a one-way street.

That makes a difference, I suppose.

Still. Stay out of Connecticut, please, until you can obey the rules.

Thank you.

Would everyone please let me know you're ok?
 

Like God?

What the fuck is
 

The Nutmeg State has a new motto.

Premonition
 

What you want the Republican administration to read stuff written by pinko college professors instead of http://www.dccomics.com/mad/images/logo.gif ?

And you want local government peeps to read science instead of http://www.playboy.com/imx/redesign/logo.gif

What the fuck is
 

I believe it applies to bats as well. Too bad they don't seem to be so good at the reading the motto part.

What the fuck is
 

In solitaire, when you've moved a card up on top of its ace, then you realize you wished the card was back down on a stack, because it would let you play a card- (say the 4 of hearts is on its ace, but you want to play a black 3) - can you move it down?

The computer game lets you, but it feels like cheating.

Catholic Fashion
 

Depends, does 'em have a wee bishop?