Towards A Virtual Williamsburg!

[Did you just call me Coltrane?]

Originally Posted by dtb

(I don't read any more, just listen to audiobooks, as I spend my life in my car)

Apropos of reading, I've been enjoying Terry Pratchett.

Late to the party, I know.

[Tyrone Slothrop]

Originally Posted by dtb

I could have sworn I heard that line (I don't read any more, just listen to audiobooks, as I spend my life in my car) in Dorian Gray. Maybe it's in both?

If he weren't dead, perhaps you could bust him for self-plagiarism.

[Tyrone Slothrop]

Kevin Ware's injury yesterday was the most horrific thing I can remember seeing on television. I had to stop watching the game -- I can't understand how those kids could keep playing.

[Adder]

Originally Posted by Tyrone Slothrop

Kevin Ware's injury yesterday was the most horrific thing I can remember seeing on television. I had to stop watching the game -- I can't understand how those kids could keep playing.

It was the most gruesome basketball injury I've ever seen.

[ThurgreedMarshall]

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[ThurgreedMarshall]

Originally Posted by Tyrone Slothrop

Kevin Ware's injury yesterday was the most horrific thing I can remember seeing on television. I had to stop watching the game -- I can't understand how those kids could keep playing.

http://espn.go.com/mens-college-bask...nals-says-fine

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[Atticus Grinch]

Originally Posted by Tyrone Slothrop

Kevin Ware's injury yesterday was the most horrific thing I can remember seeing on television. I had to stop watching the game -- I can't understand how those kids could keep playing.

Back when news sites were first beginning to crowdsource and push their "most read" and "most shared" stuff, I was subjected to a "most shared" photo of a weightlifter as he crumpled with a dislocated knee. Years later the memory of it puts my stomach in knots. There is something about the human form -- it evokes a kind of revulsion to see it misshapen. Before the rational brain kicks back into gear, the twisted shape is momentarily not human. It's strangely more horrible than the sight of blood.

[Tyrone Slothrop]

Originally Posted by ThurgreedMarshall

http://espn.go.com/mens-college-bask...nals-says-fine

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There was a picture of him tweeted a few hours ago -- he's up, on crutches, with his leg bandaged but looking like it should.

[Hank Chinaski]

Originally Posted by Tyrone Slothrop

There was a picture of him tweeted a few hours ago -- he's up, on crutches, with his leg bandaged but looking like it should.

Isn't a complete break, however horrible it looked, better than a shatter?

[Replaced_Texan]

Originally Posted by Tyrone Slothrop

There was a picture of him tweeted a few hours ago -- he's up, on crutches, with his leg bandaged but looking like it should.

I'm not clicking any links about this injury, but the description reminded of a soccer injury two years ago. Seattle Sounders' Steve Zakuani's leg seemed to be practically torn off after a tackle while playing against the Colorado Rapids. 15 months later, he was playing again. I think he scored / assisted a couple goals last year, and this year, he's still on the roster. Still, he was coming off his best season ever before he got injured. Hopefully, he'll continue to recover.

I only saw a half second of the injury, but it was one of those seered in the brain sort of moments.

[Tyrone Slothrop]

Originally Posted by Hank Chinaski

Isn't a complete break, however horrible it looked, better than a shatter?

I've read that he'll be playing next year (maybe that was in the article TM posted?), which is amazing to me. Surely a rod can support the bone in a way that you can't help a joint, e.g.

[Mmmm, Burger (C.J.)]

Originally Posted by Tyrone Slothrop

I've read that he'll be playing next year (maybe that was in the article TM posted?), which is amazing to me. Surely a rod can support the bone in a way that you can't help a joint, e.g.

I had heard "in a year" . . . because it's the end of the season, being back in 6 mos. seems unlikely. But, yeah, bone vs. joint if it heals, but will he psychological be able to go flying after shots?

[Pretty Little Flower]

Pro cycling rocked by another groping scandal:

[Hank Chinaski]

Originally Posted by Pretty Little Flower

Pro cycling rocked by another groping scandal:

careful! since roids make you impotent, I've read alot of bikers are trying to appear horny to deflect doping rumors.

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