Aggie87

Alles gute, Niko!

If "Augie" is me, I'm not sure why you're directing that at me. If it's someone else, I don't know who you're referring to, sorry. I don't see anyone else you could mean though. And I"m not sure what your comment about the child not being from Canada means. Are you saying it's a Mexican child? Does that mean something? We've got 20 suspected cases here in my county currently. Many of them are children. Many are probably of Hispanic origin. All are American.

While this strain needs to be resolved, it's a drop in the bucket according to CNN.com. The regular flu has killed 13,000 people in the U.S. since January alone. And it kills roughly 36,000 annually in the U.S.

How come I can buy Diet Wild Cherry Pepsi in convenience stores but not grocery stores??

Totally random Stevie Wonder? And you work for Motown? What are the odds????

I've Seen All Good People

They traded their first round pick to Detroit last year, for WR Roy Williams. And they had a 2nd rounder, but traded down after center Max Unger got drafted. I think the Cowboys had a poor draft this year, and don't see any of their picks being starters. Maybe a few years down the road.

For the Lions' sake, I hope Stafford turns out to be a real player. That's alot of money (6 yrs, $72M) for a QB who's never played a snap in the NFL.

The Spurs starters got pulled mid way through the 3rd quarter for lack of effort. Pop pretty much wrote the game off. I didn't see the game, but I'd guess the fans left after that (?), since it wasn't even a contest. Hope the Spurs come back with some energy for Game 4, or this thing's gonna be over.

Did any drummers explode?

I wonder if his big head scares JSngry.

I've seen a 2 disc Andorran (or something) set of Blakey's Cafe Bohemia recordings at my local Half Price bookstore, too.

Happy Birthday, Mark! Thank you for your kindness, as well as your wonderful photography!

Thought the Bulls were gonna pull out another one there in Boston, but its 1-1 now. And Tony Parker's on fire in the Spurs/Mavs game tonight - 19 points in the 1st quarter. They need a win to even this series up, or the Spurs are in trouble - they may be in trouble anyway though.

Wish I could see that, Mike! I've got commitments in Corpus this weekend, otherwise that would be awfully tempting.

Took a ton of pictures at the air show today, only to realize they pretty much look the same as the last bunch I posted on this site a couple of years ago LOL. It was a great day though, thanks again for all of the well wishes!

Thanks for the wishes! And pictures LOL! Going to have my favorite kind of day, spending it with my kiddos. The Blue Angels are in town, so we're heading out to the air show in a few minutes. Thanks to everyone here for making this my favorite online hang! And thanks to Jim for running things so well, too!

I think the Mavs will take this series. Without Ginobili, the Spurs just don't have enough to get there anymore I don't think.

I dunno. Championships over the past 10 years: Spurs (4): 1999, 2003, 2005, 2007 Lakers (3): 2000, 2001, 2002 Pistons (1): 2004 Heat (1): 2006 Celtics (1): 2008 If you don't wanna count the 1999 win, then the Spurs and Lakers are tied. But the Spurs titles have been more spread out over the decade than the Lakers, so an argument could be made that they've been more consistently good over the whole decade than the Lakers, who won theirs three years in a row, but not since 2002.

I actually watched most of the Astros/Reds game last night. 'Stros had a 1-0 lead going into the 9th, after Oswalt had pitched a shutout. Valverde promptly gave up a 2 run HR to Ramon Hernandez to lose the game. At 3-7, I can see this team going nowhere, and eventually dumping their big salaries and building for the future. Not a fun season for Astro fans.

All the best, Flurin! The board is a better place with you here!

While I'd agree with that advice too, I can't take credit for it, that was Harold!

There's been alot of (...ahem) buzz about Fly.

Once again, The Washington Post has published the winning submissions to its yearly neologism contest, in which readers are asked to supply alternative meanings for common words. The winners are: 1. Coffee (n.), the person upon whom one coughs. 2. Flabbergasted (adj.), appalled over how much weight you have gained. 3 . Abdicate (v.), to give up all hope of ever having a flat stomach. 4. Esplanade (v.), to attempt an explanation while drunk. 5. Willy-nilly (adj.), impotent. 6. Negligent (adj.), describes a condition in which you absentmindedly answer the door in your nightgown. 7. Lymph (v.), to walk with a lisp. 8. Gargoyle (n), olive-flavored mouthwash. 9. Flatulence (n.) emergency vehicle that picks you up after you are run over by a steamroller. 10. Balderdash (n.), a rapidly receding hairline. 11. Testicle (n.), a humorous question on an exam. 12. Rectitude (n.), the formal, dignified bearing adopted by proctologists. 13. Pokemon (n), a Rastafarian proctologist. 14. Oyster (n.), a person who sprinkles his conversation with Yiddishisms. 15. Frisbeetarianism (n.), (back by popular demand): The belief that, when you die, your soul flies up onto the roof and gets stuck there. 16. Circumvent (n.), an opening in the front of boxer shorts worn by Jewish men. The Washington Post's Style Invitational also asked readers to take any word from the dictionary, alter it by adding, subtracting, or changing one letter, and supply a new definition. Here are this year's winners: 1. Bozone (n.): The substance surrounding stupid people that stops bright ideas from penetrating. The bozone layer, unfortunately, shows little sign of breaking down in the near future. 2. Foreploy (v): Any misrepresentation about yourself for the purpose of getting laid. 3. Cashtration (n.): The act of buying a house, which renders the subject financially impotent for an indefinite period. 4. Giraffiti (n): Vandalism spray-painted very, very high. 5. Sarchasm (n): The gulf between the author of sarcastic wit and the person who doesn't get it. 6. Inoculatte (v): To take coffee intravenously when you are running late. 7. Hipatitis (n): Terminal coolness. 8. Osteopornosis (n): A degenerate disease. (This one got extra credit.) 9. Karmageddon (n): its like, when everybody is sending off all these really bad vibes, right? And then, like, the Earth explodes and it's like, a serious bummer. 10. Decafalon (n.): The grueling event of getting through the day consuming only things that are good for you. 11. Glibido (v): All talk and no action. 12. Dopeler effect (n): The tendency of stupid ideas to seem smarter when they come at you rapidly. 13. Arachnoleptic fit (n.): The frantic dance performed just after you've accidentally walked through a spider web. 14. Beelzebug (n.): Satan in the form of a mosquito that gets into your bedroom at three in the morning and cannot be cast out. 15. Caterpallor (n.): The color you turn after finding half a grub in the fruit you're eating. And the pick of the literature: 16. Ignoranus (n): A person who's both stupid and an ass.