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Hey, Not just yet! I totally forgot my birthday is tomorrow (1 1/2 hrs) Yuck~

yeah, I can afford $3. And I'll be paying it too. I can't believe my results this week. Nothing went right.

Too many turnovers and penalties on third down. Grrrrrrr! btw, Congrats Mark! May we meet again in the playoffs.

Picks are in.

Thanks for the fun read, Noj. I don't dislike the Dolts as much as Simmons does; in fact, I hold mixed feelings. I dislike Polian and Manning is the all-goody wonder boy. But I do like the fact that they've developed a successful NFL franchise in a small town. You have to support teams like that. Conn's Sunday prediction: win for Pats.

Thomas Wolfe, a distant relative. A big influence on Jack Kerouac, someday I'll go to Ashville and visit my roots. That is cool. Wolfe holds a pretty important place in 20th century American literature. Somehow I went through a Master's degree in literature without having read any of his books, but I am aware of his influence, which is large.

Styron was an excellent writer. I read his complete essays and also "The Confessions of Nat Turner." I think I've got "Darkness Visible" somewhere as well.

People who play hard in the NFL are too easily classified as"dirty" or whatever. Rodney throws his body around with reckless abandon. He's easily my favorite Pat's player.

Message to the League: Don't mess with Rodney and the NE Patriot Defense!

The media feels that Belichick was punishing Childress for pre-game commentary. BB ran the score up a bit.

I haven't read much Mailer, but what I have read reminds me of the type of work that Capote pioneered. I think Capote was the pioneer, and Mailer extended the format. Gore Vidal is an infinitely superior stylist, but Mailer grips for sure. Hard to say what his legacy will be. I think Truman Capote goes down as the greater writer of the two.

Pats showing their strength tonight. I've been saying it at home for the last few weeks: this is one fine team. Looking forward to a terrific game next Sunday evening against the Dolts. Maroney and Dillon will pile up the ground yardage.

Not really, it's still a stupid id. I will take no comments about mine.

Happy Birthday, Greg!

Count again: AK is 6-6. He got Cleveland correct but missed 6 others. Countin' Conn

Everybody making light of this, but I'm with Anselm. I'd like to know where this comes from and what was the intention.

Maybe even some live ones!

Alex is trying to defend a stupid statement. I agree with Aggie and 7/4. We want freedom of speech on the board but no need to promulgate hate posts on race, culture or religion. No need for it at all.

Happy Birthday to a venerable member!

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Demarcus Ware is the real deal though. Great player!

Maybe the "log" is an it?

You're not even in it, Mommy. There's a guy by the name of "log" who won the week's picks. Women aren't allowed in this thing, and definitely not Mommies...

Happy Birthday Marcus!

Happy Birthday Brad!