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Big Al calls it! The Cowboys looked good for awhile this season, but something sure changed. GB/NE looks like the likely scenario. I'd love to see a Brady/Favre matchup. I'm sure that's what the league wants too. Keep an eye out for questionable calls next week in the Frozen Tundra (what's the long range weather forecast? Any hope for a repeat of Saturday's game?)

an oldie but a goodie.

Shouldn't complain, Paul, I'm much happier to face San Diego than Peyton next week.

Gotta say that old Weiz is a wise man here. Screw the rich and beautiful in the stands. Give me a championship game played in football weather.

Allow me to take the opposite side. My thoughts on today's popular music: ... to infinity.

Definitely a different letter. It is strange that there is no mention of payoff for the scamee or the scammer - but maybe what they are trying to do is to secure personal info prior to the "transfer" of funds for dispersal to there charities.

I think Jim is referring to the pre-Liberty era BN. Surely you aren't comparing quality control between Lion/Wolff and "Dr" Butler?

Assuming it goes through, this Troy Glaus for Scott Rolen is a somewhat surprising deal, with a lot of risk on both sides. If Rolen recovers his power stroke, the Blue Jays got a major upgrade at 3B. If not, they've committed a lot of money for three more years of a guy who looked like a potential hall of famer until he started getting hurt. The Cards dump the salary (and the nastiness between him and LaRussa) for a passable 3B who probably stays healthier on grass. Most importantly, I think that Glaus is only signed through 2009, and for fewer dollars than Rolen. So even if he falls off a cliff or keeps getting hurt, he'll be easier to deal with going forward. Funny, I always liked Rolen (and had to prefer him over LaRussa's monstrous ego) but now I am going to have to hope that he will continue his decline. Otherwise, if he gets healthy, the Blue Jay lineup just got closer to the level of the Sox/Yanks.

I was coming here to post this just now ... sad news, but I'm glad she had her never-too-late career blossoming. Some of those Savant recordings are quite good. RIP.

That would be half rotten. You mean Jacqueline is still alive? That's good news for Sam Malone.

But isn't that only Barry Bonds? Interesting story today about absesses on Clemens' buttocks, and the statement by a doctor (this was in the NYT) that while any injection can cause an absess, they are more common with steroid injections. The Toronto people they interviewed couldn't recall Clemens getting treatment, but who knows what might appear in the medical records? The real interesting thing is that I think it suggests the Feds are looking for external corrabaration of McNamee's story, and that can only mean that they are waiting for the opportunity to take Clemens down on a perjury charge.

What do you get the Blue Note Kid when he has everything? :party:

Nice to see Cedar in support rather than out front (not that I don't enjoy his trio albums, but I especially enjoy him with horns) and what I've heard of Curtis Fuller in recent years tells me this ought to be a real good 'un.

Oh c'mon Paul, all I am saying is that a number of these 'babes' don't deserve a second look. If I offended you for calling them "nerds" well excuse me, its a term generally used for brainy people. And yes, Judit is not a babe unless you've got some much more attractive photos than what you've shown so far. And as far as "skin deep" goes, how else is anyone supposed to judge someone who only exists as a bunch of pixels in this thread???? So kindly give me a break.

Who isn't a nerd? :bwallace2: Post #6 is a freaking genius. She may not be a super model, but she's a brilliant woman. She may be, but the thread is "Chess Babes" - if you're not a babe but you play chess, you don't belong. No grading on a curve for chess nerds.

Is it just me or are some of them just plain nerds? It was downhill from the second post on ...

It would be really cool if someone put out the Baby Face Willette singles on Hollywood.

Al, I think I'll jump back in for yours, though I don't know how much time I'll have to devote. I know that yousendit has started being annoying with restrictions on non-paying accounts, so I want to suggest rapidshare.com as an option. You can zip a file and send the link, the only restriction is that non-paying users have to wait a minute or two before they can download. And with only one disc, you won't run into the restrictions on how much you can download in a given time period.

There's a dollar bin?

I always thought that Jazz Hour trafficked in boots. Don't they have sessions with the Messengers that are short of being PD anywhere?

Have to say I laughed at the opening grafs of this NYT review: What the heck happened to Jeff Conaway?

Eric Bedard to the M's? That would be the smartest move the M's have made in a long time. King Felix and Bedard would make an excellent one-two punch, it almost makes up for that ludicrous Silva signing. Or at least it puts him where he belongs, a 3-4-5 guy instead of something he's not, which is an ace. You M fans should keep your fingers crossed that this gets done.

This is highly unlikely to work in Roger's favor: Sounds to me that its likely that the Justice Department is getting ready to move on Clemens, or is ready to make a move pending any denial he makes under oath. Regardless, the gathering of evidence and coordination of an investigation with the Justice Department, which already regards McNamee as credible, is a very bad sign for the Texas Con Man. How long before Roger's attorney makes noise about a "rush to judgment" or a 'stacked deck' or heaven forbid, reasons why Roger might not be able to attend after all?

Gotta share this comment in today's Times, by Murray Chass, who apparently actually still has some functioning brain cells: