Dan Gould

So we are supposed to believe that if you download an album (illegally) and like it, you go out and get it? Which is it? Are you a poor college student (who owns 500 albums) or someone who buys a legitimate copy if he "likes" it after hearing it? Tell the truth: you've downloaded hundreds of albums that you liked and will never ever pay for. Not now, not when you aren't a poor community college student. NEVER. But oh, you bought a Coltrane CD once, so who cares if you have seven other releases for free? You've supported the artist, just not quite as much as some people.

I don't think any team in the NFC looks to be on the level of the Pats/Colts. But someone has to represent the conference in the Super Bowl and if they get past the Giants next week, Dallas ha got as good a chance as any. And anything can happen in the Super Bowl, if they get there.

When I was a poor college student, I still didn't rip people off. Precisely! When I was a poor college student, I listened to the radio if I couldn't afford something I wanted. Hell, I'd set up my boom box with a blank cassette to try and catch whatever song it was that I fancied. That's how you got "free" music. Not anymore. What this shit-for-brains can't figure out is that there won't be any music to purchase by the time him and his generation are through fucking over musicians. I second Chuck's suggestion that he leave.

Can anyone direct me to some specific threads?

So there's your confirmation that Coco has some appeal despite his recent hitting struggles. I would think the Yanks would jump at a Crede-for-Damon swap since the salaries are quite uneven and I don't think they'd do any better than Crede. A Crede for Damon swap would be a good move for the Yanks IMO, it clears a little of the DH/outfield jam and makes it possible to sign Rowand and move Melky Cabrera to left with Abreu in right. The defense improves quite a bit that way and Matsui can DH and do some outfield. Paging Mr Cashman... Damon is the one with the limited no-trade clause, so he's the one likely to go. Good for the Yankees because he's probably also the least valuable of their plethora of OF/DH types. Of course, Matsui would have to compete with Giambi for DH starts. I hear that they like Rowand for some set of "intangibles" but I wonder if he has any interest in NY. Also not sure that Melky should be moved out of CF. Is Rowand really faster? I doubt it, and there are very few arms that compare to Cabrera's.

Yeah, well, he wants to win a championship and figures that the Red Sox have the best chance to win more than one over the life of a contract. Note that he isn't hot to join San Francisco because he thinks they are going to win anytime soon.

So there's your confirmation that Coco has some appeal despite his recent hitting struggles. I would think the Yanks would jump at a Crede-for-Damon swap since the salaries are quite uneven and I don't think they'd do any better than Crede. crede would make a great 3rd baseman for yanquis. No, they had a great 3rd baseman. Crede would be mediocre at best. His 162 game average is a .259 batting average, .305 OBP, 25 home runs and 85 RBI. A-Rod would have exceeded those stats by the all-star break.

Latest from Nick Cardafo: So there's your confirmation that Coco has some appeal despite his recent hitting struggles. I would think the Yanks would jump at a Crede-for-Damon swap since the salaries are quite uneven and I don't think they'd do any better than Crede.

Is this another new episode? Glad to see that there's more production on the way. No, it says its a 2004 episode, it was an AeroPeru flight.

The episode with the Greek plane full of unconscious people is on this afternoon at 4 pm. Man, that was a tragic episode. My hat is off to the flight attendant trying to save the plane. That must've been a nightmare being the only one conscious. What I couldn't understand is why he didn't attempt to fly the plane sooner than he did. It was probably hopeless anyway but that was the one part of the mystery that I find kind of baffling.

I never thought my Seminoles were going to beat BC on the road, but I guess the Curse of Being Ranked Number 2 continues. If BC had been 1 or 3 or any other ranking, I bet they would have won.

Looks like an interesting one tomorrow morning at 10, too. Something about a plane with an air speed and altitude instruments failure. Talk about flying blind!

I'm lucky I've got NFL and College football to get me into February, then its only two or three weeks til pitchers and catchers report! The problem is that its still six weeks til the games start. I do seem to get more things done though - both personal and professional - during the offseason.

The problem is that a charge-back takes money out of Paypal's coffers. Unless they know the reason why you did the chargeback, they can't go after the seller, and by their own policies, they aren't supposed to investigate or mediate the dispute after sixty days. BTW, and you've probably realized this, the seller probably already sold the item, and since he couldn't send to you what he doesn't have, simply used excuses to "run out the clock".

Did he? He did to me. He informed me that due to my posts, I was on some list of his moderators and they (not him) would follow me around on the internet to see if I was speaking badly of Steve. I think they have banned some people in the past for dissing Steve on other sites. And what did you do? Given that type of Gestapo tactic, I would A) Forward the threatening email via PM to every member of the Hoffman forum, to make sure everyone knows how they treat people who criticize the Saint. B) I think I'd start a blog about Hoffman and his Gestapo tactics, and make sure my site stayed near the top of search engines.

The episode with the Greek plane full of unconscious people is on this afternoon at 4 pm.

Nick does good work throughout the year in his Sunday "Baseball Notes" column.

Well she is much easier on the eyes than the Money Store Guy:

That's your hero? A man who assaults women and anyone else who pisses him off? And who has the chutzpah to sue his victims for five million dollars for "a violation of his First Amendment rights, and alleged defamation, libel, malicious prosecution, false imprisonment and an abuse of process." You've got one fucked up definition of "hero" pal. Not only is this guy a world class asshole but it sounds to me like he's swindled the taxpayers of New York for "disability" pay while being perfectly capable of assault and intimidation. A thousand

You're just pissed because it has permanently postponed that "inevitable" Marxist revolution.

One year in the dorm, my roommate was someone who could carry on a conversation while completely asleep. Fortunately, he was somewhat suggestible and if I said "OK, time to sleep now, Jerry" he'd say "OK" and shut up. And in the morning he'd have absolutely no memory of it at all.

I'd like to see this study replicated in the US before we absolve payday loan places from being the scum-sucking turds that they are with what I guess is somewhere around 90% of their customers. Because I will bet that well over 50 out of every 100 payday loan customers are not better off after falling into their clutches. Unfortunately, there is no way to replicate this study because no one ever gets turned down, so there can't be a "control group" to compare outcomes. If you've got a payroll check, you get a cash advance - at unconscionable interest rates/fees. Really the bottom line is that these companies could cut their rates significantly, still make money, and continue to provide what is a valuable service to working poor/low credit folks. But the proof that they gouge their customers lie in their advertising: no one ever says that their costs are lowest - they only say how EASY it is to get cash. I'm not sure who the bigger scum bag industry is - payday loans, or the rent-to-own people. At least at the end of a rent-to-loan deal, you do own that sectional sofa (only you've paid $4000 for a $800 couch). And Jim, pretense isn't so twentieth century - layaway is.

You did understand that Alexander was referring to a jaded expectation of winning, not literally changing allegiance, right? Because I don't see why you would find that "ridiculous". Do you think that the team won't continue to win with some regularity? Every fan base has its subset of assholes, what makes it ridiculous to think that our assholes haved started acting like Yankee fans?

Well I can say for one that anyone reading my posts when the Sox were down 3-1 to the Indians, 2004 did nothing to change my expectation of heartbreak. Unfortunately, I think that there are now a lot of bandwagon fans who know nothing of the history of the team and because of that, they take winning for granted. Its unfortunate but I don't prefer the alternative - no bandwagon fans and no championships.

aloc's always been a pepsi person anyway.