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Oops ... I originally was going to say the Flyers losing in the Cup playoffs, but it sounded too negative. Looks like I was too quick to post and too slow to proofread. /embarrassed Hockey Krishna

© The Lightning beating the Flames for the Stanley Cup. /voted Sox-vs.-Yankees

Just a few random thoughts ... ... considering how much I bitched about the All-Star game determining home field, now that it's helping my local team I'm going to sing a different tune. Especially if the Cards win ... they'd have had home field if Selig hadn't decided to make the All-Star game 'matter'. ... I said a few days ago that things seemed backwards, and that the crazy crap was happening to the Yankees instead of the Sox (the Rivera tragedy, Gordon taking a cork in the eye, etc.). And that trend continued these last few nights: normally ARod is safe, the Bellhorn homerun remains a double, etc. It just seemed like the things that go right for NY and wrong for Boston happened to the other team. Hell, even the fact that each time the Yankees scored, the Red Sox would get at least one back was very 'Yankees-esque'. ... after this week, the word "curse" is going to send me into a stupor, like Pavlov's Dog drooling at the sound of a bell. It's been said before, but I'll say it again: THE CURSE IS A MEDIA CREATION. IT NEVER EXISTED, SO IT'S NOT VANQUISHED NOW. If the Sox lose the World Series, it's got nothing to do with Babe Ruth or a curse upon the franchise.

Add me to the list of people calling bullshit on Rice wearing Largent's number. Yes, I recognize that Rice is arguably the greatest WR of all time, and that Largent Ok'ed Rice wearing #80 ... but it's still wrong. Rice should have done the classy gesture of wearing a different number. Best case scenario would have been for Largent to offer the number to Rice, but have Rice refuse. Like when Sakic asked if Bourque wanted to be the Captain when he was traded to the Avalanche.

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I'm not 100% sure how disliked I really am ... I think - for the most part - that people are generally apathetic about me. I just liked that fact that kkk called me one of the least liked posters, so decided to use that as my member title. And, GreatOne, I don't think many Red Sox fans are all that thrilled about losing to NY, and it really wasn't anyone's goal throughout the year. But, having said that, losing in 5 games (or 6 or 7) is better than being swept. It's just looking at the situation and trying to find the sliver of good news. (the proverbial "glass is half full" of the situation). Just my $0.02, though.

Wait ... are you mocking the Red Sox for celebrating, or the Red Sox fans for celebrating? If it's the former, WTF are they supposed to do when someone hits a game winning, extra inning walk off homer? Just let him trot around the bases and meet them in the clubhouse? They didn't celebrate like they won the World Series, they celebrated the same way they have after most of their walk off wins, all season long. And if it's the latter, it's understandable that people would be stoked, it was a big win for a team that needed it. Last night's win gave the fans a reason to have hope ... even though the Sox winning is very unlikely.

Ft Collins, CO (where I went to school) had cameras mounted to catch people that ran red lights, too, but I never got bagged by one of them. I tend to be more of a speeder than a red light runner. But they do exist. And they do work.

At least they're not puking on each other. Japanese slapping films >> Japanese puking films

At this point, there really aren't any actors that are 'must see' for me. People like Pacino & Deniro used to be, but now they're both willing to be in just about any piece of crap that's willing to pay them. Ed Norton is close, but he's not enough to make me go see a movie on his name alone (plus, I hated that Spike Lee joint he was in last year, 25th Hour or whatever it was called). Brad Pitt is close, too, but most of his early work did nothing for me so he's getting by on the Se7en & Fight Club more than anything else. Having said that, there are a ton of actors who I refuse to see: I haven't seen a Tom Hanks movie since Forest Gump, and I only saw that because of a girl I was dating at the time. Tom Cruise, other than Last Samurai I haven't seen a movie he's done since Risky Business. Will Smith, I've never seen anything he's done. Jim Carrey I avoid like the plague.

Holy shit, those fuckers actually work? I better quit flippin them off when I drive by at insane speeds! I think a lot of the time, they're just decoys aimed to slow speeders down. But there were two times that I got tickets in the mail, so they're real at least some of the time. I tried to fight one, and went to court to contest the ticket. I was wearing a UCONN hat when I walked into the courtroom, so it was sitting next to me on the bench. Well, I went in front of the judge to say "no way it was me, it was too early in the morning, there's no way that I'd have been awake and driving there" ... she asked me to put my hat back on, and then approach the bench. She held up the photo, you could read the word "UCONN" on my hat, I was looking right at the camera, and smiling. It was like I posed for the fucking thing. Needless to say, I shut up and paid my ticket. Lushus, even if you don't slow down, at least keep the flipping them off low enough that it's not captured on film.

The notion of a curse is a media created, and media driven, idea. I'd say 99% of the Red Sox organization knows that there isn't a curse. I'd say 99% of the sane Red Sox fans knows that there isn't a curse. *and note that I specified sane ... the steakheads that wear "Jeter has AIDS" shirts do not count as sane, and probably believe in the curse. If you meant the Boston franchise was inferior, why did you blatantly use the word "city" in your post?

Banders, not that I'm a mod or anything, but take the pointless name-calling & flaming to the Hardcore Discussion folder ... calling someone a fucknut, fuckass, and a little wiener bitch is a bit out of place in the music folder. Plus, it makes you sound pretty immature. And, it's pretty likely that if (or when) MJ is found guilty, his reputation will be pretty tarnished and a lot of what he's accomplished will get overlooked. /thinks both MJ and Eminem are overrated EDIT: had a 'like' in my post that was unneeded, and made me sound like a Valley Girl. It's been removed.

I know I'm older than a bunch of you, but how is it that a bunch of you have only been pulled over a handful of times. I'm not even a big speeder, and I've been pulled over about 10-12 times for speeding, but I've only been ticketed once. I did get 2 tickets for getting caught by those cameras that they hide on the side of the road and take pictures of speeders. So, three tickets in total. I've also been pulled over twice for suspicion of DUI ... both times I was sober, and both times I passed the roadside test without a problem.

See, the first thing I thought was that she was one of those hippies that protests logging by climbing trees to prevent them from being felled. Your theory >> mine. My guess was that he didn't kill the boar, the 'creature' did ... that's why he was so evasive when congratulated on killing the boar. EDIT: I added a 'd' to the last boar, thus making it seem that Locke went online and killed a message board. I removed it from this, but it can still be found where starvenger quoted me. I feel so stupid when I mis-spell online.

Your dad is wrong ... it's not like there's some kind of entrance exam to get into NYC; if anyone really wanted to be a New Yorker, all they'd have to do is move there. And, as someone that's been to NY more than my share of times, I can say - without a shadow of a doubt - that I'm glad that I'm not a New Yorker. /yes, I'm from Boston //no, I'm not a Sox fan

Just playing the Devil's Advocate, the NFL is probably worried that if they let this slide, they'll have to let more & more slide in the future. It's easier to just say no to everything than to potentially open Pandora's Box. I can see a player dying in a plane crash, or car crash, or something comparable, and having his teammates want to honor him as well. It's smarter to just not let ANYTHING through. But, having said that, the NFL - which is normally on point with PR moves - should realize that this was just a no win battle, and that they're going to look like assholes by this mandate. They could have said that anyone that can prove a relationship with Tillman can wear a decal (relationship == current teammate, ex teammate, friend, etc.) and that moving forward, players can petition the league for the right to honor someone in a certain way. (and, yes, I realize this second paragraph completely contradicts the first one.)

Not calling anyone names, and I don't know enough to call you a drunk or question your intelligence. But your argument lost it's momentum with me once you said that because Eminem is bigger right this minute, he's superior or more memorable than Wacko Jacko? By that logic, bands like Good Charlotte or Linkin Park are >> bands like Guns n Roses or Pearl Jam. They both are owning the charts now much more than GnR or PJ are. /nl5 would like to stress that he hates every artist referenced in this post

I had a plain ol' chicken sandwich, with mushrooms, at a bar here in suburbia, before going to a Bruins game in the city. I was Ok during the game, but towards the end started to feel the rumble in the jungle. We went to the Harp, right across the street, and due to how packed it was I felt no pressure to hold in the stankers, and just let 'em rip. They got progressively worse, until people were literally covering their nose & mouth with their shirts. One girl actually said it smelled like rotting grass. When we left there we went to the Coyote Ugly, where I continued to let them go. Finally one of the sluts that worked there got on the microphone and shrieked "whoever's blowing ass, put a cork in it. You're ruining my bar!" Needless to say, me and my friends lost our shit, and broke out laughing. The guy working the door actually asked us to leave. So, my gas was bad enough to get me 86ed from a white-trash bar.

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After reading the two transcripts, I've come to the following conclusions: a) I side even more with the owners than I did before. (I don't get the impression that the PA is interested in the players as a whole, but only the elite superstars. I have a lot more compassion for the guy making the league minimum than the guy making $5 - $10 million.) b) I'm more likely to go see a Boston Bruins vs. Montreal Canadiens game, made up entirely of replacement players, than I am to go see the random NHL players in some pickup game. As much as I like Thornton, Boynton, Raycroft, etc, I'm more a fan of the Bruins than a fan of the individual players. c) This lockout, if it extends too long, will effect my love of the NHL. I'm already sick & tired of this bullshit, and will learn to appreciate minor league & college hockey more and more. Soon, I really won't care if the NHL ever comes back.

Wait, Slayer, now I'm confused: Do I not have many black friends because I'm one of the least liked posters, or am I one of the least liked posters because I have so few black friends?!? What's the cause, and what's the effect?

If you include Lushus, I have a total of 2 black friends ... so it's obvious that I'm down. Know what would make their party more happening? Spring Thomas. http://forums.thesmartmarks.com/index.php?showtopic=62025

I didn't think I was going to ask, but the temptation is just too strong ... AoO, what would you give me as a nickname?

Smues, I wish you luck ... it's really not as hard as you'd think. I couldn't tell you much about the NBA finals that just happened, or last year's World Series, and I really only know who won each series. The # of games, the MVPs, etc. are a complete mystery to me. My suggestion: create more specific favorites on your computer. Instead of going directly to espn.com, for example, have their football page (or basketball or college football or whatever you like) saved as a favorite. That way you can still hit up your favorite pages without the gi-normous "Sox-Yanks" banners that'll dominate that web site for the next week and a half. And you can be pretty certain that Sportscenter will begin each episode with the series ... just skip the first 10 minutes, and then keep your finger on the button to avoid hearing something that you don't want to hear. Same with PTI & ATH, most likely they'll cover this series early in the episode, so you'll have to skip the first 10 minutes or so. Good luck.