OK, time for our annual Boneheads Super Bowl party!
As I’ve told you, I’m having a really hard time with this game. 
Torn between rooting against that cretin and criminal Ray Lewis (and fearing the disgusting love-fest that will follow if he and Baltimore win) and rooting for Ray Rice (left), whom I have known since he was a kid football/basketball player at New Rochelle High.
Also, I am not a big fan of either Harbaugh, or of Randy Moss, or Terrell Suggs, or a whole bunch of other jackwagons in this game.
But I will tell you this, despite my rooting or lack thereof, the final score of Super Bowl XLVII will be, without a doubt, Baltimore 34, San Francisco 31.
Anybody else got any prognostications?
Post them here … then run out and get the Buffalo Baby Buffalo chicken wings and little hot dogs. Get a lot, because after last night’s thread Chris Christie might be stopping by.
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First too?
Later, ‘heads! I’ll need some help, I know about football a little less than how to grow potatoes.
Ravens listening to “The killers” for pre game music
Lotta pressure here. I feel like Henrik twenty minutes before Game 7 puck drop.
Repost
Kooz “I feel good”
e3, ilb’s angel is perfect. A godsend. Her poopies are smarter than Mike Rupp!
Predictions?
Carp – be honest… I bet you would hang with us even if it weren’t your job, yes?
I wish this was a go time for a rangers game instead of the commercial bowl
Not a single hockey game to watch tonight
Marino checking out harbaugh’s sister
well, I’m not working today and I’m here …
Ravens 4-1
yeah, maybe not, E3. ... unless you mean four touchdowns to one.
i dont understand why people like watching a sport that averages 7.5 minutes of actually playing time in an entire game
Better prediction – how many at the game had ray Lewis nightmare last night…. Imagine him charging into the crowd with swords a flying
Not to worry, ilb – Pete Gogalak, Hungarian born kicker for old NY Giants knew only “Kick ball, get check,” and he’s in the Giant’s Ring of Honor.
may be tough to understand, but people here in America seem to like it.
Ilb said poop
Thats why i think i was born Canadian and then adopted carp
As a G man fan going back to the Tarkington/homer jones/Ron Johnson/spider Lockhart days – last year was better….
Bread and Circuses. Is Nero in the audience?
and then not only is there 8 minutes of playing time…you play 4 mins of offenense and 4 mins on defence…but can only play once a week thats sad
Honestly? I sense 17-14 ravens. David Akers misses game tying FG with seconds left.
This is not the good old days when we had 190 lb. linemen who went to church on Sundays.
At least I hope. Hate the niners living where I do….
Spider Lockhart. Love it.
4 minutes on offense X 16 NFL games = 64 minutes of playing time
I think McD played 62 minutes in one game in the tripple OT game vs washington
best part about today heads
NO OVERTIME GAMES. WATCHED TONS OF HOCKEY TODAY
glad to see devs/isles with a winner in regulation.
rooting for ravens
prediction
49ers 34 ravens 17
too much speed for 49ers indoors
Akers is the scary part. Harbaugh dressing him is like Torts dressing Haley in game 7. After all is said and done, you’re either a genius or an idiot.
Hmmm kaepernack was adopted? Who knew?
Im too pasionate of a fan to wait a week to watch my team play…The rangers loose and have two days off and im miserable for two days…i cant imagine if i had to wait a whole week for another game
Hockey is beyond doubt, the best game extant.
Carp – Willie Williams, spider, Scott Eaton, Fred Dwyer, tucker fredrickson, don Herman, bob tucker, jack Gregory ( one great year) Greg Larsen, Aaron Thomas – those were the days
Kaepernack’s foster father to Kaepernack, age 3 – “What is that thing, a tattoo?
I’d rather watch dancing Larry tango with fireman ed than see Ray Lewis celebrate ANYTHING!!
Love my Gmen – but I am married to the rangers…. Love hockey – such a pure game
Ray Lewis just stabbed a team mate
When Bobby Hyland, all pro center at Green Bay came to the Giants, he asked for 50 grand. Mara told him, ‘we don’t pay centers money like that.’ As Cole Porter said, ‘Times Have Changed.’
kick off…commercial…three downs punt…commerical…touchdown…comercial..extra point…commercial…kickoff…commerical…three downs…COMMERCIALLLL
Ray Lewis just stabbed the head linesman
49ers 27 to 14. keep it in the NFC.
Ray Lewis just stabbed a soda vendor
You got it, RangersBlue. If you ever go to a live game, it’s worse. During all the TV time outs, all the players just stand around staring at each other.
Ray Lewis is chasing Phil Simms with a stiletto
heels?
Dan Marino has his eye on something in the crowd
John Mendenhall, Brad Van Pelt, Brian Kelly, Troy Archer. some great players on bad Giant teams.
Let’s go Ravens! Being an RU guy, I want to see RR get a ring. I so look forward to the post game press conference where Jim Harbaugh’s head explodes.
Beyonce is wearing a knife proofed vest.
Guys who play football with their hands… Shoudn’t it be called handball tackle kick game?
Bull dog – Troy archer . Doug kotar – very sad
Ray Rice is the real deal. No boogetyboogetyshoop.
it should be called commercialball
Randy Johnson greatest named QB in Gmen history
George Carlin preferred baseball. In football, you wear a helmet, in baseball you wear a cap, and your main goal is to go home. Anyone who hasn’t heard this (is there anyone?) should.
Anychance MSG is replaying the fishticks debbies game at 7?
Niners24-20 hoping the brothers fistfight during post game handshake
Ron Johnson was my fav player – great comeback saw giants win – time was gonna get me the game – but that night he was on Ed Sullivan show and got a shout out….now, he has full onset dementia – very sad
Tiki not time
John madden BOOM
The Ryan brothers are probably not even watching, especially the werewolf that just got fired in Dallas.
Kooz – heard it – very good bit
Ray Lewis just stabbed a cameraman
cooscoos lol
Can’t really get these NFL guys, are they really as stupid as they appear? Showing a bunch of interviews on Norwegianpansy-TV, one dumber than the other
Beyonce vest is for protection AND to hide recorded music
not Jerry Goldstein, or Randy Dean, E3?
Frank gore wearing fencing gear
What is a Hockey? Sounds like something you expectorate and could get arrested for.
Bull dog – I gave your line a shout out last thread :)
Craig Morton/Danny Kannel
RangerSwede – in one word, yes
Ray Lewis just stabbed the coin toss
coos- Didn’t Carlin want to leave the injured players on the field and keep playing?
Oh yea- Ravens 27, Niners 23
dc – good one
They’re STILL doing this inane Ray Lewis foot kissing on radio. Boomer.
Ray Lewis just stabbed a papa John pizza
Don’t remember that, Romeo. So many years since I last heard it. But, I’m going to tune it up again one of these days.
Ray Lewis just stabbed the 40 yd. line
You just know that if ravens win, ray Lewis will stab the Lombardi trophy
To Ray Lewis: “There have been twelve assaults with a deadly weapon and we haven’t even kicked off. Lewis: “I heard about that, but I didn’t see nothin’, as god is my judge.”
Flacco throws a pic – he’s getting stabbed
Jim Nantz is about to get stabbed
What’s the half time show, Jerry Vale?
Alex smith – “so happy not to start, I don’t wanna get stabbed”
While we’re yappin, Carp has been in the kitchen eating all the little party dogs. No dogs for you!
David Akers will miss every FG – he wants to live
I have a pot roast goin
Kaepernack’s foster father at his 4th birthday party: “Is that another tattoo?”
Pot Roast? An Alice B Toklas sirloin?
More soldiers here than in Afghanistan.
Sandy Hook!!!
Is there ANYTHING that they won’t exploit? The Sandy Hook singers!
Everyone has hand over their hearts….for protection??
dc :)
I wish Nantz would get stabbed, e3!
This screecher thinks she’s Ray Charles.
5 bucks says Jennifer Hudson won’t finish
On TV here, they just asked how the 49ers should best attack Ray Lewis and take advantage of him. Not entirely sure they were talking about the game.
Tiki – Nantz is calling niner pats game today
Ace Frehley’s got the halftime gig this year, right?
Alicia keys better not get stabbed – I like her
Pretty sure Alicia keys got her hands on some of those hot dogs ..
Niners 23 Ravens 14
I haven;t been watching any coverage, but I am already sick of hearing about Lewis. Man should be rotting in jail.
LW – did UK show any of the stabbings?
He’s calling the Pats Pats game today. I cant wait to see how many mentions of the Patriots he can squeeze in today!
Mike Rupp: Zero career TDs in domed stadiums.
Ray Lewis just stabbed himself
Shame that most at this game will not make it out safely
Chris Christie just ate twelve portions of Jerry Rice. Am I doing this right?
Raven penalty number 52, 15 yards, stabbing.
Chris Christie is floating above the dome wearing a Goodyear banner
The 49ers should have jersey patches saying “Science”.
Whoever sang that National Anthem (Keyes?) should be next on Ray Lewis’s assault list.
I don’t care much for this “football” bowl thing and care even less about who wins, but I’ll play along and predict San Francisco will go to Disney World.
Zero Tds in domed stadiums. LOL
Ray Lewis just stabbed a football
And now someone has just said the game is going to be “a bloodbath”. Wow.
Carp has started in on the Jumbo shrimp.
Chris Christie is about the only thing ray Lewis couldn’t stab
CBS – Columbia Broadcasts Stabbing
Ray Lewis just stabbed the scoreboard
Niner o refuses to take the field
Can’t tell all the players but if I see one fall for no reason I’ll assume it’s Boyle
Flag – stabbing
Carp has sent us all out in the back yard with a 12 inch TV with rabbit ears while he finished the shrimp and started in on the stuffed mushrooms.
Boyle – LMGO
Mrs. Walker – what about the boy?
Jeremy Jacobs just bought the San Francisco team and will be changing its name to the 31ers.
Gore, stabbed short of the first down
LMAO dc62
Impaled!
Niners all happy – no one stabbed
The mic just picked up Nantz “hope I don’t get stabbed”
You don’t understand – I WILL cut you!
Ok I will stop …..
Camera keeps panning to ray Lewis’ right hand
Flacco!! Poor coaching already. 2 needless penalties.
This game tape will make the Zapruder film seem like a cartoon
Budweiser – rusty nail in a glass of water
I see that M&M getting stabbed
True story: There was a President, either Yale or Harvard who tried to eliminate football because he found out that the offense took advantage of defensive weakness instead of attacking their strengths. He thought it was ungentlemanly and inappropriate. Needless to say, the Alumni ran him out of office.
Inside the dome they are playing “psycho killer”
The 49ers kick returner takes a knee. Meanwhile, Chris Christie takes a leg, eight wings, some breast and some liver.
Lewis leaving house this AM: “Sweetheart, did you see where I left my Bowie knife?”
Yale QB – ” go down the sq. root of 23, slant at a pi/4 angle, I will throw the ball with a position vector of 28t^2 – 14t + 12 = f(t) – on three
Stuffed mushrooms gone. Filet Mignons next. Carp looks out the window: “How you jackwagons doin?”
I think ray Lewis just stabbed someone
Teddy Kennedy was a tight end at Harvard. Tight in real life, too, most of the time.
LW – you should have joined us last night…. We love chris Christie :)
Ray Lewis makes contact and Gore is left on the ground.
I wish Crosby was playing against Lewis…
Carp says: “If any of you fellows are cold out there, I have some large napkins you could borrow.”
What is Stronger? Force of gravity or Chris Christie inhaling cheese doodles?
Chris Christie had tix to this game, but the plane couldn’t get off the ground
ilb: large tattooed man just threw the ball up in the air to another man and he caught it. :-)
Frank gore cannot be stopped, you only hope to stab him
I liked the “wheelie” post last night about Christie in a Jet. Forget who dropped it on us.
Does Randy Moss have a brother called Horny Lichen?
Uh oh. Akers!
Someone tell nantz – Speed can be stopped by a few stabs in the leg
Kooz :)
At least 6 people in this commercial will get stabbed
I keep hearing the name Krueger mentioned. Is Freddy Krueger playing in this bowl thing?
At $3.8 M for 30-seconds, I don’t think we’ll be seeing any Pitbull commercials today.
Patriots mentions – 1
Randy moss gathers no stone
Had to be E3 with the wheelie. For two hours, it was only us.
Jbytes – that goalie mask killer tho would make a decent backup if Biron retires
Carp just came out into the yard. All that’s left are some carrot sticks and onion dip.
Tike – Ed reed just limped to the locker room – I think he was stabbed
Carp – I was worried bout you…. Thought maybe you were stabbed
Moss Deaf. A legend in his own mind.
Carp: “Anybody out here got a toothpick?”
Go daddy – what Christie’s kids say when their dad is charging towards the fridge.
Confirmed – Ed reed was stabbed
>>Carp just came out into
the yard.Speaking of which, has anyone seen the Canadian show called The Yard? Hilarious stuff!
Ref – “two calls offset one another – SF illegal procedure #85. Ravens, stabbing # 52. Replay second down
So, the New York Giants didn’t make the playoffs?
Chris Christie just had himself aluminum sided.
Jbytes – sadly no
That guy oher from the” blind side” just forgot to protect the blind side- Sacked !
Canadian show, ‘The Yard?’ What’s it aboot, A?
you’re on fire, e3!
Didn’t Sadly No pitch for the Dodgers?
Tike – teach a man to fish and he eats forever, give ray Lewis a knife and he says “keep it – I got my own”
Tortorella ” not watching the dumbness of the Harbaugh brothers ”
Just saw a niner named cox on sideline
Ray Lewis being exposed. Why did everyone know this but the sportscaster experts?
The Yard:
“The six-part half-hour miniseries starring kids takes a new approach to the mafia mentality by bringing the mean streets to the schoolyard with the kids running the show…”
does ray lewis know how to make a shiv?
That ball was knifed out
You got to hold on to your ball. Don’t fumble it!
Those look like my abs
Patriots mentions – 3
Falcons mentions – 0
NCIS – appropriate show given #52 in white
Tike – Tom Brady wins this in his sleep
“I said I will cut you”
I live in the mean streets of Park Avenue and Central Park West. You think it’s easy being green? Kermit’s got no idea.
Ray Lewis iPod : first cut is the deepest, cuts like a knife, Mac the knife
Patriots mentions – 4
Flacco opts for Pitta over Rice. Meanwhile, Chris Christie opts for both.
lol e3! All Jim Nantz did all week on talk shows and pre coverage was laud the Patriots. Is he sleeping with everyone in that organization?
“Judge, oh, you gods, how dearly Caesar loved him. This was the most unkindest cut of all!” What’s up with Shakespeare saying “unkindest?”
Kermit – Dman at Wollman rink
All thanks to The Donald
Attack the weakest link – Ray Lewis.
At halftime, pats highlights from the season
the actress that Brady dumped like a turd while she was pregnant was in that commercial of all the cbs tv shows!
The Donald – the only hair better than Doogie’s nest
Take my knife, please
Another comment awaiting moderation. I said, “Belichick.” Guess the word chick is taboo?
2nd period already?
Ooops
Belibroad?
nothing but a bunch of criminals.
I think ray Lewis stabbed someone in that scrum
Belichick must be banned for being synonymous with criminal!
What? No call on the stabbing???
Mike Rupp would drop his gloves there
Offsetting Personal Fouls are ridiculous.
“Two takeaways this quarter.” Meanwhile, Chris Christie is up to six.
(Feels wrong not using Brodeur for this stuff.)
What a play by Rice.
“Fatso there just forgot to shake my hand, I guess.” Love it.
The turnover battle: Chris Christie and Marty Brodeur fighting over the last pastry.
Carp from the window “Anybody need a carrot?”
Joe Sacco has looked much better in this game than he does coaching the Avalanche.
He didnt get it. That was ballsy. I approve.
Is that one of the dumbest calls ever seen?
A 32 yard chip shot. You kiddin’ me?
Are we sure some of Ray Lewis’ kids aren’t Uncle Daddy’s?
That three points could be the difference, plus you give SF “momentum.”
The 3 points could be the difference, but they’re playing to win. He showed his team he’s coaching to win, rather than coaching to not lose.
Imagine how big Marty would be if Christie lived in another state….only so much food to go around.
Who’s the halftime show – The Kingston Trio or Harry Belafonte?
That was actual size bottle of Christie soda
You don’t “play to win” on a 4th and nine in the 2nd quarter. IMHO
The 49ers have a player called Duracell McBath?
I’m betting on Lindsay Lohan to win the coke chase
Christie has banned 640 ounce sugared drinks in NJ
Kingston Trio – Days of September – beautiful song
Good evening all! Just stopping by to say a quick hi, cause I could care less about this over hyped sporting event/stupid commercial fest. Can SF win and Rice get a ring? That would be my ideal result.
Scotch and Soda, E3. Remember?
Agreement, Blogmama.
Only reason it didnt make sense is they have great kicker, could have gone up 14. But I have no problem with it. Coaches need to have more of a sac.
Hard to get Rice that ring, though, if SF wins. I know what you’re sayin’
Oh, Tiki…I like your moxie, but not your reasoning. Peace.
So at the end of this, Jim Nantz oversees the presentation of the green jacket from Eli Manning to Ray Lewis in the Butler cabin, right?
Bee on say for halftime time
Rhett Butler/ “Frankly my dear, I don’t give a damn.” Can I say damn?
Love to see hank bust a move like that after a big save
How did San Francisco make it this far? They look so easy.
LW – my money is on Nantz getting stabbed well before then…
Duracell McBath, LW? How about Everready McUrinal? Can I say McUrinal?
Kooz – is that part of the happy meal?
Np coos! I respect your opinion.
They got a TD out of it the next drive. They showed the balls, and in the end, they got a TD instead of the FG.
How come Rugby is not more popular in this country?
Thanks coos, that may be first for us I think :)
Wish I was still in AZ, where the trees are green and sun shines warm and bright.
Just for fun, let me share a story Anthony from AZ shared while I was visiting….It’s funnier when he tells it, but…
In 2000, Anthony want to a Rangers fantasy camp in Montreal, and became buddies with LaFleur, Park and Stemkowski. They were out bending elbows one night when the topic of gay players came up and LaFleur was saying hey, no biggie, but we just kept in quiet, at the time, on behalf of the player.
In fact, Guy says, there was a gay player on the team when he played. Guy offers to tell Anthony who it was, but Anthony has to swear to secrecy. He does. Guy leans over and says, come close and I”ll tell you….Then plants a big fat wet one on Tony’s face.
Hope that doesn’t offend anyone, but I LMAO.
Ray Lewis in on a gang tackle…again
Not enough former, current, or future criminals in it.
You used to laugh about
Everybody that was hangin’ out,
Now you don’t talk so loud,
Now you don’t seem so proud
Dooooooo you?
Odouya ??
The 49ers’ quarterback doesn’t impress me.
The Flower – who knew?
I think Melanie Griffith is wearing skid’s lips
Funny shxt mama !!
Funny story, Blogmama. Arizona dreamin’ on such a cloudy day!
The British used to impress our seamen.
(can I say seamen?)
Ravens O slashing thru niner D. I would have guessed the raven D ….
No kooz
James Brown with a serious weave.
Boomer looking pissed ….wanted to see more shots on net
Big reason for the War of 1812 if I remember correctly my history class. Why did I bother learning things like this when I could have worked on my wrist shot?
Same thing happened in Falcons game, 49ers got torched in 1st half, Jim Harbaugh made adjustments at halftime, then shut out Falcons in 2nd half.
Dan Marino isn’t wearing pants
Boomer – niner power play not sharp
That’s right baby – DOW 14000 +
dc – I stole your joke :)
haha, Bill Cowher just said the same thing I said.
Anthony has a million awesome stories. You’ll laugh your pants off, but he keeps his on, thank heavens….OK, signing of…TA!
His wife wears the pants now. For the rest of his life. Unless he wants to sign over the house and come up with 10 million and another $25,000 a month.
This show looks way gay
Meaning Marino, not Anthony
Nice visuals
This half time show is what pisses the Ayatollahs off.
10 minute misconduct to Beyoncé for not having her skirt tied down.
My, Hitchcock is stirring behind the bench
Bookies taking odds on Obama dumping Michelle and…?
a wicky….I figured that coos :) Rose from AZ also wears pants, but she’s not looking to soak Anthony, unless it’s in the shower :)
There is a Rose in Spanish Harlem. He didn’t have to go all the way to Arizona! :-)
Pretty sure that chick on the right is Venus Williams
Amazing the lack of posts while all the foxes are dancing. During the game, everybody’s got something to say.
Pecker Renny is in net tonight.
Beyoncé to Chris Christie: “If you like it, then you should’ve put an onion ring on it.”
Beyonce is a dirty birdie
Idiot on radio says what a beautiful, glorious half time show, then he announces the Auto Zone player of the year, as if anyone cares except the Auto Zone player of the year.
venus is a man baby, yeah! she’s a man baby!
My milkshake tastes better
Wasn’t there supposed to be some musical thing happening during halftime?
Tike – Venus is a woman. Serena is the man in that mixed doubles team
Kingston Trio got bumped.
Jay Z is one lucky mofo! If I had those thighs, Id never have to eat chicken again!
I have two detached retinas
...or eat anything!
And one eye is swollen shut
Stewardess on Christie’s plane” “Where’s the pilot?” Christie: ” Burp”
Lip synching never looked so good
I bet ray Lewis stabs Jay Z
Tiki to Beyonce: “Wanna go to the movies?”
I need a nap
E3 if you can remember the Kingston trio then you remember nipsey Russell…I think he’s the head ref tonight
That’s what James Brown said.
stevie g got a reward for his huge goal today. going home to those pins!
http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/showbiz/4776865/alex-gerrard-in-goth-style-see-through-outfit.html
Lotsa controversy on this ref. Some officials off the record say he’s been overturned numerous times and graded poorly. Racial overtones?
dc – yes I do …...nipsey – great tapper – song/dance man and player on password
Maybe before my time. The name, though, rings a bell.
Niners happy no arteries cut in 1st half
Youtube has made a lot of older acts available. Gives he kids a chance to see some real talent.
Game over season over
WOAH!!!
No coming back from that. That’s a deathblow.
Tonight, you need a reservation to jump off the Golden Gate Bridge.
Got the Blues for my Baby down by the San Francisco Bay…
I sense a stabbing is a-comin
Get rid of Gaborik and Nash and bring up some young guys from the Whale!
Turn out the lights the party is over….
Whoa. Did all the lights just go out at the stadium?
Haha!!! The lights went out! That’s twice in one weekend!
Ok boys I’m out….these beers are making me thirsty…for more!!
Beyonce blew the bulbs out
did the lights go out? lol!
Ray Lewis has almost nothing to do with this win and yet he will be the focus of all the media tonight and tomorrow. I’m going to puke.
Probably some kids at Cal Tech just foolin’ around.
Later dc
bush league
me too carp.
Carp – be grateful you weren’t stabbed
You’re right, Carp. Sickening.
beyonce def blew my bulb out
The Super Bowl just went all Craven Cottage!
New Orleans, other than for the live jazz, is an embarrassment.
Haha. Steve Tasker calls it New Orleans Stadium. Idiot.
Former colleague of mine went to cal tech for grad school. His advisor was Richard Feynman. Great stories. C c
I think Chris Christie has something to do with this…
Haha, there was a power outage during the Manchester United match yesterday as well.
My brutha – Christie ate the power chord thinking it was rigatoni.
Feyman is an all time all star.
manchester united!!! the greatest freakin team in all the land!! woohoo!!
go grabby!
lol nice e3
go tiki!
Grabby – me first
Ray Lewis planned this ….easier to stab in the dark
Boomer just said he was gong to check the elevators and his lame sidekick literally begged him, in all seriousness, not to leave. Guess Boomer is his Bickel.
That Beyonce light show and lack of singing took a toll on the power grid.
brilliant analysis by Solomon Wilcots.
What the hell is that hat, James Brown?
Thank God this didnt happen during either of the Giants-Patriots Super Bowls. I might have a croaked from a heart attack waiting through this. Thank you God!!
James Brown’s weave not as bad looking in the dark
Sterling isn’t Sharp
FEYNMAN! Sorry.
e3, LMAO!!! Ray, go find Nantz and stab him in his heart! Or allow me to do the honors!!
Gosh, people actually wear their bowl thing rings? So tacky!
Chris Christie just plugged in one too many George Foreman grills.
Just don’t pronounce it Fane men :)
Wonder if you turned Shannon Sharpe upside down if the marbles would fall out of his mouth.
Easier for Christie to grab that 48th helping in the dark
Foreman grills, LOL
lol coos! Maybe the marbles and the dried up poo would!
You say Shannon, I say sterling let’s just call it tomato
Lights out! Guerrilla radio! Turn that cooke up!
Remember when Cal Tech kids programmed a live scoreboard years ago and put up Cal Tech 62, USC 7, or something to that effect?
You guys are some funny mofo’s – I am lol ing
Some great analysis by the four stooges. They need Eddie and Kooz down there!
Man….for the sake of this great nation…please go to a commercial.
Does momentum carry over between power outages, Carp?
Kooz – greatest cal tech stunt – an undergrad was locked out of his room and it was filled completely to the ceiling with water
Is Dan Marino the only guy the CBS studio without a bowl thing ring?
Matty – glad to see you, thought maybe ray Lewis stabbed you
Jbytes – James Brown has a ring in his rug
This is God saying he doesn’t like football.
A little worried for the folks in the stadium, Eddie. That one side under the dead lights is pretty dark. Ray could be doing some serious damage. Anyone see him?
Dan Marino is eyeballing someone off camera
E3, let the man’s rug rest, will you?
Ray Lewis just stabbed the power engineer
This is the only time you can believe a TV sportscaster, when the lights go out and he’s too scared not to tell the truth.
wow this is Bush League…still no lights!
Is Shannon Sharpe related to Roenick?
I think it’s God saying this isn’t real football.
This is all Beyonce’s fault. It didn’t happen with Jagger or Bruce or even Janet.
If this happened during either Giants-Patriots Super Bowl, Im fairly certain I wouldve just stabbed myself in the chest to save some of the tension.
Jbytes – I can’t take my eyes off that furry critter
That’s a HUGE watch that sideline reporter is wearing.
Ray Lewis is on his third six pack of Old English tallboys.
Didn’t this happen at the old Boston Garden during the Bruins-Oilers finals?
JR – “LW , I am insinuated by that remark”
Remember this dump when that hurricane blew through? Thugs taking dumps in the aisles.
Steve Tasker “this is going to get fixed at some point”
I liked the earthquake at Candlestick Park better.
Fee fi fo fee fi fee fo
Nantz is bleeding
Is that Jesse Jackson’s telephone number?
(can I say telephone?)
Half the building in darkness until Chris Christie sat back down again.
Kooz – I drove that cypress structure – scary quake
No matter what these studio guys say, it’s over for the 49ers.
Nah, I wouldve blown my brains out. Quicker and easier.
The Simms spotlight currently the only one working in the building.
Ventura highway in the sunshine
Where the days are longer, the nights are stronger
Than moonshine.
Christie is very upset. The 125 microwave meals just took an extra 30 minutes
From the Outhouse to the Courthouse to the Statehouse to the White House. It’s MOVIN’ time! Remember Jesse Jackson’s mantra?
Had an old Dodge that broke down in California. I remember because I left my Dart in San Francisco.
Just QB sneak it!
Wait, they were at their own 44? Nevermind.
Got a wife and kids in Baltimore, Jack
I went out for a ride and I never went back
Bud light – the king of beers. No joke necessary
If you hate beer, but like to piss a lot.
He stays in bounds, ray Lewis stabs him
Ahem – I left my Dart in San Francisco. Come on, I work hard on this stuff!
Jees.
Pilsner, bass, Guinness , bud light
I like my heart but love my Livermore
I usually get paid for this stuff, but I have to play around with a hockey blog. What’s wrong with this pitcher, Don Drysdale?
Nobody expected the light to remain out for 34 minutes. The one inside Chris Christie’s fridge, I mean.
Lucky Torts isn’t the coach, with that time out. Geez….
Christie’s fridge is lit by a lighthouse.
Chris christie swimming with orca whales – like you and me swimming with goldfish
If you look out your window, regardless of where you live, you can see chris Christie.
Papa Orca to Mama Orca: Who’s that your swimming on?
I will say this, if the lights don’t go out, they don’t come back on
anybody see the middle linebacker/double-homicide justice-obstructor on that TD?
Chris Christie thinks of a subway sandwich as the F train.
He’s actually their weak link at his age. No one in professional sports reporting except Carp will tell it like it is.
Carp – he was stabbing a beer vendor
Pimp said F
comeback? bring in Biron?
This game’s not over.
Ray Lewis better stab someone and right quick soon.
Do they go to a shootout if it’s tied?
First, a five minute OT
Tom Brady-esque
Like to have those 3 points, Tiki?
Both these defenses have been over-hyped all year.
A super bowl record for stabbings set tonight by Ray Lewis – breaking the previous record, also held by ray Lewis.
I stepped away for a minute and things start to get interesting.
Chris Christie just ate a watermelon
One day, it’s going to come out that a 49ers fan was responsible for the power outage, to give his team time to recover mentally from that kickoff return td.
Barbara Boxer?
Feinstein? Waters? Pelosi?
Ahnold?
Name names, says Sen McCarthy!
Is that The Donald?
Prime time
If its tied they do a 2-point conversion contest until there is a winner
Kooz – except 4 ahnuld, you named all my heroes.
Time not yet a factor
That number 78 in white. Bet his cholesterol level is higher than the whole Rangers team combined.
No.
LOL ilb is doing cholesterol testing.
And obviously that fascist pig McCarthy.
fascists make the trains run on time
I don’t really care about the outcome here. I do care that I won the coin toss and a free Papa John’s pizza. Great game by our boys yesterday.
Ilb – think Chris Christie’s LDL quadruple figures?
If you need a ride home, go into Papa John’s and order the pizza delivered and tell them to take you with it.
Speaking of no prophets in their home land, Brooks Robinson said in an interview that he had a monster game in the World Series with three fabulous stops and 2 homers. When he got home, he said to his young son, “What did you think,” and the kid said, “who won?”
Chris Christie – “Does GPS stand for giant pepper steak?”
Jerry Kenny > Brooks R.
Ravens playing prevent offense
Culiver: “are you gay? I ain’t covering no gay receiver”
Is this now a football blog?
Edgar Allen Poe’s The Raven
I like the term I’ve heard some businessmen use: “He outran his coverage.”
Baltimore is named after Poe’s poem. I guess you know that.
I always liked – he has a big pencil.
Awful decision on 3rd and short. Got away with it.
I know nothing, I know nothing
#78 in white looks like he can barely walk let alone run. It’s a good there’s a whistle every 10 seconds.
“The skies they were ashan and sober;
The leaves they were crisped and sere-
The leaves they were withered and sere;
It was night in the lonesome October
Of my most immemorial year.
Memorized this one in grad school. eerie.
(ashen)
I agree tiki
But now tick tock tick tock
They’ll kick the FG, but the gutsy decision, the Belichick decision, is to go for it. Short pass to Welker.
Like those 3 points back yet, Tik?
Pit and the pendulum freaked the crud out of me…
The Job – new show on CBS – give it a hand.
For some strange reason, Poe doesn’t get the place he deserves in the canon. There are no poets writing today who even come close to his genius. IMHO
Eli time
coos, they got 7 points instead of the 3. It’s been said by Simms and Cowher and Esiason. Failing on the fake FG, they pinned SF back in their own end, then got good field position, and scored on their ensuing possession. That’s a +4
The unknown 20th century poet Newman, cooscoos.
Poe scared me
I can see why you drive Carp crazy, T :-)
Huge crunch time
lol coos. I drive everyone crazy! everyone except ilb.
Christie is thinking about moving to Hershey, Pa for all the free chocolates.
Seth rogen is as funny as a toothache.
Same for louis ck and dane cook.
Obvious interference on that last pass play, I don’t care what Simms says.
Dane cook is stupid – agreed tiki
But flacco was hit out of bounds earlier – no call there either
Not rooting for anyone here, just objectivity.
They’ll take a safety. Could be
agreed coos. clear PI or defensive holding.
Called it!
Pull the goalie
Great minds think alike, T
Pull the goalie!
LOL
fair catch?
Ray Lewis MVP
Man, that was dumb. They need to preserve a shot from scrimmage.
Ray Lewis looking to slice someone open.
The Night the Lights Went out in…Georgia?
Next time, they’ll have proof with Lewis. Ring imprint on victim’s jaw before shots ring out.
That stadium is now running for their dear lives.
Hurricane Carter > Ray Lewis
If the lights went out in the Montreal Bell Center, Subban would score three goals before anyone knew what was going on.
Dan Marino naked below the waist.
Agreed. You cant allow the game to end on a punt return. They could have taken a shot deep and hoped for a miracle pass interference and a FG to tie it. Or a penalty of some sort to extend game.
they always give it to the QB, but how about Boldin? Or the guy with the 108-yard kickoff return? Flacco? give me a break.
Baltimore ensures people who don’t know anything about football now know how many points a safety is.
I liked Montreal better when it was the Molson Center. Bell sounds like a little girl.
Good job by CBS to avoid the Murderer-love.
Carp – Ray Lewis got my vote. He played with a killer instinct.
Three Stars:
1) Rupp.
2) Asham.
3) Bickel.
Kooz – you are bad ….
lmao e3!!!!
Tiki – what you say reminds me of a Met game I was at years ago when the dumb Met left fielder, with one out and a man on third in the ninth, caught a deep foul ball and the guy on third tagged and just about trotted home with the lead run.
It’s also Bell Centre .. with an re at the end. Not very masculine.
Come on, Subban would laugh. I think.
Ray Lewis – you just won the super bowl, what are you going to do?
Ray ” I am gonna kill somebody cause I am crazy”
Streams of coloured paper fall from the ceiling as Chris Christie furiously tears open his stash of candy bars.
Nobody does championship trophies like the NHL.
Rupp, Asham and Bickel. ho ho
coos, that’s insanely stupid. A manager has to have his players prepared in that situation.
Murderers = bad. Murderers who beat the Patriots = excellent
First thing wrong is that they give the trophy to the owner first.
Where’s Bettman?
Also, hockey is the only sport where we don’t have to suffer the billionaire owners immediately after the championship … the trophy goes to the players.
Chris Christie is looking at those goal posts like they are pieces of icing from a cake.
There’s a Centre Avenue in New Rochelle. Spelling must be a holdover from the French Huguenots, like Huguenot Street.
Carp, vibin’.
Good for you Joe Flacco. You ripped apart the Patriots secondary like they were children. You earned this!
There’s also a Super Bowl champ in New Rochelle, who wore the Huguenot logo on his helmet.
Chris Christie is literally eating the endzone
Ray Lewis is looking to crack somebody’s head with the trophy.
Not sure they should pass the pointy metal object to Ray Lewis.
Ray Lewis is talking about God and Satan on the radio.
OK, enough of this bullcrap. Switching to Seinfeld.
That’s right, Carp. Good for Ray. He sets a fine example for kids.
Oh, and who nailed the score?
Ray Lewis – “But Baltimore, before we bring this trophy home, I am gonna go kill some peeps”
34-31 Good job, Carp. I thought E3 was the mystic.
Yes, the NHL may be the only ones where the trophy goes straight to the players, but it goes through Bettman first. How awesome would it be to just skip that part and have the dude with the white gloves just hand it out? And the NFL has had their share of labor strife, nobody boos Goodell. Everyone hates Bettman.
I just got the chills. “When God is for ya, who can be against ya” That was both touching and wise. When God is for you, who cares who’s against you.
Love the white gloves with the Cup. Then it goes from bar to bar for three months. LOL
Nice job on the score Carp. Thought it was impressive you were that even before the safety.
God roots for Baltimore?
I wouldn’t be caught dead in the French quarter tonight.
Rewinding back to Beyonce.
Yeah, except God was probably for the 49ers …
Jack Klompas, “take the pen” episode.
Ray Lewis’ kids to momma. “That doesn’t mean he’s coming home, does it?”
I missed halftime. How was B?
Nice score Carp. I had 31-28 purple. Urs was better. Great game
Ray Lewis would have taken you out before you reached the French Quarter, E3.
God is for any individual who believes in him.
that’s mommas, coos.
Hot
lmao coos!
I doubt he’s for murderers.
One more look at james Brown’s rug and I am all set.
OK, back to the astronaut pen.
To give you an idea about Beyonce, Carp, the blog went dead for seemingly five minutes. Everyone was blogging during the game, but not during the performance.
... though I did enjoy seeing that cretin Culliver lose.
OK, now I’m going to YouTube.
Oh right, tomorrow is Monday. Buzzkill.
What happens with God when Boston College plays Notre Dame, Tik? The father, son and holy ghost take the last train to the coast?
Latona – I would pray not. I would only have to outrun someone close to me…
Think we had 1000 posts today -
When the shark is chasing you and your friend, you do not have to swim faster than the shark, only your friend.
ka-ching, E3.
Does Ray Rice get the fumble ball?
The big winner – easily Chris christie
Past 21 hours on the blog: 1017 contributions.
NFL squeezes 10 minutes of action into 5 hours
Amazing. Sports – the opium of the masses.
I’d say Notre Dame, because
God hatesI hate Boston. :)I never would have guessed Carp was pro-gays.
roughly 975 of those by you and E3, coos.
A religious ceremony in Burma: The masses of opium.
Game over, season over.
I’m embarrassed.
what the hell does that mean, Tiki?
Carp is probably for fairness wherever it lands. My guess.
Ugh, worst Seinfeld ever … the parking garage. I might even turn it off.
I hereby return Tiki to Carp. I was the designated arguer today.
You called Culliver a cretin. I didnt think you’d be in favor of gays, gay rights. Glad to be wrong.
why would you not think that?
The only funny moment in the episode (the car failing to start) was unscripted.
Anyone remember the parking garage on The Odd Couple. They win a car, then can’t stand the alternate parking regulation, so they to a local underground garage. Byner? runs the place. He quotes them $400 a month, but the sign on the wall says $150. Felix and Oscar refuse. Byner tells them even his mother pays $400. As they go to leave, Byner hollers: “Yiz will be back, crawling on your hands and knees, just like my mother.” Classic.
lmao. Yiz.
Some people are, some people arent. That’s all.
Coos – wow – fav Odd Couple ep ever – f’n John Byner was classic.
That’s a great one, coos. The Password episode is still my favorite, though.
Yes!
well, next time don’t assume anything about me, ok?
Culliver will likely be stabbed by ray Lewis – karma
how bout Felix oaching the pee wee football team. love his play, the disjointed U
Culliver also acted like a complete dirtball throughout the game, right from the start. And was burned a couple of times, and penalized, and couldn’t catch the punter when he took the safety. That’s a shame.
If they had caught that punter, a fumble was 50-50
Oscar: “Don’t point that finger at me unless you intend to use it.”
thought that fake FG would be ravens undoing and almost was save for some poor calls inside the 10 by the 9ers. the whole experience is hard to watch and Simms has become unlistenable. Nice guy I hear, but not very insightful.
felt bad for rice, but the won. New Roc City!
E3 will be dreaming of wood blocks filled with Santoku knives. Sweet dreams.
You’re right, Stranger. Simms has deteriorated.
“Meet locals. Go green. Date your neighbor.” And all photos of guys and one of the guys is holding a stuffed hello kitty toy.
This is the ad on top of the screen on the blog.
Ok Carp. Ill just ask next time.
That fake FG was the difference in the game for the Ravens. As John Harbaugh said after halftime, he did it knowing if they didnt get it, the 49ers would be pinned back. After forcing a punt, they got good field position and scored a TD. 7 points instead of 3.
Baloney. If they had those 3 points, they wouldn’t even have had to risk the safety.
If they had the 3, they likely dont get the 7. Nearly same scenario in Giants-Steelers game earlier this year. Listen to sideline reporter after halftime quote John Harbaugh. I respect ur opinion, coos.
kooz – i am just hoping ray lewis dont be coming and killing my assen
tom brady wins that game every time….eli – not so much
cccp – here kitty kitty kitty
chris christie seeing ray lewis charging him with a knife…..”hey ray, put a 32oz steak on the end of that will ya”
Gmen v Jets in Supe 48 in NYC next year!
not…
ahmad is missing both feet
any word on the number of recent unsolved homicides in Nawlins?
You know, I was thinking. Carp ace-ing that odd score probably would have netted him a million bucks in Vegas.
2 kids – “hey this deserted dark alley looks safe” few minutes later….”whose that guy wearing a white 52 jersey carrying a giant sword running at us?”
Boy that NO is the pits! Rampant corruption, half the police force absconded during the hurricane, etc., etc. You go there, you have to swallow a bottle of Jim Beam and head to the Jazz clubs and hold on to your ticket out.
kooz more impressive – carp called all 7 beer vendors ray lewis stabbed in the 3rd quarter….
especially over by the super dome …not a bueno neighboorhood…..ever eat at Mothers?
walking from french Q to the mariott almost death defying…
love the po boys and gumbo …..and those baguetts…...i sound like chris christy is channeling me
Hey, Tiki – if everyone agreed, this blog would be just: “You’re right,” “No, you’re right.” “Well, we’re both right.” Eventually, the blog would be like the desert in Shelley’s Ozymandius : ‘boundless and bare, the level sands stretch far away…” How’s that for a pretentious literary illusion? :-)
politics became christie’s passion after he read about Ike’s promise of a chicken in every pot….
N Orleans. The cops who were nice enough to stay, started robbing the citizens, too, along with the muggers and looters.
you sound like former vice president Allegory….
Speaking of Ike, ever notice everything booms under a “do-nothing” President? It seems to be true.
that is one bad assen city….even ray lewis is thinking,
“damn, i might get stabbed”
in the words of BTO – let it ride, ride, let it ride….
You can bet his posse leeches escort him out.
I think maybe Carp misinterpreted Tiki. Least, I hope so. They’ll surely kiss and make up. Uh, I wonder if I can say that.
Figure of speech.
50’s boom was after ww!!..low unemployment…GI bill, home loans made available with low interest rates….high taxes….not much disparity between CEO and labor….good time to be an american
wonder if culliver is still alive
I think in those days, people actually repaid loans, and big time CEOs were making less than shortstops.
Not if Carp gets his size 11’s up his azz.
its all good….its 2013. bout time the christian right wing nut jobs stopped caring who does who….they love small government except when it comes to your bedroom
and shortstops didnt make much at all…pee wee made pee wee
I’ve never seen such blatant hostility from both sides. The Houses of Parliament in GB can be nasty to one another, but there is usually a smile on their faces when they do it. The far right and far left are scary.
kooz – i assume u lean left?
Yeah, I think Rizzuto made 7 grand one of those years. They really pushed for the World Series because they needed the extra dough.
less nut job crazy on far left…..for every todd akins, bachmann, murdoch, cantor….we only have maybe one third crazy…
I like the fair middle. Clinton, dopey as he could sometimes be, seemed to get it right. I think Obama is too far left and Bush too far right.
I never say We. A failing, perhaps…
we can talk politics as long as my brutha czechthemout isnt listening
i disagree – obama is not far left enough…...
Ha. I like an old essay I read somewhere years ago, I think it was Roland Barthes, and he talked of the “sclerosis of systems.”
but, no need to argue…..
the system is in dire need of repair…no doubt….way too polarized…getting back to your comment about house of commons
Both sides (pols) try so hard to convince us that they are completely correct that they inevitably only skewer everything, IMO.
i say x, you say z, how bout we shake and agree on y…..not enough of that, sadly
Jack Kennedy seemed to know how to do it. Humor, and he invited various opponent politicians, along with his own, to the White House weekly for scotch and cigars to just shmooze, not necessarily politics (probably Cuban cigars, which would give them all a laugh.)
You have background in Lit?
You can’t just see your opposition as the literal enemy because you will get the war you didn’t want by osmosis.
Yeah. MFA creative writing. Taught at a couple colleges, but now I just write.
Kennedy was a genius in his press conferences – true- but that was a different time. Vietnam, the assassinations, Watergate, among other things changed forever the rules in politics
That’s why I’m in front of this computer 15 hours a day. :-) Hockey is my ice cream.
As an undergrad, I took a lot of grad courses in American lit… Mostly 19th century
Guess so. We live in the information world. Once, there would be a war somewhere overseas and we’d hear about it a month later. I think most Americans know geography these days solely because of warfare.
I like the way you write – clever, imbued with humor…
Most Americans are morons
I have a first edition of Lord Byron’s Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage. 1812. The strangest thing is that in the back of the book, there is an ad for a Jane Austen book which doesn’t say Jane Austen, but rather…Pride and Prejudice, by the author of Sense and Sensibility, (or something like that) Back then, women didn’t sell, genius or not. :’)
Not that I am a pedantic elitist or anything – I, too, am a moron
I’m sometimes embarrassed for this country when I speak to Europeans. Not all the time, because they can be smug, too, but too often.
I love it when people on blogs call one another maroons. Imagine a moron calling someone a maroon? I mean, who’s the moron?
Women were not allowed to do many things….shoot, 1969 and Princeton didnt accept women into their ph.d math program
The arrogant moron is my enemy.
Imagine through history how many bright women were confined to the spinning wheel and the wash tub? We’re still barely crawling out of the dark ages.
Arrogant stupidity – Sarah Palin comes to mind.
You betcha!
I know. We’d have a cure for cancer, cars would run on air, and the rangers would never lose if women had a level playing field.
I knew Palin was a complete and total lightweight when I saw what she named her kids – Track, Trig, Piper…. I can take that stuff from Frank Zappa, but not my VP/
I love her speech patterns – the “also too” in the middle of every sentence
Did you know that the Rangers used to employ a woman figure skater coach to teach the defensemen how to skate backwards with skill and speed? Don’t know if she’s still there. I guess if she were, we would have heard.
John McCain is senile. Not easy….
Boyle worked with a Canadian figure skater – he needs more lessons tho
Women have been frozen out of many careers in math , science , and engineering – my undergrad is EE and out of 140 – maybe 3 girls
I don’t get this country. He built his rep as a prisoner of war and his father was an admiral. What I don’t get is how most of these politicians just get voted into office on the basis of some strange sympathy, or one rousing speech, or…I think I’d rather be governed by a computer, or, as Bill Buckley said, the first 400 people in the Boston metropolitan phone book.
Grad school even worse – but it’s changing….more emphasis on bridging the gap
I like Bill Bradley – smart dude – good jump shot
Read recently that girls have finally overtaken boys in math scores.
Oh sorry – you said Buckley – very smart too …. Too far right for my tastes but I appreciate his genius
Girls are smarter in many ways.. Less ego I find
Bradley, I was told by some athletes (not basketball, i guess they heard it) that Bradley, when he played defense, neither of them looking at the basket, would stick a finger or two inside the waistband of the guy who fronted him, and it worked!
In my household, my wife is a way better abstract thinking mathematician than I am… I am better applied…. But she can write circles around me theoretically.
Remember Pat Moynihan, senator from NY? He was left, left, brilliant but he was the son of a bartender and he never lost the common touch or the perfect bon mot and moved to the center when he thought it was called for. I admired him.
Great knick teams 69-70
Chris Matthews worked for him
Well, I think that is one big difference between re pubs and Dems… The concern for all – the other side would disagree however
Men want answers. Women want answers, too, but they go about it in a different way, I think. For instance, many times when a woman asks you your advice, they’re not really asking for advice so much as understanding. We think, well, here’s the simple answer, and that’s not good enough. You can’t live long enough to figure all this stuff out. Ha
The 47% of the population are takers – case in point
Chris Matthews, to me, is a perfect example of an uncompromising goof. Sorry
Right – men solve problems whereas women tend to want understanding…. Emotional understanding.
I love his passion and energy
Yeah. We (men) pride ourselves on the direct answer, but often there was really never a question, just a bonding exercise.
The msnbc crowd is flawed, yes, but they aren’t bat turd crazy like the Fox News loons
Right – I agree
Men = direct approach – very linear
Women – a bit more circuitous
You can imagine my consternation on campus. All faculty was in one camp or the other and they refused to come out and listen to anything that they hadn’t already preconceived. And they’re all telling their students to open their minds. Very troubling.
But I like the way women think on the whole
Yes, especially given your subject matter. In mathematics, we are dealing with far less subjectivity.
I see both FOX and CNBC as “entertainment faux news.” They both draw in the gullible. Neither tell the other side of the story. You know, thesis, antithesis, synthesis.
Without the feminine influence, I think we would have blown up this planet long ago playing little boy war games.
Right…. Mainly pushing an agenda that may not even be positions they hold individually.
Agreed – take Limbaugh – a bombastic oxycotin addict spewing nonsense that I am convinced he doesn’t hold dear to his heart.
Are you in the process of writing something serious at present?
I have a good friend who is an electrical engineer, works for United Technologies, Sikorsky. He was always top of his class through high school and college, then applied for a job w/UT. He found out he needed a Masters, so he lied and they hired him. Next few years after work, he tried to get the Masters credits and did. Today he is at the pinnacle of the company. I said to him, well, you were always top of the class, I’m not surprised. He replied: “No, whenI got here, I talked to some of the employees up here and realized that they were far superior to me. Their problem is they can’t write. I can present things directly and cogently, and that’s why I jumped much smarter engineers and got to this spot. Interesting.
And, I think you are correct in that many of them are showmen, making large bucks, and they hold whatever view is in vogue in their particular medium.
Engineers are noted for many things good and bad. On the whole, they don’t write well, speak well, share their ideas well, have a hard communicating, socially awkward etc….. When I have taught intro to engineering, lots of writing/speaking/group work projects…
Always felt I made a difference – getting them to understand passion is a good thing, and intellectual curiosity a lovely trait
Yes, always writing. Novels and short stories. Viking was (is? you never know day to day) my house. Two novels are out of print, alas. My last submission was replied to by Viking to my agent (who sent a copy of the letter to me) as (to make it brief) “Unrelenting spiritual misery. Makes Mr. Sammler’s Planet read like the Ode to Joy.” Can you imagine reading something like that from your publisher? They had changed senior editors, so this guy was a new addition. Strange thing is, as you can imagine, the book was a riot, funny, alive, etc. I think it was too un PC for his tastes. When I write, I’m not too concerned with an editor’s feelings. He wanted major revisions. I refused. That’s why I’m a writer and he’s an editor, frustrated writer.
NASA is pushing a lot of project management type influence into engineering curriculum which is fancy talk for just people to share and work in teams – no loner wolves allowed
Einstein said, “Keep it simple, but not too simple.”
I would be happy to read it if you like….was about to start Frank Norris’ McTeague again. But I have read it about 10 times….
When Einstein graduated from college in Germany, he applied for a teaching position there and they turned him down. Later, when the world was dazzled by his genius, the administration said they didn’t hire him because they didn’t want to hold him back. This is the kind of hypocrisy that is pervasive in every society, but the US is premier.
Best descriptive American novel ever written
He had a brilliant macro view of classical mechanics
Re: Your NASA comment. Again, the sclerosis of systems.
I think Einstein studied under minkowski who was very tight with David hilbert. Minkowski thought his charge to be lazy and simple. He needed help with the mathematics – and Herman Weyl came to his rescue
Funny, one of my stories is called “The First Law of Classical Mechanics,” another is titled, “The Second Law of Thermodynamics.” Neither one has anything to do with the titles except to… oh well, I’m yakking, yakking.
I think Einstein thought as a child, though a brilliant child. If he had accepted all the “laws” that were then ascendent and accepted as fact, he never would have accomplished anything much because he would have been working with faulty info.
I see NASA’s purpose it has value. But not every sock drawer fits into a mold
I think I have a very romantic and naive vision of the world as it is. Which is good.
His conceptual physics ideas needed Mathematical vetting – he was unable to that by himself . His surrogate became Herman Weyl
One of these days I’ll send you a story or two so you don’t have to devote a month to a novel and you can tell me what you think. I’m working on a new long work now, and have the rejected one from Viking on my desk and want to see if it really needs revision.
perhaps folks were so overwhelmed by Phil Simms’ relentless auditioning for the role of future Mrs. Colin Kaepernick that they failed to notice Flacco completely outplayed him
Good enough. I like Henry James ,Hawthorne ,Melville ,Emerson ,Thoreau ,!frank Norris Steven Crane, Fitzgerald Salinger , twain
All the vetting, to me, in any field is for the academic and peer groups who won’t accept genius unless it has been agented and verified and imprimatured by lesser agents. However, it is what it is.
Hey, in Gatsby, the narrator, Nick Carraway says that he has tennis friends and he has literary friends. Very telling comment, as though the two could never coincide. And here we are talking engineering, literature, and hockey. LOL Sometime, we have to talk about Salinger. What an interesting character. Until the day he died, he was receiving residual checks of over 100 grand a year from ‘Catcher.’ Many think that Catcher in the Rye is a book about Mike Piazza’s drinking problem.
Cute – he was in the loony hospital
Simms lately really gets on my nerves. I think he works for the NFL, loathe to ever express an opinion on any official’s obviously bad call. Do you remember the substiute refs in maybe Green Bay’s first or second game? That totally irresponsible call actually cost the Giants from getting in the playoffs!
Reasonable people can speak reasonably with other reasonable people
I think I’ve worn you out, amigo. We’ll talk soon.
Giants shot their load before Atlanta then Ravens games
Ok mate nice chat as always – I am tired
I don’t know why I became cooscoos. It sounded silly enough I guess. Talk manana.
I am the Eddie Eddie eddie chant for Eddie g – great keeper
Coos Coos
“The Highwayman” right?
Can’t beat that tempo…..
By the way….....1812 gave us LOOziana didn’t it?
btw my memory only goes back to Namath and his wide receiver Don Maynard….
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