Kevan

That took 3 minutes... reminded me of Albert Brooks in Broadcast News: -I say it here, it comes out there.

Thanks, I'll have to check out whatever this is when I get home from work.

Of course; anyone who would begrudge you what you like... don't listen to that person. However, I'm one who always clarifies that I used to be a dmb fan but dislike their music now. I do it because I loved the band they were from inception through 2001 (or so) and have disliked what they've produced more and more over the years (notwithstanding a slight bump in 2005) since then. So, yeah.

Deerhunter, No Age and Dan Deacon at Southgate House in KY was good. Wilco shows in Cincy and Columbus Bad Veins and You, You're Awesome, Fountain Square in Cincy Black Angels and Raveonettes at Southgate. This was probably my favorite show of the year.

You know what you never see? Raiders fans. I really think they've been snuffed out by the last 5-7 years of ineptitude.

Oddly, I took a few minutes this morning to look at the Vikes schedule and had some thoughts. Come here and see this. Nice! Vikes quality wins are Baltimore, 2 over GB (but only technically) and Cincy. GB wins were technically 'quality' but, when we beat them, they were not the same team they are now; they were a mess. I don't take away from those wins what one generally would from a truly quality victory, hence the technicality. We almost pissed the Baltimore game away, yes, but for more than 3 quarters we F'ing dominated a very good team. Excepting the melt down, we haven't looked bet

I posted that I hoped SD would fail as usual.. I didn't really look it up or anything and I don't follow the afc so closely. I just know they've been hyped for seemingly 5-6 years now and haven't made a SB. I was wrong there. Rank your superbowl contenders by conference!! afc: Indy SD Balt nfc: NO Philly Minny AZ GB I really like Philly right now. They scare the sh!t out of me as a Vikes fan.

Shouldn't Chris Johnson be the runaway winner of mvp, player of the year, coach of the year, heisman and every other trophy that exists??

How was it? How were the seats? I think San Diego wins out and fails spectacularly, as usual. At least, I hope; I dislike their key players.

Streaming on-line (only): Classic MPR click on Holiday Classics near the top. Happy Holidays

haha (list of QBs). I stopped watching espn years ago because of stuff like how they handled the Favre thing, and any other major story, and how douchey the anchors are and how driven by the almighty $ their coverage is.... I could go on. I just mention this because I never got the Favre overload, or overload of any other story, for that matter. It's more difficult to follow sports this way, but... I don't know. I just recommend weaning off sportscenter, et al... if, indeed, thats where you were getting your .. overload. This is remarkably poorly worded. Onward.. Oh, and, why do you hate the

The Steelers are 4-0 when Polamalu plays, 2-6 without him (not counting tonight v. Cleveland). I considered him the most important player on that team but, damn.

I hope Notre Dame keeps to their academic standards and accepts they are playing on the short end of an uneven playing field. It's only football.

All the speculation I've seen surrounds Weis as OC. I think he'll do very well.

Reading, and loving, The Elegance of the Hedgehog by Muriel Barbery. It's not about tea, but this quote, about tea, I read last night and was struck by: The tea ritual: such a precise repetition of the same gestures and the same tastes; accession to simple, authentic and refined sensations, a license given to all, at little cost, to become aristocrats of taste, because tea is the beverage of the wealthy and the poor; the tea ritual, therefore, has the extraordinary virtue of introducing into the absurdity of our lives an aperture of serene harmony. Yes, the world may aspire to vacuousness, l

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Ah, indeed. Indeed....

ah, who cares? What was the point you were leading toward? Maybe that will get this discussion back on topic.

If we won I would pray afterward and thank god for it. The only praying I did was late in close games, didn't happen all the time, so I guess time spent praying for outcome and in thanks about equalled out. In my mind God was like my personal genie, the wishes he would grant were finite but would replenish if I didn't ask too often

I was always very thankful! And when we lost I just assumed a player on the other team prayed harder! I shit you not! Of course, I was, like, 8.

I grew up irreligious. The first prayers I remember, uh..., placing(?) were for my team to win the game from the hockey bench between shifts. Those prayers seemed to work about as often as they didn't. I'm not now religious. (hockey was very important to me.)

The Saints looked pretty good. Pretttyyyyyyyyy, pretttyyyyyyyyyy, pretttyyyyyyyyyyyyyy good.

I enjoyed the Phish show. Never seen a crowd like that before! I used to attend Dave Matthews Band shows fairly regularly (years ago) and I thought those crowds were the most energetic and involved I'd see but the Phish crowd topped that. EVERYONE knew the music and/or was losing their shit. That was cool. Least sober crowd I've ever been apart of, too. Also cool. The venue was TERRIBLE. Anarchy reigned everywhere but in the crowd; it was every man for himself. I did get tired after their first set and wasn't looking forward to the second but that kinda faded and I enjoyed the rest of th

What would KILL at ANY show, especially Wilco, would be Sun King -through- She Came in Through the Bathroom Window from Abbey Road. Can you imagine!? Listen to that tonight and tell me that wouldn't blow your mind. Man! I'm playing it in my HEAD and I'm inspired...

I haven't. Thanks for the tip! I will check them out. Though not technically a 'fan', I like the Packers, fwiw. I'm a viking 'fan' though.