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Sorry to hear of his passing and the fact that he battled cancer for 6 years. This may be common knowledge but his brother is Michigan attorney Geoff Fieger, known for his representation of Dr. Jack Kevorkian.

Did CBC play that angle up as well or was this merely an annoying NBC bullet point? Anyway, nice to see that guy win the gold in the moguls, his aerials were sick!

The 5k long track and the semifinals and finals of the short track were live, but the majority of the coverage is on a tape delay. Take the first round of the ladies moguls last night as an example. . . 27 skiiers down to 20, and all they showed were the United States and Canadian athletes. You wouldn't have known that Japanese, Russian, and other athletes made the final round until they showed a graphic at the end of the round, and lo and behold, a Japanese skiier was in the top 5 and in medal contention. The luge was also tape delayed. As far as puff pieces, they will be coming, but yes

Maybe it is just me, but NBC has ruined the Olympics for me. The reliance on idiotic puff pieces and tape delayed coverage just pisses me off. Hell, these Games are in a location where NBC could have shown live coverage of the events this afternoon, but everything was taped. And the ski-jump announcer who insisted on bringing up the Harry Potter resembalance of the Gold Medal Winner at every opportunity just showed that the jackass didn't know anything about the sport . . . the dude is 8 years older now and is a man for God's sake, show him some respect as a 3 time Olympic Champion. The n

I heard it was going to be The Cowboy Poet, f/k/a Dr. Canuck . . . due to his longstanding support for the local NHL team. This poll is just a smokescreen.

I'm with you cryptique. This test is getting harder each year. I had no clue on at least 5, maybe 8, of the questions. It didn't help that halfway through the test my roommate comes in with a dog, making all kinds of noise, and wanting to talk about the stupid things she did all day. Oh well, there is always next year. eta: The answers are up on the Jeopardy! Discussion Board - 34/50 for me (assuming they accept some questionable spelling efforts on 3 responses). No chance they call me this year. What is sad is that there is only one question that I missed that I came up with the answe

Those in the know have told me that SB-XLV's Bridgestone Halftime show will be a tribute to Alt-Country starring Uncle Tupelo/Son Volt/Wilco! Edited to add that the Lions and Browns will be facing off in the game . . . otherwise, the tribute to Alt-Country is cancelled.

What Mick Jones said and Winston Legthigh quoted.

1. YHF 2. aGIB 3. BT 4. AM 5. KT 6. ST 7. W(ta) 8. SBS

Call it whatever you want, these fish are a freaking ecological disaster just waiting to happen. They can grow up to 100 pounds, eat up to 40% of their body weight per day on a diet consisting of plankton. They will destroy the Great Lakes fishery and the only way to keep them out of Lake Michigan (and Huron, Superior, Erie and Ontario and their tributaries) is closing the locks on the Chicago Sanitation and Shipping Canal. And guess what, the Supreme Court denied Michigan's (and other states) request for a TRO. So by the time the Court actually gets around to hearing the case and making a

"I GOT A BLACK MAGIC MARKER"

I can't believe that no one has chimed in on Kiffin's move to SoCal. I guess this shows how fucked up college football is now when a dude who has not had any significant success as a head coach can leave one of the nation's better programs in arguably the best conference after only one year to take over one of the possibly top-5 college head coaching positions and it barely registers with the VC community. Maybe Al Davis was right about Lane after all.

I will admit my bias - alum, season tkt holder in Section 6, row 1 [actually third row because there is a row A and B] on the goal line behind the visiting band and cheerleaders. Greg Matthews caught the game winning TD against ND right in front of me this year. By far the highpoint of the 09 season. I can't wait until the '10 season starts. GO BLUE!!! Beat UCONN!!!

What were your impressions about the Rose Bowl. I was at the Michigan-Texas Rose Bowl game in '05 and I still think it is the second best place to watch a football game (after Michigan Stadium, of course).

As much as I hate to say this, no McCoy, no chance. Satan wins another mythical national championship.

When I read IJ, I got it through the ILL from my local library. Although it took 2 renewals, I was finally able to finish it . . . and it was worth it. Now I need to buy a copy and go back to it whenever I feel the need. Currently re-reading HST's The Curse of Lono.

I guess Lifebuoy can cause permanent damage to your hearing as well as causing blindness (less than 8 hours to the start of the 24 hour Christmas Story Marathon!!!!!)

I didn't vote because I don't use boxes. If the gift is oddly shaped, it doesn't matter because I am so inept at wrapping that even a perfectly square gift looks like a 3 year old wrapped it. It is now a holiday tradition to mock my horribly wrapped but extremely thoughtful gifts. With that said, I hope the reuse option wins in a landslide. Remember to Reduce, Reuse, and Recylce.

I concur with the majority that the Macca Christmas song is one of the worst pieces of music ever produced. I'd rather listen to "Ice Ice Baby" and "U Can't Touch This" on a repeated loop for 37.469 hours than "Wonderful Christmastime" once. And Dylan's "Must Be Santa" is one of the catchiest Christmas tunes ever. A little polka, a little klezmer, I mean come on, it just screams of the birth of most of Western civilization's saviour. If you haven't seen the video yet, check it out on YouTube. My New Year's resolution is to get on the guest list for the next house party Bob throws.

10 Months on unemployment 9 McCain '08 visor's with his name blacked out with a marker 8 Octomom babies 7 Boyle's a-singing 6 Tigers a-laying 5 TEA BAGGERS! 4 ACORN volunteers 3 years till doomsday 2 Miss USAs and a Kanye a-polo-gizing

I would be shocked if Harbaugh left Stanford for KU. No offense to the Jayhawks and their fans, but that move would not be a step up IMHO. I think KU should just hire Gill. He's a great coach and I think that he would be able to recruit well enough to make KU a regular contender in the Big 12 North.

I couldn't make it through that youtube clip. If it wasn't for the vocalist, I don't think I would have picked up on the "Radio Cure" cover. The Bad Plus should stick to Nirvana covers.

I'm like Johnny F'n Cash becuz I've Been Everywhere Man (just kidding)

I just finished watching One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest. I have not watched this in probably 20 years. A great movie, but that goes without saying.

tOSU v the Ducks is the one game I am looking forward to watching. After seeing TP in person for the first time this year at the Michigan game I am really impressed by his athletic ability. Tressel-ball will not beat the Ducks, but if somehow the tOSU braintrust decide to open up the offense, the Buckeyes might pull out a nice win. And for the record, that might just be the last nice thing I ever say about that team from down south. Cincy doesn't stand a chance against Florida. They just barely got by both WVU and Pitt to win the Big East. Add in the fact that B. Kelly will be talking t