bjorn_skurj

I was dubbed Bjorn Skurj at the tender age of 15 during an early winter evening when my friends Robbie and Dave and I were standing in the woods, drinking Hyde Park brand gin straight from the bottle and listening to Sabbath's Vol. 4 on a boombox.

Flying small aircraft is dangerous, especially during a foggy day and around a large metropolitan area.

I wanted to put beer in the soda machine when I was in high school.

Thanks, man. VC has contributed significantly to my quality of life and growth as a human being over these past two years and I'm grateful for the efforts of the founders. Have a glorious retirement and watch out for that Beria, he's a tricky one. Dan

Read it and weep, Yankees fans. Cashman: Yankees not looking to trade A-Rod Eds: UPDATES throughout. By RONALD BLUM AP Baseball Writer NEW YORK (AP) - Joe Torre will be back with the New York Yankees and it looks as though A-Rod will be, too. General manager Brian Cashman said the team had no intention of trading Alex Rodriguez, who failed to drive in a run in the playoffs for the second straight year and was dropped to eighth in the batting order. "I fully expect him to be here," Cashman said Tuesday. "We're going to figure this thing out together." Earlier, Torre said he would retu

Next time I go to New Mexico, I'm totally stopping there for lunch.

It still works.

I'm stuffing the family jewels up my ass and heading for a life in exile this very minute. Damned egalitarianists!

I've signed up for a few memberships, a total of $15 so far. I might drop in another $10 or so if I can, next week.

I feel like a Russian nobleman in late 1917.

Fucking stressed. Two of my reporters are having a dispute.

test ... I'm downgraded too!

I saw it in a movie theater when it was first out, but haven't seen it since. I am pretty sure I am not in it.

"Like Patrick Ewing in the fourth quarter!"

A bottle of bourbon and a time expander, please.

Welcome to Tuesday!

It's A-Rod's fault that bin Laden is still at large and that North Korea has a semi-functional atomic bomb.

The best way to get ants to dance would be to have them possessed by Satan, no?

I concur.

I was high the only time I listened to "the drone" all the way through.

You willing to bet the lives of millions on that?

Yeah, it looked like he blew out his Achilles' Saturday night. We may have seen him play his last game as a Met.

Seoul is within artillery range of the border.

With most of the military in Iraq and Afghanistan, I figure we'll find a diplomatic solution to all this.

I'm sure the Bush administration will respond to this in a well-thought out, measured way. N. Korea Reports 1st Nuclear Arms Test By DAVID E. SANGER WASHINGTON, Monday, Oct. 9