Out of the Blue

I forgot to mention yesterday was Columbus Day, it's one of those occasions that's easy to overlook, as I don't know anyone who gets the day off or anything. On the other hand, the news was pretty slow, so maybe it is a big holiday in the games business or something.

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Bringing Oysters Back to Town.
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Re: Monday Night
Oct 14, 2008, 17:40
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Re: Monday Night Oct 14, 2008, 17:40
Oct 14, 2008, 17:40
 
You forgot to mention the outcome of last night's game. How'd that go?

Did that slip my mind? Go fig.

Yeah, that was pretty bad... This was an obvious trap game to start with, but also considering how the G-men tend to do poorly on MNF, it was a double trap.

Oh well, it could have a net positive effect of being a reminder that people started talking about the team as one of the best in football, not because of some divine proclamation, but because they have gotten into the habit of preparing well, and playing physical, relatively mistake-free football. I'm betting if the Patriots had lost one regular-season game where they suffered a let-down last year, they probably would have won the Super Bowl.

Of course the Giants have had an easy schedule up until now, and the Browns are a far better team than their record would indicate, so I don't mean to make it sound like the upset of the century. The Browns played a great game (if you ignore the disgraceful number of illegal procedure penalties).
Stephen "Blue" Heaslip
Blue's News Publisher, Editor-in-Chief, El Presidente for Life
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Monday Night
Oct 14, 2008, 14:43
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Monday Night Oct 14, 2008, 14:43
Oct 14, 2008, 14:43
 
You forgot to mention the outcome of last night's game. How'd that go?

...sorry, couldn't reisist. The years of reading B's N has revealed that your fan'smenship for the Giants is akin to my love of the Browns.

edit: three days later, noticed the embarassingly wrong use of the word "you're" for "your". Me fail english? That's un-possible!


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No subject
Oct 14, 2008, 14:30
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Oct 14, 2008, 14:30
 
i'd forgotten you could click on the logo and get the week's information. thanks nin. glad to see walter's back working with you again.
I don't believe in a lot of things, but I do believe in duct tape.
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No child left behind
Oct 14, 2008, 12:07
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No child left behind Oct 14, 2008, 12:07
Oct 14, 2008, 12:07
 
Get all your students passing what for some is extremely difficult exams, and if you don't, find your funding cut by a crazy percentage.

How bass ackwards is that shit.

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No subject
Oct 14, 2008, 11:20
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Oct 14, 2008, 11:20
 
Saints Row 2 anyone? Co-op! (360 version here)
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Re: No subject
Oct 14, 2008, 10:46
nin
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Re: No subject Oct 14, 2008, 10:46
Oct 14, 2008, 10:46
nin
 
Hey Blue, who's doing your new logos?

The same person who did the old logos.

Hint: click on it on the main page...
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Oct 14, 2008, 10:44
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Oct 14, 2008, 10:44
 
Hey Blue, who's doing your new logos?

edit: had to play with the new buttons. wicked cool.


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I don't believe in a lot of things, but I do believe in duct tape.
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Doubling Vitamin D
Oct 14, 2008, 08:44
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Doubling Vitamin D Oct 14, 2008, 08:44
Oct 14, 2008, 08:44
 
Coulda used some of that myself back in the day. Not only do we have rather dark falls/winters in this area (NE US), but from what I've read, as children born prematurely (such as myself) lose vitamin D through, er, urine... this despite having consumed gallons of milk throughout most of my life.

I'm trying to be less of a vampire, though, and getting out in the sun for 10-15 minutes or so daily.

Dan =0)

P.S. The "secret text" button is really quite secret... I'm still used to typing the tags. *Clicks on "More" link* Holy crap that's a lot of smilies... Speechless
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Re: re: Under ‘No Child’ Law, Even Solid Sch
Oct 14, 2008, 03:27
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Oct 14, 2008, 03:27
 
The result of government failure is usually the call for more government action.

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Perhaps someday, the dictionary definition of “statist” may read, “Someone who learns nothing from human nature, economics, or experience, and repeats the same mistakes over and over again without a care for the rights and lives of people he crushes with his good intentions.” - Lawrence W. Reed

Perpetual debt is slavery.
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re: Under ‘No Child’ Law, Even Solid Sch
Oct 14, 2008, 00:58
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Oct 14, 2008, 00:58
 
Or, another way of putting it is to say "Under ‘No Child’ Law, lax teaching won't improve scores enough anymore"


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