Snow, Juice, HGH, Speed, The Cream and the Clear
Published December 13th, 2007 in .Plugs
Again, only one for TOM. I got a hold of a .pdf of the George Mitchell report right as it was being given out, and put it up at TOM. Interesting read, but more on that later in this blog.
More Emails from Dad.
I got this one the other day but forgot to post it.
It seems that all the experts perceive that the Patriots and or “the evil empire” are incapable of stopping the run. The Eagles and Ravens exposed this and the Steelers were able to use this”blueprint” to abuse the old and tired front seven of the hapless Patriots defense. If memory serves me correctly, and it does, the Ravens failed to get a first down in the fourth quarter on Monday Night Football in a game the were leading up until there were only 44 seconds left. I guess those old codgers could stop the run when they needed to. Perhaps a couple of first downs in crunch time could have made a difference. I doubt that but maybe it surely would not have hurt if they had. The Steelers rushed for an amazing 181 yards pushing those aging backers all over the place. It a shame they could not score more than 13 points. In crunch time on fourth and one you try an end around when you desperately need to score. How lame is that?
The Coach does not care how many yards you gain on the ground. He only cares about the final score. Pittsburgh won the time of possession but failed to win the game. Somebody has to run the clock down. It might as well be the other guy that gets worn down in the fourth quarter. Look back at the Eagles in 2004. the could not finish that game. They flat out ran out of gas in the Super Bowl. They have never recovered as a franchise.
All of this is said to just say this. Allowing perceived weakness can be used to achieve the desired result. One name comes to my mind Muhammad Ali. If you need any confirmation e-mail George Foreman.
Enough Said Dad
Bellichick has said before: “It does not matter how many yards are rushed for, it is how many times“. It is not only a philosophy he has lived by, Parcells has too. And then you can also ask, why the heck was Pitt in a power running game down by 3 touchdowns? I am going to have to set dad up a blog over at TOM.
Snow Day
Yeah so the first real snow of the season dumped down on us today, got about a foot right now, and it is still coming down. My work closed at 1:00PM, it started at 12:30 and by 1 there was already 3″. Kids got out earlier, so I left work earlier. Took this pic about 3 hours ago.
Looking at the pic, and just coming our from shoveling, there is double that now. By the way, my 1988 Jeep Cherokee, at left, is AWESOME in the snow.
Now, we are supposed to get a Nor’easter on Sunday.
Ok, the Mitchell Report
Interesting, well written, some good recommendations. Seems Selig at least says he is going to act. Now some of the names, honestly most of them are not shocking, not even Clemens, there was always rumor and innuendo about Clemens who was falling apart after leaving Boston. He has also put on a ton of weight since his early career as you can see. Most of those on the list, have been rumored. The scary part is the majority of these names basically come from three sources.
Yay New Jersey!
Outlawed Capital Punishment!
It’s a step,
but you lawmakers still need to do more.
Wow.
This is nightmare for some people.
Malach’s Video/Quote of the Day
In an attempt to assist Mike with his fascination of Shane MacGowan, I present two videos:
I am Malach . . and I got your cure
You guys are getting all the snow. All we have been getting here is freezing rains and heavy winds, and it seriously sucks.
Maybe we should just post a Shane video every day between now and Christmas. I wonder if I could find one of him singing “All I Want For Christmas Is My 2 Front Teeth?”
Fog, fog, fog, fog and more fog.
Pettite is the only one that bummed me out.
So- if there’s gonna be an asterisk next to the Pats Superbowls wins, and 2007 perfect season, shouldn’t there be asterisks beside all those Yankee World Series titles????
I’m just sayin’…
The weather forecast here was just like what my wife got last night:
8 to 12 inches.
HA! I kid!
I’m 5′2″ tall with a size 7 shoe.
..so..my penile analogy forecast is more like “trace amounts.”
F*ING snow….I love it..except when we have to drive in it.
Took me 2 hours to drive 30 miles home yesterday. My friend had a 4 hour commute to go 23 miles.
…luckily, I didn’t have to crap or pee at the time…
I hate when that happens.
no real snow here, maybe tomorrow…
I think we have some snow and sleet heading our way. Doesn’t look like I will be going out in it this weekend,
I’ll just stay home wrapped in a quilt on the couch and watch some movies.
We’ve got a couple inches, and it’s cold as hell, but I can live with it. You guys can have the heavy snows this year. Last year, we had two Christmas blizzards, about a week apart, each dumping three feet or so. I used to love snow, but after that, I’m over it. Let the global warmy begin!
we havent had anymore snow. we had a metric ass ton last week, and i even got to miss a half day of work. they are well prepared for it up here, bunch of goddamn swedes and norwegians with their snowplows….
So that is your house. I’ve been staking it out for my xmas robberies. When will you not be home?
Malach you stood me up at lunch today WTF??? I had to eat lunch with the Piper by myself. We waited for about 30 mins for you before we said screw it, lets eat. I was really looking forward to seeing you too.
Eve: I am not sure what happened. I arrived early to 99 in Fall River at about 11:50AM, you guys said 12:30, so I hung out in the foyer waiting until 1:00PM, and then figured something came up and the Piper didn’t have my cell . . .
Mike: We could there are a ton of funny ones.
HTGT: What do you expect, him and Clemens are like the Bobsie Twins
Colonel: yeah, if you take their 25 man rosters from those years and more than half of them were on the juice according to the report
Mooog: Luckily I only work 5 minutes from home.
Toyi: we getting a big one Sunday too
Prepon: Sleet fight!
Phoebe: This is a lot of snow for use prior to Xmas, over the years we have gotten less and less, just big storms
Mocky: Yeah, we getting a huge one this weekend, we will see
Rag: Yeah that’s the homestead, 2000 sq feet of 1900’s colonial fun
Malach that is the problem. Did Piper tell you 99 in Fall River? It was Chilis in Somerset! Now I feel bad that you waited. You need my cell because I will answer it.
That picture looks like an xmas card, Malach!! Gorgeous shot!
(I think Piper hosed you and Eve on purpose!)