probably about welcome week. or fish. but probably welcome week.
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| 1 day 19 hours ago | Sorry, I didn't make it past this: |
It's also a story of a manipulative monkey that convinces a sweet-hearted bear to flee its home, then exploits her for financial gain until she decides to drown itself. Possibly because she has brain damage. EDIT: I can say this now that I've listened to the song: It is a recording of the mad ramblings of one of the Munchkins from The Wizard of Oz, possibly designed to spread the insanity of the singer to her listeners. It should be quarantined for the safety of the public. |
| 1 day 19 hours ago | respectfully |
I think "No Surprises" is more depressing than "Black Star." The Amnesiac version of "The Morning Bell" is too, I think. |
| 1 day 21 hours ago | The poker game |
I'm inclined to forgive that because the movie was made for an international audience (although they all are now, but anyway...) and because even many Americans don't understand poker very well. That's why, I think, you have Mathis sort of narrate the game to Vesper. She's the audience stand-in...I'm not a big poker player, either, so that may make it particularly easy for me to forgive. |
| 1 day 22 hours ago | Not going to neg you, but... |
Daniel Craig is my favorite James Bond. I'm not a particular fan of the entire franchise, but I thought Casino Royale was really good. The movie (and Craig) at least hinted at the downside of being the man that Bond is, something that I think all of the previous movies (that I saw) lacked. |
| 2 days 16 hours ago | I agree re: the last point |
I think you can compare Ward, Vitale, and James, though. They're all people who talk during games for a living and whose utterances, tones, and mannerisms increase or decrease one's enjoyment of a game. I've only ever wanted to kill two of the three in the heat of a Michigan game, so Ward comes out relatively well as far as I'm concerned. |
| 2 days 17 hours ago | It is good |
There will be (are?*) good female announcers...and, if you ask me, Pam Ward wasn't nearly as bad as, say, Dick Vitale or Craig James. Her horribleness is overrated. *I'm not familiar with the NBA announcer you mentioned. |
| 2 days 17 hours ago | Now that I've read the whole article...I agree |
I think the author is saying what you posted (he certainly says what I posted), though the headline and some of the things the author says (including the part excerpted by Brian) obscure that. The tone the author takes seems to say, "Football players get pretty f-ed up, but people are stupid and self-deluded to say that the biggest problem is suicide." He would have been better served to say, "Football players get pretty f-ed up, but depression may not be directly caused by head injuries." He takes a relatively subtle point and turns it into a major issue. It's the equivalent of saying, "Mr. Thompson was hit by 17 different cars as he stumbled onto the highway, but none of them was a Taurus." |
| 2 days 17 hours ago | concussions |
While it's tough to defend a moral panic (people are so stupid, aren't they?), I will say this: It's not hard to imagine that someone who's suffering some combination of memory loss, confusion, dizziness, an aversion to light and noise, intense pain, and impaired speech might become depressed because of his or her symptoms. It's also not hard to believe anecdotal evidence from football players (and boxers) when they say that they're suffering these things b/c of concussions and other head injuries that they suffered during their athletic careers.* I accordingly don't think it's off-base to be concerned about what football is doing to the brains of football players. I don't mean to say that head injuries are the only reason that retired NFL players suffer and die young disproportionately. They are probably just one of many reasons, a number of which need to be addressed by the NFLPA and NFL in some way. *Please tell Harry Carson that you think he's full of shit. I encourage you.
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| 2 days 21 hours ago | MSU v. Indiana |
What you have to ask yourself is this: What would college football be without that game? Who can forget the first time they watched the Quarrel for the Old Oaken Gerbil?
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| 2 days 22 hours ago | I never disliked her either |
She's not exciting, but she's not obnoxious, and I'll take that any day. |
