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31 December 2005
The Best of 2005
2005 was hands-down the worst year of my 30 years. I don’t think anyone can argue with that. I’m glad to see it go away. While I won’t remember it fondly, I will acknowledge 2005 as a life-changing year. The events of 2005 weren’t always the easiest to swallow or even [...]
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29 December 2005
Number One
The Nebraska Cornhuskers are the greatest college team in the history of all things Collegiate. They could beat the best Duke Basketball team by 40 points. They would have hit consecutive home runs over and over again off Roger Clemens when he was at Texas. If the Cornhuskers were a person, they [...]
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24 December 2005
Hour and 20 minutes to go
Kids asleep, last of the presents wrapped, mince pies and carrots left out, glass of Jim Beam and pwning the Ebolter FFL league.
Merry christmas everyone! We’ve got 9 people for dinner tomorrow so we’ll be busy
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19 December 2005
Santa comes early for Saints fans
According to ESPN, Jim Haslett is seeking a five-year contract extension worth, including a substantial pay increase and control of the football operations.
Merry Christmas, San Antonio Saints fans!
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15 December 2005
Does this sound weird to anyone else?
From a story on bbc.co.uk about the Iraq election:
At one stage, an election official in Falluja said that so many people were voting, they had run out of ballot papers
ummmm….does this scream “electoral fraud” to anyone else?
How can you run out of ballot papers? Surely you know how many you need based on the number [...]
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15 December 2005
Tom Benson Says New Orleans is Unlivable
saintsdoggle is reporting:
WWL radio reports this evening that Tom Benson has told Saints employees at a meeting in San Antonio today that the team’s training facility is still occupied by FEMA and National Guard troops, and that employees must stay away from New Orleans as it is “unlivable.”
Benson can go to hell. Where the [...]
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14 December 2005
Something for Paul
It’s Becky Allen:
From Metroblogging New Orleans.
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14 December 2005
New Respect for Aaron Brooks?
Wow, I never thought I would say that again after Aaron Brooks’ debacle on Monday Night Football, but take a look at what he had to say in an interview with Westwood One’s Jim Gray:
JG: Do you think that the league has dealt with the Saints fairly throughout this whole tragedy?
AB: No (pause), not at [...]
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12 December 2005
My Favorite Thing About Christmas
My favorite thing about this time of the year is when people start getting all indignant about other folks wanting to say Happy Holidays instead of Merry Christmas. Get over it.
“Oh my God goodness! What will happen to Christmas if is not sanctioned in the way I wish to celebrate it by society [...]
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9 December 2005
Vegas
Dave is no longer allowed anywhere near Las Vegas…
System Would Let Gamblers Bet and Bet and Bet on Game
By PETER SANDERS
LAS VEGAS — Gamblers watching an Indianapolis Colts game here may have a hunch that, on the next play, star quarterback Peyton Manning will throw a long bomb to receiver Marvin Harrison for a touchdown. [...]
