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I have Cox Cable. For the most part it's reliable. When I do have a problem I'm usually on my own unless I get to the third level in tech support. The front line people always want you to unplug/reboot everything, which I have already done before I called them. If you have a wireless router, they want to blame every problem on it. Once they told me that my cable modem was shot and needed replacement. After I bought another one at their suggestion I found out that there was a service outage in my neighborhood. Fortunately the store where I bought the modem was good about taking it back. My service is about $58 per month, so good luck staying at $40 and improving your service.

I thought that about Strom Thurmond for years. I believe that he died about 15 years before we were told about it.

I had them in the regional finals, so I'm only one game better off.

The part of the grill that the steak was on initially will have burned grease on the slats from the steak. Moving it to a different spot prevents this from being deposited on the other side - or at least that's my take on it. Some people don't care about this, while others do.

All that matters is that it sounds good to the faithful. She was pandering to her audience. All they want is attacks. Truth is secondary.

Picking against UNLV was one of the smartest things I did in my bracket. The Rebels suck on the road. Shot barely over 30 percent from the floor and missed a bunch of free throws.

This means more than you know for those of us who can't make the trip to Arizona. Thanks for taking us along, figuratively speaking.

They also had 51 saves to our 38, despite losing Mariano Rivera for the season early on. They had nine fewer blown saves (13 to our 22).

The first time I ever went to that park was an Athletics-Rangers game in July the year the stadium opened. It was like watching a game in a toaster oven. I was on the lower level on the first base side. Not a breath of air to be had, and the temperature in the stands was well over 100 degrees at first pitch. From what I understand, part of the problem is that a barrier was built behind the outfield to hide the fact that there is no discernible view beyond the ballpark. This blocks any air that would otherwise circulate through the stadium. One hint: Get seats in the upper deck. There is at least a breeze up there. Probably the only park in baseball where the cheap seats are the most desirable. A family matter may put me in the Dallas/Fort Worth area around the time of the Angels-Rangers series in late July. If it does, I'm going to try to catch at least one game out of the series. From the upper deck.

Well played, DR.

His primary tool was speed, which is a young man's skill. He is no longer young - and somewhere along the way he forgot how to put the bat on the ball.

A signed one, from the "Making Them Pay" series.

Damn.

I have the shirt with that quote. I'm wearing it on my next trip to the Big A.

From national champions to bounced in the first round of the NIT by a school that sounds like it was named after a Wall Street firm.

I once used a Motorola cell phone that was one piece (not a flip phone), almost the size of a regular phone, with an extending antenna like that one. I found it in the garage about two months ago in a box. It had been sitting there for several years. I pushed the power button just for the hell of it, and it powered up.

I'm trying to imagine who would buy a 110" television. Somebody with more money than sense.

Seems like a gross overreaction to what was said.

It's sobering.

I am concerned about you being concerned about them.

I agree. It was wrong to deprive him of representing his country.

I'm laying claim to that distinction. I'm sure that my bracket will suck every bit as much as the ones I have done in years past. I have faith in my inability.

Totally different situation. In WW II we were fighting two enemies on two fronts. In this case we were fighting terrorists on one front and placating one man's ego on the other.

Everybody raise your 44-ounce Big Gulp cups in a toast to Mayor Bloomberg.

Goes nowhere when I click on it.