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NFC East __________________ Cowboys Eagles Redskins Giants NFC North __________________ Packers Bears Vikings Lions NFC South __________________ Panthers Bucs Falcons Saints NFC West __________________ Rams Seahawks Cardinals 49ers AFC East __________________ Patriots Jets Dolphins (I'd still have them ranked third even if Ricky Williams hadn't retired) Bills AFC North __________________ Ravens Bengals Browns Steelers AFC South __________________ Colts Jaguars Titans (Would be ranked second if they hadn't given in and let Eddie George go) Texans AFC West __________________ Chiefs Broncos Raiders Chargers Wildcards: NFC - Bucs, Eagles AFC - Broncos, Jets Playoffs (only doing the finals): NFC - Cowboys over Packers or Rams AFC - Patriots over Ravens Super Bowl: Patriots over Cowboys (unfortunately, as I'd rather see Cowboys over Colts) Anybody who has Dallas finishing worse than second and\or the Giants better than fourth in the NFC East has GOT be joking! The Eagles *may* be a threat. But Washington hasn't got the players it needs to overcome Dallas this year, even if Joe Gibbs doesn't have rust from not coaching in several years. And the Giants are a lock to finish in the basement. (If something happens to the Redskins' other QBs and Patrick Ramsey gets much playing time, they're definitely screwed)

Meh. They're more likely various cover mock-ups for the comic adaptation. The first poster looks reminicent of one that was actually done for Return Of The Jedi, which I believe featured Luke and Vader dueling. The second one looks most like what I would expect for a movie poster (a teaser poster, that is. Not one for the actual release) that has an image of Vader on it, but it should be more of a ghostly\shadowy image rather than dominating most of the pic. If its legit, I hope they do a t-shirt with that artwork on it. The third is actually my favorite, but looks like some really good fan art, or something that a rock album cover artist would do as a tribute.

Yeah. But only when played by Tom Baker. ← Tom Baker was never in Star Trek. ← Perhaps you've heard of a show called Doctor Who?..... It was a joke, because Tom Baker was the 4th Doctor.

Yeah. But only when played by Tom Baker. Seriously, though, I'm a big Trek fan. My two favorites are the original series and Next Generation. I actually liked Voyager, didn't like DS9 too much after they started the war with the Dominion, and can't get into Enterprise. I watch Enterprise occasionally, but I've probably seen less than a dozen episodes, and only one from this season. I wish the rumors I had heard about a series featuring Riker and Troi had been true.

:thumbsup: Mike Tyson is a has-been and shouldn't even be boxing. He should have been banned for life after the Holyfield match, and I hope he gets knocked the fuck out every time he steps into the ring.

If anyone here is a (or has ever been) a pen and paper RPGer (ie, Dungeons and Dragons), check out a comic called Knights Of The Dinner Table. B)

A Clockwork Orange Citizen Kane Texas Chainsaw Massacre (funny, because I've actually seen TCM 2 and Leatherface, aka TCM 3 (2 was decent because of Dennis Hopper. 3 was utter shite) The Great Gatzby There are more, but that's all I can think of at the moment. As for the Rocky movies: I. Good. II. Good. III. Okay, but not as good as I or II, really. But it has Mr. T in it, which is a big bonus. Mr. T rules! IV. Meh. Skip to the end and watch the fight. V. Waste of film. I haven't seen any of the Harry Potter films, nor do I plan to. One of my goals in life is to die in bed at a very old age, and be able to honestly say I never saw a Harry Potter film (or read a Harry Potter book).

Max, it looks like Cole came down with stage fright or a sore throat, or something. So I'm stepping in. Brian Floyd, Knoxville, Tennessee. I think Williams leaving the NFL is a good thing for him, but a bad thing for the Dolphins. The Saints didn't use Williams to his full potential, and by the look of things, the Dolphins likely would have done the opposite this season, making him overworked. And when someone is overworked, that means a greater risk of injury. He's already been injured enough in the past. It'll hurt Miami's ticket sales some, but they'll recover. No matter if you're a star player or a no-name, you can always be replaced. I don't know if they'll be able to recoup enough of the money they were supposed to pay him, but if they do, you can bet they'll sign another name player....someone not as prolific, maybe....to take his place when it comes to drawing in fans. Whether that player will be able to replace him on the field, though, will remain to be seen. I don't see his leaving having any effect on the NFL whatsoever, unless they decide to make some changes to the way contracts are handled in case of something happening like this again. And I don't see that happening. Frankly, if I was Williams, I'd have done the same thing. He's young, and he's made enough money from the NFL already, so why should he risk suffering a serious, even possibly permanent, injury, if he doesn't have to? Of course, I doubt the Dolphins and their fans feel the same way.... _______________________________________________________________ edit: Not part of my argument, but according to ESPN, he failed a drug test (tested positive for Marijuana). He would have been suspended for the first four games of the season if he hadn't retired, so that lessens the impact of his loss to the team this season a little bit.

Consider me a sign-up for episode 2, or a replacement for anyone who doesn't reply in a timely fashion to this one.... If that's okay with Blitz, that is.

She Blinded Me With Science - Thomas Dolby The Safety Dance - Men Without Hats Melt With You - Modern English Der Kommisar - the original Falcon German language version AND After The Fire's English language version Come On Eileen - Dexy's Midnight Runners (Save Ferris also did a darn good cover version, but its weird hearing a woman sing it) Not really a guilty pleasure, since anyone who doesn't like it has to have to something wrong with them, but I'll list it anyway: White Wedding - Billy Idol

The hacking isn't as bad as it used to be. The big problem right now is people using auto-buyer programs to clean out the shops. A couple of days last week, there was some kind of glitch that was causing shops to restock every minute, instead of every eight. You can bet the people who used auto-buyers made out like bandits.

I recently got a neomail mentioning that I got 2 referrals recently, and since this is the only place I've posted a link to Neopets in a in a long time (I always post it so I get credit for anyone who signs up - you get loot and stuff, if you get enough referrals), I've got to assume that those two referrals were through the link I sent in the other topic. If so...thanks for signing up. Either PM me your screen name, post it here, or neomail revenant71, and I'll send you some stuff as a thanks, and send you some links to some sites you should check out that have helpful information about the Neopets site.

This is a list of the games I've played this year: PS2 games: Xenosaga - 10/10 (I'd give it an 11, if I could) War Of The Monsters - 8.0/10 Smackdown: Here Comes The Pain - 7.5/10 Smackdown: Shut Your Mouth - 8.0/10 Unlimited Saga - 1.0/10 (and that's being generous) Playstation games: Final Fantasy Tactics - 8.0/10 Legend of Dragoon - 8.5/10 - I want a sequel for the PS2, dammit!!! My explanation for giving HCTP a lower rating that SYM has to do with the CAW system: they removed some of my favorite CAW parts that were in SYM. I also don't like: season mode is only a year long, most of the entrance themes are missing lyrics, and that you can't interfere in a tag Cage match once you leave the cage. If it wasn't for the addition of three improvements: JR and Lawler not commenting during matches (since it got waaaaay repetitive in SYM), the damage meter and submission system, I would've given HCTP a 7.0 rating. Unlimited Saga is hands down the worst RPG I've ever played. AVOID IT AT ALL COSTS! (Use it as a coaster if someone gives you a copy as a gift, or go trade it in someplace for credit)

*****SPOILERS AHOY!***** I doubt it. When Tim said the reality show part is over, he probably meant being a contestant and possibly coming back for the judging part of the show (where they bring the dismissed people back to watch Austin and Piper pick the winners, or something like that). I'm guessing they'll pull yet another `contestant gets to come back' swerve with Tim next week. (Bryce gets kicked off the show for attacking\killing Montecore, and Tim gets to come back to take his place, maybe?) For the record, I don't really like Tim that much. Don't know what it is, but something about him rubs me the wrong way. ********End Spoilers********** P.S. For Joe Schmo 3, they should swerve everyone: have a bunch of actors think they're performing for real people, and have the people they're performing for (the Schmo\Schmoes) be actors who think they're performing for a group of real people! :thumbsup:

Well, the twist in the eviction ceremony tonight was interesting.... I'd have to say that this was probably the funniest episode so far. And the look on Bryce's face when he was looking at the bird during the eviction ceremony? :thumbsup:

That would be Toby Keith. I like most of his songs, but not the patriotic\political stuff, because he is obviously pro-Bush. And I agree with the Dixie Chicks. If I was from the same state as Bush, I'd be ashamed, too.

Well, I don't speak French (I speak English and a little bit of Spanish. `Little bit' being the key words), but I assume that means they're 6 and 0 right now? Not bad. No idea what the rest of that says. And for the record, I don't follow the CFL much. Used to catch a few Toronto Argonauts games on tv here, when one of the cable stations carried some of their games.

Well, he's in Montreal, Quebec, and that's the French-speaking region of Canada, so I'd assume he either is, or just learned the language, since I've heard its mostly dominated by the French language. So, Basha, how `bout them Alouettes?

Shouldn't this be: a. In the Sports Bar? and b. In English? Is the answer 42?

A lot of the episode takes place near the World Trade Center ← One of the best scenes in that episode actually involves the World Trade Center - He eats a bunch of that food on a stick (forget what it was called) and washes it down with crab juice. A LOT of crab juice. Then he needs to go to the bathroom, so he runs into one of towers of the WTC. The bathroom is closed (or the line is long - I forget which), so he runs out and into the other tower, and you hear him peeing for quite a long time, before letting out a moan of relief. (You don't actually see him inside the WTC, iirc)

Neopets All the bugs have been fixed, by the way. And apparently the shop restocking more often is either a permanent thing, or they decided not to change it for right now.

Neopets is acting all buggy. About all you can do is collect the daily freebies, collect your bank interest, mess around at the Trading Post and play games. The Neopian shops are down. ALL of them. (Except the Garage Sale, which is open and restocking very fast) So you'll have to buy anything you need from other players' shops or the Garage Sale. The war shields and chat avatars were missing from everyone's look-ups earlier, but apparently have been restored. The various Wheels take your np, but don't spin The scratchcard kiosk is bugged, and you can buy more than one scratchcard (I wouldn't recommend trying it, unless you have an extra, disposable account you can do it from - you might get frozen) There are no auctions. The Trading Post is working fine. I traded someone a gardening item they needed to complete a quest earlier, and the trade went through without any problems. The reason the shops are down is because they were bugged last night\early this morning: They were restocking about every minute to two minutes (the newer shops, like the Faerie Furniture Shop and the Roo Island Merchandise Shop, weren't restocking, but the Kiko Lake shops were)! And I don't like the way they changed how you buy stuff. I missed getting a few items because the pet I had to pick out was hard to find on some of the pics that pop up. (They blended into the background, or were right behind another pet) Mainly lost out on Neocola tokens because of this, but I did manage to grab 3 of them (1 blue, 2 green).

Please tell me its not a mix of Toxic and the B-52's Love Shack.....

Roger Ebert will probably love it. Dumb motherfucker complained about the first Spider-Man movie, saying it was too much like a comic book (DUH, FAT-ASS!!!!), but he'll probably love this, seeing as how Halle Berry looks like a half-naked S&M freak as Catwoman.

Heh. He left my second favorite team to go to my favorite team! W00t! :thumbsup: