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Brett Favre Retires… Again… Maybe

Due to his shoulder injury and maybe because of throwing footballs for 18 seasons, Favre thinks it might be time to retire.

Then again, maybe he’s due for a short stint in Minnesota.

I like Favre. At first it pissed me off that Favre moved over to New York. Then again, it’s nothing new to watch a great player team hop. Jordan with the Wizards. Gretzky to the Blues then Rangers. So I support his decision to un-retire again. Which he hasn’t done yet but, give him time, again.

[via Fanhouse]

XLIII

I can’t think of a more unexciting Super Bowl match up since, well, since I’ve been paying attention to the NFL.

I’m not vested in either team. Minus the following two points. Steelers fans annoy me and the Cardinals are in the same division my beloved Rams are in. That being said, you can see why I’d like to see both teams lose. Maybe they can tie! I dunno, I’ll ask my friend Donovan. He might know.

In hopes of a great game is the reason I’ll be watching. Even the commercials in the past years have been failures. They just reply the old ones now. Count the number of times you watch a horse kick a field goal. They just might replay the old Mean Joe Green old. Well it’s a classic, and they don’t have any good new ones. Then again, Mean Joe was a Steeler. But that don’t give them a free pass to stop being creative. Entertain me, bitches!

So, in lue of all that, I’m going to pick… well, Arizona is getting 7. The O/U is 47. Vegas says 27-20, PIT?

The Steelers have tightened up their defense in the 2nd half of the season holding opponents to under 20 points. The Cardinals on some days can go out and score 30+ on you to make you beat them. The Steelers haven’t really been tested to much against a high powered offense this year. The Cardinals have a couple of games that they’ve picked about the defense. Some games only lost because the Cardinals defense was picked apart more. Big Ben isn’t that flashy “I know what I’m doing, let me call the plays” type. Warren is the better field general. The game won’t be about who has the better defense. It will be more about which defense can slow the opposing offense down faster and force them to punt into good field position.

I’m going with the exact opposite of Vegas. Arizona by 7.

The Countdown to the Season of Boredom

I guess I’ll break down the Conference games out of sheer boredom. Don’t get me wrong I’ll watch just because they’re NFL games but, I could care less who wins. Besides, talking about off-season football coaching interviews would even put me to sleep. So, I won’t talk about that.

If I had to choose today, one of the remaining teams to root for to win it all, I’m not sure. I have friends that like each of the teams playing for a shot at the Super Bowl. I won’t be betting, I won’t be cheering. Mainly, I’d like to see two shootouts and less defense. Kinda like in Super Techmo Bowl when you sent your two wide outs on go routes, the defenders didn’t follow and you waited 10 seconds to throw a 60 yard bomb.

Good, now that we know that I’m not biased. I can go over the games.

Ravens at Steelers. Two big defenses. PIT the top ranked D of the year and BAL’s apperent scaring-the-other-playoff-teams D. For the Steelers, I’d assume more pressure of Flacco to force bad throws rather than double covering receivers. On the other side, watch the to Suggs show to begin. I expect him to lead both teams in tackles and pull at least one INT. Now I say that, he’ll pull a hamstring in warm-ups and not be a factor. As for Lewis, he has his moments but it seems he only gets one good hit in a game. This game really, I think, comes down to who can establish any sort of run game with the advantage going to Willie. He seems to slip through traffic a little easier than Willis. Obviously controlling the ground game opens up the air attack. Not that you’ll see any 300+ passing yard. I see the potential for a lot of 3rd and longs for both teams. As for the QB position, I think Ben’s gun-ho mistakes will be matched by, if any, Joe’s rookie mistakes. Watch for Ben to only throw deep on 1st & 2nd’s as opposed to Joe only throwing deep shots from midfield. When it’s all said and done, I’m looking at Pittsburgh to advance. I’d say by a field goal in the 4th but I can see a PIT pick-six to go up and win by 10.

Eagles at Cardinals. This one just comes down to which offense won’t turn the ball over. James is splitting time with Hightower and Westbrook is better than them combined. Warner and McNabb have both once been to the Super Bowl within the past 10 years. Their only differences being, Kurt didn’t throw-up in the middle of the field and Donovan didn’t raise the Lombardi Trophy over his head. As apposed to the AFC game, this game will see over 500+ yards combined. Maybe even 600+. PHI’s defense seems to play a little dirtier than others around the league, starting with the head hunter Dawkins. Expect a bit of trash talking after the whistle blows from the Eagles side. AZ’s defense hasn’t been flashy but was in place to make plays when it counted. Definitely shown during their last game against Carolina (5 picks, 1 forced fumble). I think this game comes down to who can actually hold on to make a catch. A day of dropped ball will kill either teams game plan since neither can really rely on their running game. Although Philly has out of the backfield speed with tosses to Westbrook and break out speed with the rookie Jackson on deep slants, ‘Zona has been a little to smart and a little to accurate to just start handing the ball over by air. I feel Warner will keep calm throughout the game regardless of the score. If McNabb gets behind, not by 3 but more by 7, watch for him trying and force plays. Eventually handing the ball over with ease. Seems you may have already guessed my prediction. Cardinals by 17.

Happy New Year

Word of advice for the new year: Don’t fuck up 2009 like you did 2008.

Happy Birthday SweetBeard.com!

Put a single candle on that cake. sweetbeard.com turns 1 on Saturday. To kick-off said milestone, Saturday will be the jump off of the next re-bearding. Those whom have been looking for a reason to grow a beard, other than awesomeness, this is your chance. Those who have grown before, this is your chance to document the glorious evolvement of your beard.

What is sweetbeard.com? Well, thanks for asking. For those who don’t know and for those who think it’s just a place to sign up and upload a pic of your beard because other people have, you’re in for a treat. With the help of modern technology, and statue of the art imaging capabilities. You are now able to maintain a record of, or track if you will, one progression on a daily basis.

Still need help deciding? Of course you don’t. You’re not even reading this part. You’re on sweetbeard.com right now signing up. But if you’re still reading this, that means you’ve already signed up and you can enjoy some of sweetbeard.com’s BigAss™ montages.

Hase’s BigAss™ montage
WhiteOwl’s BigAss™ montage
Schmoove’s BigAss™ montage

A year ago this month a movement was born. Not a movement of base political agenda, but a restructuring of the mind. A few chose to loose the chains of oppression, breaking free that which was restrained. I write of course of the Sweet Beard. In the beginning there was excitement. New faces ready for change, new websites ready for faces, a new take on an old idea. Fresh faced in the best sense of the word, many sprang forth to test their skills in pogonotrophy, some tested many times. Now that our one year anniversary approaches, I ask the faithful to return and report in a sacred JPEG-based pilgrimage. My plan is to shave off my sweet beard and start again, to revive my faith. So: on November 15th, let the growing begin… again.
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Vista Transformation Pack 9.0 is Released

I’ve been on the Vista Transformation Pack bandwagon for about exactly one day. Lucky for me the 9.0 release came out in just enuff time for me to be pleased with 8.01 and want an upgrade.

I installed 8.01 on a laptop (700MHz & 256KB) running XP Pro SP2. It seemed to run fine. Minor choppiness but expected that from the hardware I’m running it on. There were some things that seemed a little weird, some checkboxes I couldn’t check. I don’t know what the problem was but, I’m going to uninstall 8.01 tonight an get 9.0.

So far I’ve been impressed with this bundle of Vista style apps. It might be a little overkill for the laptop but when I revamp my main desktop, this will be one of the first things installed. Right after Firefox and AIM of course.

http://www.windowsxlive.net/vista-transformation-pack-9.0-its-here…

…and here’s an excerpt from the website if you’re to lazy to click. The best part able this website? It looks like ass in IE, go figure. Well, IE6 at least.

Vista Transformation Pack 9.0 Keynotes:

New 3rd-party applications
ViSplore – Vista Glass explorer simulator
Vista Drive Icon – adding free space percentage in your drive icon like Vista explorer
Vista Rainbar – Lightweight Vista sidebar based on Rainmeter that even consume less resources than real Vista Sidebar

Improved 3rd-party applications
ViStart – Files indexing for documents search, improved reliability and compatibilities
ViOrb – Improved graphic and reliability (C++ re-written)
TrueTransparency – Improved reliability with improved AeroStyle’s glass border
WinFlip – Improved stability and reliablity

New functionalities
Setup personization – Allow customizing Vista experiences upon installation without access to Welcome Center
Windows XP Service Pack 3 compatibilities – Now you can enjoy Vista themes after installation with Windows XP Service Pack 3
x64 compatibilities – More secured x64 installation without getting hurt by incompatibilities

There’re also a lot of bug fixes and refinements in the program but let’s just keep it simple with these for now. You can experience the rest later by yourself.

Changes in Version 9.0
-Added Gavatx’s Vista Rainbar 4.3 (Slim) in place of Thoosje’s Vista Sidebar
-Added large icon resizing option for high resolution monitors
-Added Personalization setup screen for configuring current user account before installation
-Added running ViStart, ViOrb and ViSplore to WindowBlinds and TrueTransparency’s exclusion list (prevent stability issues)
-Added ViSplore project (Vista Glass Explorer for Windows XP/2003)
-Added Vista Drive Icon in place of Vista Windows Drive Icon
-Added Windows XP Service Pack 3 uxtheme patching compatibilities
-Fixed automate 3rd-party applications optimization requirements
-Fixed graphic driver detection issues in transformation package for cases that doesn’t use the first slot of driver
-Fixed OS detection incompatibilities with Windows Vista
-Fixed possible errors when auto-configuring user account during installation without “Express Mode”
-Fixed Thoosje Sidebar’s auto-configuration bug on some resolutions.
-Fixed uninstallation script to terminate newly added applications such as WinFlip, TrueTransparency, etc.
-Fixed Vista orb positioning in “System Properties” dialog
-Fixed WindowBlinds’ installation detection bug in configure user account dialog
-Updated Aero Style’s glass border for more visibility and less distortion for both WindowBlinds and TrueTransparency
-Updated AeroStyle’s glass border in TrueTransparency to simulate “little-blurring-like” WindowBlinds
-Updated boot screen to traditional ones without Vista flag
-Updated configure user account’s installed components and applications UI
-Updated “Glass” sounds scheme from Windows Vista’s Ultimate Extras
-Updated installation branding bar image
-Updated TrueTransparency to version 0.9.4
-Updated ViOrb to version 1 (C++ re-written)
|-Added start orb’s right click menu
|-Fixed hook recovery when explorer shell is reloaded
|-Fixed always on top visibility issues with some applications including ViStart
|-Updated start orb graphic to for all sides compatibilities
-Updated ViStart to version 2.0 build 3467
|-Added font customization feature in settings.xml
|-Added indexing file search support like Vista (you can search for extension with .ext)
|-Added “Reset Shell” in menu option to reload explorer along with ViStart
|-Added multi-DPI Support
|-Fixed Chinese characters issue with Recent Documents
|-Fixed hook recovery when explorer shell is reloaded
|-Fixed start menu’s hooking reliability with full screen and resolution changes
|-Fixed strange ActiveX errors
-Updated Visual style’s top taskbar background to have the same image as bottom’s like Vista
-Updated WinFlip to version 0.50
-Updated wording in some areas for easier understanding
-Updated x64 operating systems compatibilities

Jets Cook Up a 40 Burger Before Halftime

“It’s embarrassing,” coach Jim Haslett said. “That was bad football all the way around.”

“I’m embarrassed, as I think everybody else is,” tight end Anthony Becht added.

“It’s definitely embarrassing,” wide receiver Dane Looker said. “You come here and play on the big stage in New York … and we’re down 40-0 at halftime.”

“If someone would’ve told me that we would be down 40 points at halftime, I would’ve probably slapped them in the face,” defensive end Leonard Little said.

“I was just a little too eager to make something happen,” Darby said. “Hey, I can only blame myself. Technique-wise, I was horrible with it carrying the ball.”

I guess I’m not the only one embarrassed. The only difference is that I don’t get paid ass-loads of money on Sundays.

I also read some comments said about the Rams.

So Bad…I have a bet with a friend in next weeks niner/ram game..Loser has to burn their jersey after the game..Im getting to the point where it wont be so devestating as once thought.

Now, I own quite a few jerseys but, I also can agree that burning my Holt jersey would be much less devastating than it was two years ago.

“It’s either one or two things,” Haslett said. “We either don’t want to do it. Or we’re not good enough to do it.”

Ummm, there’s a third option… Or both.

It’s not like it was just a couple weeks ago the Rams turned around the beat the Redskins and Cowboys back to back. They had a chance to go a game back from first place in the division. I thought they had a great chance to turn the season around, quickly and shockingly.

Now they’re 2-7. Shocker. It’s one thing to lose a game. It’s totally different to not be able to score. Even KC and Cincy were able to score against the Jets.

Jim Haslett helped turn the Saint’s around but missed out of the brown bag era in New Orleans. Maybe he’ll be witness to a brown bag era in St. Louis.

The Rams need two more wins to have a better record than last season. The only team who finished worse off than the Rams last year were the Dolphins (1-15). As of Week 10 2008, Miami is 5-4. It doesn’t take years to turn a team around. Some teams just prefer to take years.

Skins’ Lose. Obama Wins?

Since 1936, the Redskins final home game before Election Day had correctly predicted the winners of 17 straight elections until “W” won in 2004. 17-1 isn’t bad record. Unless you’re the New England Patriots. When the Redskins win the incumbent party wins the election.

So, Obama is now favored after the terrible performance last night. Speaking of terrible, you think Obama owns a Terrible Towel? Did McCain get as mad as the 2 drunken assholes sitting in front of me?

Also. If you’re wearing a “I voted” sticker, you get free coffee at Starbucks. Regular coffer. Tall. Or you could go to Krispy Kreme and get a star shaped doughnut. Better than those two, Ben & Jerry’s are giving out a scoop of ice cream but, online between 5PM – 8PM.

If you vote based off free shit that you can get, you should be shot. Unless you’re just a poor fat guy. You’ll get a free pass but only if you have a “I voted” sticker.

There’s more info about the Redskins Presidential Election Predictions on Snopes.com.

Halloween Party – Fri. Oct. 31 8PM-2AM

This year Dre isn’t DJing since he’ll be out in Dewey or somewhere around there. So, they’d asked me to step up in to Dre’s place. Not that I’m qualified or anything, Dre’s just using me. I kid.

I have an idea of what I wanna play but, have no clue if I’ll pull it off smoothly. I’m sure I’ll get praise at the end of the evening. That’s only because other people didn’t have to lift a finger.

So, come out if you can. There’s alcohol to be cunsumed and dancing to be had. Oh, and dress up so I can rig the costume contest and split the winning with you. 60/40. Ummm, because it’s my idea, that’s why.

Out With the Old, In With the New

Tell me what you think. Go back to the old redllama or stick with this new fancier version.