IT’S SUPER BOWL SUNDAY!!!! THIS SHOULD BE A GOOD ONE! This week’s entry will be a little different from my usual entries. I am going to chronicle what I am seeing, hearing, feeling, and thinking while watching the Super Bowl! Everyone who read my previous two posts already know that I am rooting for the Cardinals. I really want them to win even though I know for a fact that Pittsburgh is the better team. Grab your favorite food and “beverage”, sit back, relax, and enjoy the game. IT’S GOING TO BE A CLASSIC!!!!
Let me set the scene:
Man, the scene was so thick. Low riders, 77 Seville’s, El-Dogs, nothing but them Lac’s. All the Playas (East Point in the house). All the Hustler’s. I’m talkin’ about a black man’s heaven here. You know what I’m sayin?
Sorry, wrong scene. That was the scene for Outkast’s Player’s Ball.
Actually, I am chillin in my oversized chair in my living room with the wifey. We are enjoying pizza, wings, and “beverages” (remember this is a family blog).
6:30 pm – It’s game time
6:33 pm – As it turns out Hines is healthy enough to play, but he is running very gingerly. I don’t think that he will be healthy enough to finish the game. If he does finish the game, he is one healthy dude.
6:36 pm – Ben is one tough dude. He took the hit and still completed a pass down the middle.
6:39 pm – Replay in the NFL takes WAAAYYYY!! too long.
6:43 pm – Omar Epps, I mean Mike Tomlin makes the correct call. Take the points. (3 – 0 Pittsburgh)
6:45 pm – It’s SHOWTIME! The Cardinals have the ball.
6:47 pm – John Madden says the most obvious things. “Steve Breaston is the Cardinals third receiver. Which means that when he's in the game, they are in a three receiver set.” Good thing you explained that one to us John. Now I see why you are a Hall of Famer.
6:53 pm – Great screen play by the Steelers. Santonio Holmes has to be the best player to come out of Ohio State in recent years.
6:55 pm – BREAKING NEWS!!!! Dominique Rodgers Cromartie is really fast. Ben, please don’t try that again.
6:57 pm – The Cardinals defensive line has to tackle better. They can’t let Ben run around and make plays like that.
6:58 pm – Surprise, Surprise Wildcat formation. The NFL is such a copycat league. It didn’t work.
6:59 pm – Touchdown saving tackle by Wilson. Parker was gone (He’s too young for his name to be Willie).
7:01 pm – 1st Quarter is over. Arizona should try possessing the ball in the 2nd quarter. It might help them score.
7:05 pm – Timeout. Time for another “beverage”.
7:08 pm – Touchdown Pittsburgh. (10 – 0 Pittsburgh)
7:08 pm – The Cardinals better score on this drive, or they are in trouble.
7:12 pm – Kickoff, followed by commercials. You’ve got to be kidding me. Get back to the game already.
7:18 pm – Troy just missed a tackle. I don’t think that I’ve ever seen that. Great move by Edge.
7:20 pm – That’s what happens when you give Kurt time. Great job by the O-line.
7:21 pm – TOUCHDOWN CARDINALS!!!! (10 -7 Pittsburgh)
7:21 pm – Ladies and Gentlemen, we have ourselves a ballgame.
7:26 pm – Ben, you can really stop testing the rookie. He is a baller! Two passes thrown toward Cromartie, 0 receptions & 2 pass breakups.
7:30 pm – Is Terry Bowden the new Steelers Offensive Coordinator? How many screen passes will they throw?
7:31 pm – Watch out, the Cardinals have good field position. Thanks to Breaston’s return.
7:34 pm – 3rd and 22. I don’t like this.
7:34 pm – Timeout Cardinals. Why would you call a timeout on 3rd and 22, when the game is not on the line? You probably aren’t going to make it.
7:39 pm – So far the commercials suck. Except for the ETRADE baby. He's awesome!
7:41 pm – Interception Ben, is anyone surprised. I’m not. Cardinals ball at the Pittsburgh 34
yard line.
7:44 pm – Why is Kurt Warner rolling out? He is the only QB slower than Peyton Manning.
7:46 pm – I don’t think the Steelers did tackling drills over the past two weeks.
7:47 pm – When was the last time you saw a Cheetos commercial.
7:49 pm – Why is Troy jumping in the air in space. What is he doing?
7:51 pm – Interception Warner. James Harrison runs it back 100 yards. After looking at the replay, I don’t think that he got in. Now we will wait two weeks for the review.
7:55 pm – Finally the review is over. It is a touchdown. I thought that NFL replay is supposed to only take a minute. (17 -7 Pittsburgh)
7:56 pm – Halftime. Time for more food. The Halftime entertainment is Bruce Springstein. What year is this? 1988? See what Janet Jackson caused!
8:29 pm – We are back. Halftime is over, and the Cardinals have a lot of work to do.
8:32 pm – Casey Hampton’s helmet has to be an Extra-Medium because it is simply too small for his head. I’m not saying that his head is big, but let’s just say that at more than 300 pounds, there is nothing small about him.
8:47 pm – Roughing the passer in that situation. You’ve got to be kidding me. THAT WAS A TERRIBLE CALL!!!!
8:49 pm – That was a heck of a move by Santonio Holmes.
8:54 pm – Roughing the holder. What a stupid play by Wilson!
8:55 pm – Man that was close. Good play by Rolle.
8:56 pm – The Cardinals still manage to hold the Steelers to a field goal. (20-7 Pittsburgh)
9:05 pm – The third quarter has ended. The Cardinals better get it together. They definitely have an uphill battle ahead of them.
9:15 pm – SACK! This play made by Dockett couldn’t have come at a better time. The Cardinals must score on this possession or the GAME IS OVER!
9:17 pm – Awesome Coke Zero commercial starring Troy Polamalu.
9:21 pm – The Cardinals are awake now. Nice of their offense to finally join us.
9:22 pm – I think that we can now say that Larry Fitzgerald has officially gone into BEAST mode.
9:25 pm – TOUCHDOWN FITZGERALD! Now the defense has to make a stop. (20-14 Pittsburgh)
9:27 pm – Has anyone noticed the number of commercials for NBC shows? That means one thing. THEY COULDN’T SELL THOSE EXPENSIVE AD SLOTS!!!! STRAIGHT CASH HOMEY!!!! wanted to advertise during the Super Bowl, but it cost too much STRAIGHT CASH HOMEY!!!!
9:29 pm – This is the part of the movie where Roethlisberger throws another pick. Come on Ben, YOU CAN DO IT!
9:30 pm – SACK!!!! Another great play by Darnell Dockett. If the Cardinals go on to win the game, he could possibly be the MVP.
9:31 pm – PUNT TEAM! The defense has held up. Now the Cardinals have to make a play on offense.
9:37 pm – Don’t forget about Breaston. The Cardinals had three receivers that went over 1,000 yards. Breaston was the third.
9:38 pm – Troy misses a pick. He is not having a good game.
9:39 pm – It is now 3rd and 20. I don’t like this situation. Warner get’s hit as he throws. The offense fails again, thanks in large part to Mike Gandy’s 3rd HOLDING PENALTY!
9:42 pm – Come on Defense, I KNOW THAT YOU HAVE ONE MORE STOP IN YOU!
9:43 pm – ONE MORE PLAY!!!!
9:44 pm – GREAT PLAY BY BEN & HOLMES! But it is NEGATED BY A HOLDING PENALTY IN THE END ZONE! That boys and girls by rule IS A SAFETY!!!! (20-16 Pittsburgh)
9:47 pm – The Cardinals Offense take the field for what will more than likely be their last chance.
9:48 pm – WARNER TO FIZGERALD! TOUCHDOWN CARDINALS! Alright Defense, it is all on you. BIG TIME PLAYERS MAKE BIG TIME PLAYS! LET’S GO! ONE MORE STOP AND YOU’RE GOING TO MEET OBAMA!!!! (23 -20 Arizona)
9:56 pm – THIS IS ONE HECK OF A FOOTBALL GAME!
9:57 pm – What a play by Ben and Santonio!
9:59 pm – That was close. They should really cover Holmes better. He is killing them. How did he get that open in the BACK OF THE ENDZONE!
10:00 pm – They just don’t listen. He got open in the back of the end zone again!
10:01 pm – The play will be reviewed. Now we must wait 30 minutes for the decision from the official.
10:03 pm – The play is good. WOW! what a game! (27-23 Pittsburgh)
10:05 pm – The Cardinals Offense come on the field with 29 seconds remaining and the game on the line.
10:08 pm – I knew that this game was missing something. That would be the Kurt Warner fumble. Boy, he picked a terrible time to lose one.
10:10 pm – GAME OVER! Congratulations to Coach Mike Tomlin and the Pittsburgh Steelers. The better team won the game. That was one of the best Super Bowl’s that I have ever seen. What a way to end the season. I hope that next year’s game is just as good. In my opinion, Pittsburgh was the best team in the NFL this year. So, it is only fitting that they hold the trophy at the end of the season.
I hope that you enjoyed the game as much as I did. See ya next week!
AND NOW FOR MY BALLER & SCRUB OF THE WEEK!
BALLER: Santonio Holmes (Pittsburgh Steelers) - This one was simple. When the Steelers needed a big play, he was there to make it for them. He is an absolute baller! He won the SUPER BOWL MVP!!!! and absolutely deserved it.
SCRUB: Mike Gandy (Arizona Cardinals) - Gandy committed three crucial holding penalties that put the offense in terrible situations. You simply can't do that in a game of this magnitude.
5 comments:
My comments on the comments.
Pregame - I usually don't watch this stuff but for various reasons I had my TV on all afternoon. First, hats off to NBC for overall great coverage. I am a huge Bob Costas and Chris Collinsworth fan, and there is something epic about the NBC sports theme song they play that they go to the breaks - truly regal.
The Obama interview was great. He is a breath of fresh air with his honesty. Some examples - when asked to tell the "State of Florida and their 27 electoral votes" that the Gators aren't the national champions, Obama turned to the camera and said "Congratulations, Gators. Wouldn't you feel better if you had beat all the teams in a playoff system?"
Next, instead of playing politics and not pulling for anyone, he came clean and said he was pulling for Pittsburgh because the Rooneys were huge campaign supporters of his. Again - total honesty.
Finally, add another skill to Obama's arsenal - handicapping! Vegas said Pittsburgh by 7, Obama predicted that "the Steelers are gonna eke it out in a close one"
Now, moving on to the setting. Already this Super Bowl lacks the importance of last year's - there is no 18-0 team coming out of the tunnel. Most Super Bowls are not decided on the final 35 seconds of the game like last year's. So, I'm hoping for a good game but ready for a possible let down.
6:43 pm – Omar Epps, I mean Mike Tomlin makes the correct call. Take the points. (3 – 0 Pittsburgh)
Highsight proves Carlos right, but I thought they should have gone for it. Bring in 3 tight ends and run Ben up the middle. Worst case scenario you have them pinned deep with 99 yards and the NFL's best defense between them and the opposite end zone.
6:53 pm – Great screen play by the Steelers. Santonio Holmes has to be the best player to come out of Ohio State in recent years.
... and he was just getting started
6:57 pm – The Cardinals defensive line has to tackle better. They can’t let been run around and make plays like that.
This is what killed the Cardinals - they got penetration but could never bring Ben down. How many big plays came with Ben on the run?
6:58 pm – Surprise, Surprise Wildcat formation. The NFL is such a copycat league. It didn’t work.
You won't see this next year.
7:12 pm – Kickoff, followed by commercials. You’ve got to be kidding me. Get back to the game already.
Carlos, you watch enough football to know this is standard. Score (commercial) kickoff (commercial) resume play. The only time you don't see this is when a big timeout is near like the end of the quarter or the end of the half.
7:18 pm – Troy just missed a tackle. I don’t think that I’ve ever seen that. Great move by Edge.
By keeping the safeties deep they kept Fitzgerald out of the game and Polamalu generally off-camera. When he did get some airtime it was on this whiff.
7:39 pm – So far the commercials suck. Except for the ETRADE baby. He's awesome!
"It was on the cart path. You might want to read the rule book!"
7:51 pm – Interception Warner. James Harrison runs it back 100 yards. After looking at the reply, I don’t think that he got in. Now we will wait two weeks for the review.
This was the difference in the game. There were so many things that could have happened differently here. Had Harrison been tackled before scoring then
at worst the Cards missed out on scoring 3-7 points. Had Fitzgerald pulled Harrison down to his side and not on top of his legs he would have been down. Had the Cards scored a TD it would have been a 14 point difference in the final score. It's sad that Harrison was involved in such a lame penalty later on.
7:56 pm – Halftime. Time for more food. The Halftime entertainment is Bruce Springstein. What year is this? 1988? See what Janet Jackson caused!
Helen had the face that launched a thousand ships, Janet had the breast that re-launched a thousand retired rockers' careers.
8:32 pm – Casey Hampton’s helmet has to be an Extra-Medium because it is simply too small for his head. I’m not saying that his head is big, but let’s just say that at more than 300 pounds, there is nothing small about him.
He'll hold that distinction until Michael "Hercules" Johnson gets drafted. Same situation - looks like he wears one of those small baseball helmets they use at Baskin-Robins.
8:47 pm – Roughing the passer in that situation. You’ve got to be kidding me. THAT WAS A TERRIBLE CALL!!!!
Overall good officiating, but they blew it on this one. Speaking of penalties, both teams were extremely sloppy with the personal fouls. It sort of tarnished the game. You wonder how it would have played out with no personal fouls.
8:54 pm – Roughing the holder. What a stupid play by Wilson!
Probably one of the worst plays I have seen all season as far as being stupid. The biggest thug play was Harrison bullying and punching the player while he was down.
9:17 pm – Awesome Coke Zero commercial starring Troy Polamalu.
I missed this one somehow.
9:27 pm – Has anyone noticed the number of commercials for NBC shows? That means one thing. THEY COULDN’T SELL THOSE EXPENSIVE AD SLOTS!!!! STRAIGHT CASH HOMEY!!!! wanted to advertise during the Super Bowl, but it cost too much STRAIGHT CASH HOMEY!!!!
Nope - NBC sold out all their slots for record amounts.
9:37 pm – Don’t forget about Breaston. The Cardinals had three receiver that went over 1,000 yards. Breaston was the third.
After getting educated by Madden, that must mean the Cardinals run a lot of 3-WR sets.
9:44 pm – GREAT PLAY BY BEN & HOLMES! But it is NEGATED BY A HOLDING PENALTY IN THE END ZONE! That boys and girls by rule IS A SAFETY!!!! (20-16 Pittsburgh)
My txt to you was "Wow"
9:48 pm – WARNER TO FIZGERALD! TOUCHDOWN CARDINALS! Alright Defense, it is all on you. BIG TIME PLAYERS MAKE BIG TIME PLAYS! LET’S GO! ONE MORE STOP AND YOU’RE GOING TO MEET OBAMA!!!! (23 -20 Arizona)
My txt here was "holy ****!!!!!" (edited - this is a family blog)
10:00 pm – They just don’t listen. He got open in the back of the end zone again!
Probably one of the greatest passes-catches ever. There were 3 defenders there, game is on the line, Ben puts it where only Holmes can get it and he gets both feet down. Players making plays.
10:10 pm – GAME OVER! Congratulations to Coach Mike Tomlin and the Pittsburgh Steelers. The better team won the game. That was one of the best Super Bowl’s that I have ever seen. What a way to end the season. I hope that next year’s game is just as good. In my opinion, Pittsburgh was the best team in the NFL this year. So, it is only fitting that they hold the trophy at the end of the season.
Better than last year's game. The ending was equally dramatic, but there were way more exciting plays in the first 59.5 minutes this year than last year. Every star player had a big game except Troy and Hines, but Holmes and Harrison covered for them.
Way to go, Scott! Northside Marty is awarding you this week's baller award for the longest comment of all time.
Marty - thanks for the support. To show my gratitude I present you with the first chapter of War and Peace.
Enjoy!
WAR AND PEACE
By Leo Tolstoy
BOOK ONE: 1805
CHAPTER I
"Well, Prince, so Genoa and Lucca are now just family estates of the
Buonapartes. But I warn you, if you don't tell me that this means war,
if you still try to defend the infamies and horrors perpetrated by that
Antichrist--I really believe he is Antichrist--I will have nothing more
to do with you and you are no longer my friend, no longer my 'faithful
slave,' as you call yourself! But how do you do? I see I have frightened
you--sit down and tell me all the news."
It was in July, 1805, and the speaker was the well-known Anna Pavlovna
Scherer, maid of honor and favorite of the Empress Marya Fedorovna. With
these words she greeted Prince Vasili Kuragin, a man of high rank and
importance, who was the first to arrive at her reception. Anna Pavlovna
had had a cough for some days. She was, as she said, suffering from la
grippe; grippe being then a new word in St. Petersburg, used only by the
elite.
All her invitations without exception, written in French, and delivered
by a scarlet-liveried footman that morning, ran as follows:
"If you have nothing better to do, Count (or Prince), and if the
prospect of spending an evening with a poor invalid is not too terrible,
I shall be very charmed to see you tonight between 7 and 10--Annette
Scherer."
"Heavens! what a virulent attack!" replied the prince, not in the
least disconcerted by this reception. He had just entered, wearing an
embroidered court uniform, knee breeches, and shoes, and had stars on
his breast and a serene expression on his flat face. He spoke in that
refined French in which our grandfathers not only spoke but thought, and
with the gentle, patronizing intonation natural to a man of importance
who had grown old in society and at court. He went up to Anna Pavlovna,
kissed her hand, presenting to her his bald, scented, and shining head,
and complacently seated himself on the sofa.
"First of all, dear friend, tell me how you are. Set your friend's mind
at rest," said he without altering his tone, beneath the politeness
and affected sympathy of which indifference and even irony could be
discerned.
"Can one be well while suffering morally? Can one be calm in times like
these if one has any feeling?" said Anna Pavlovna. "You are staying the
whole evening, I hope?"
"And the fete at the English ambassador's? Today is Wednesday. I must
put in an appearance there," said the prince. "My daughter is coming for
me to take me there."
"I thought today's fete had been canceled. I confess all these
festivities and fireworks are becoming wearisome."
"If they had known that you wished it, the entertainment would have been
put off," said the prince, who, like a wound-up clock, by force of habit
said things he did not even wish to be believed.
"Don't tease! Well, and what has been decided about Novosiltsev's
dispatch? You know everything."
"What can one say about it?" replied the prince in a cold, listless
tone. "What has been decided? They have decided that Buonaparte has
burnt his boats, and I believe that we are ready to burn ours."
Prince Vasili always spoke languidly, like an actor repeating a stale
part. Anna Pavlovna Scherer on the contrary, despite her forty years,
overflowed with animation and impulsiveness. To be an enthusiast had
become her social vocation and, sometimes even when she did not
feel like it, she became enthusiastic in order not to disappoint the
expectations of those who knew her. The subdued smile which, though it
did not suit her faded features, always played round her lips expressed,
as in a spoiled child, a continual consciousness of her charming defect,
which she neither wished, nor could, nor considered it necessary, to
correct.
In the midst of a conversation on political matters Anna Pavlovna burst
out:
"Oh, don't speak to me of Austria. Perhaps I don't understand things,
but Austria never has wished, and does not wish, for war. She is
betraying us! Russia alone must save Europe. Our gracious sovereign
recognizes his high vocation and will be true to it. That is the one
thing I have faith in! Our good and wonderful sovereign has to perform
the noblest role on earth, and he is so virtuous and noble that God will
not forsake him. He will fulfill his vocation and crush the hydra of
revolution, which has become more terrible than ever in the person of
this murderer and villain! We alone must avenge the blood of the just
one.... Whom, I ask you, can we rely on?... England with her commercial
spirit will not and cannot understand the Emperor Alexander's loftiness
of soul. She has refused to evacuate Malta. She wanted to find,
and still seeks, some secret motive in our actions. What answer did
Novosiltsev get? None. The English have not understood and cannot
understand the self-abnegation of our Emperor who wants nothing for
himself, but only desires the good of mankind. And what have they
promised? Nothing! And what little they have promised they will not
perform! Prussia has always declared that Buonaparte is invincible, and
that all Europe is powerless before him.... And I don't believe a
word that Hardenburg says, or Haugwitz either. This famous Prussian
neutrality is just a trap. I have faith only in God and the lofty
destiny of our adored monarch. He will save Europe!"
She suddenly paused, smiling at her own impetuosity.
"I think," said the prince with a smile, "that if you had been sent
instead of our dear Wintzingerode you would have captured the King of
Prussia's consent by assault. You are so eloquent. Will you give me a
cup of tea?"
"In a moment. A propos," she added, becoming calm again, "I am expecting
two very interesting men tonight, le Vicomte de Mortemart, who is
connected with the Montmorencys through the Rohans, one of the best
French families. He is one of the genuine emigres, the good ones. And
also the Abbe Morio. Do you know that profound thinker? He has been
received by the Emperor. Had you heard?"
"I shall be delighted to meet them," said the prince. "But tell me," he
added with studied carelessness as if it had only just occurred to him,
though the question he was about to ask was the chief motive of his
visit, "is it true that the Dowager Empress wants Baron Funke to be
appointed first secretary at Vienna? The baron by all accounts is a poor
creature."
Prince Vasili wished to obtain this post for his son, but others were
trying through the Dowager Empress Marya Fedorovna to secure it for the
baron.
Anna Pavlovna almost closed her eyes to indicate that neither she nor
anyone else had a right to criticize what the Empress desired or was
pleased with.
"Baron Funke has been recommended to the Dowager Empress by her sister,"
was all she said, in a dry and mournful tone.
As she named the Empress, Anna Pavlovna's face suddenly assumed an
expression of profound and sincere devotion and respect mingled with
sadness, and this occurred every time she mentioned her illustrious
patroness. She added that Her Majesty had deigned to show Baron Funke
beaucoup d'estime, and again her face clouded over with sadness.
The prince was silent and looked indifferent. But, with the womanly and
courtierlike quickness and tact habitual to her, Anna Pavlovna wished
both to rebuke him (for daring to speak he had done of a man recommended
to the Empress) and at the same time to console him, so she said:
"Now about your family. Do you know that since your daughter came
out everyone has been enraptured by her? They say she is amazingly
beautiful."
The prince bowed to signify his respect and gratitude.
"I often think," she continued after a short pause, drawing nearer to
the prince and smiling amiably at him as if to show that political
and social topics were ended and the time had come for intimate
conversation--"I often think how unfairly sometimes the joys of life are
distributed. Why has fate given you two such splendid children? I don't
speak of Anatole, your youngest. I don't like him," she added in a tone
admitting of no rejoinder and raising her eyebrows. "Two such charming
children. And really you appreciate them less than anyone, and so you
don't deserve to have them."
And she smiled her ecstatic smile.
"I can't help it," said the prince. "Lavater would have said I lack the
bump of paternity."
"Don't joke; I mean to have a serious talk with you. Do you know I am
dissatisfied with your younger son? Between ourselves" (and her face
assumed its melancholy expression), "he was mentioned at Her Majesty's
and you were pitied...."
The prince answered nothing, but she looked at him significantly,
awaiting a reply. He frowned.
"What would you have me do?" he said at last. "You know I did all a
father could for their education, and they have both turned out fools.
Hippolyte is at least a quiet fool, but Anatole is an active one. That
is the only difference between them." He said this smiling in a way more
natural and animated than usual, so that the wrinkles round his mouth
very clearly revealed something unexpectedly coarse and unpleasant.
"And why are children born to such men as you? If you were not a father
there would be nothing I could reproach you with," said Anna Pavlovna,
looking up pensively.
"I am your faithful slave and to you alone I can confess that my
children are the bane of my life. It is the cross I have to bear. That
is how I explain it to myself. It can't be helped!"
He said no more, but expressed his resignation to cruel fate by a
gesture. Anna Pavlovna meditated.
"Have you never thought of marrying your prodigal son Anatole?" she
asked. "They say old maids have a mania for matchmaking, and though I
don't feel that weakness in myself as yet, I know a little person who is
very unhappy with her father. She is a relation of yours, Princess Mary
Bolkonskaya."
Prince Vasili did not reply, though, with the quickness of memory and
perception befitting a man of the world, he indicated by a movement of
the head that he was considering this information.
"Do you know," he said at last, evidently unable to check the sad
current of his thoughts, "that Anatole is costing me forty thousand
rubles a year? And," he went on after a pause, "what will it be in five
years, if he goes on like this?" Presently he added: "That's what we
fathers have to put up with.... Is this princess of yours rich?"
"Her father is very rich and stingy. He lives in the country. He is the
well-known Prince Bolkonski who had to retire from the army under the
late Emperor, and was nicknamed 'the King of Prussia.' He is very clever
but eccentric, and a bore. The poor girl is very unhappy. She has a
brother; I think you know him, he married Lise Meinen lately. He is an
aide-de-camp of Kutuzov's and will be here tonight."
"Listen, dear Annette," said the prince, suddenly taking Anna Pavlovna's
hand and for some reason drawing it downwards. "Arrange that affair for
me and I shall always be your most devoted slave-slafe with an f, as
a village elder of mine writes in his reports. She is rich and of good
family and that's all I want."
And with the familiarity and easy grace peculiar to him, he raised the
maid of honor's hand to his lips, kissed it, and swung it to and fro as
he lay back in his armchair, looking in another direction.
"Attendez," said Anna Pavlovna, reflecting, "I'll speak to Lise, young
Bolkonski's wife, this very evening, and perhaps the thing can be
arranged. It shall be on your family's behalf that I'll start my
apprenticeship as old maid."
I just want to say to Straight Cash Homey "I WAS RIGHT! SO HA!!" You should listen more often the person who is forced to watch almost as many sporting events as you.
What's pimpin? Just checked out the blog last week and I'm just wrapping up Scott's comment. It was good couldn't stop reading it. But now that I'm finished reading, I have one comment for Straight Cash Homey and I quote "In my opinion, Pittsburgh was the best team in the NFL this year" DUH.(A Madden comment)Yeah, you would say that AFTER they win the Super Bowl. You didn't even pick them to WIN the Super Bowl.
They had the toughest schedule this year so it would be hard to say that they weren't the best team in football. Ofcourse you and I both know that I had Pittsburgh from day 1 except I thought Dallas(given their talent) could challenge and defeat Pittsburgh. A good coach can turn things around in Big D, but anyway, I'm just saying now that they've WON the Super Bowl you can NOW say their the best team in football. I'm glad that you saw the light. I wonder what you would've said if Arizona won? Hmmm...oh yeah, nice play by play commentary. Looking forward to the A-ROD posting.
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