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Monday Morning Mock Draft: Don’t Get Board

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Inspired by some controversy in last week's draft about movies based on disasters, this week we're going to be drafting board games.  The rules are, I hope, very simple:  if it's a game that involves a board, you can draft it.  If it's a game that does not involve a

Apathy: An Endorsement – Offseason Sunday Open Thread

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Why care. Nothing is permanent. Every tingle felt from eye contact, and all smiles, hugs, lusty grabs and “You were right”s are but fleeting seconds of smoldering bliss that time blows away like ash from a cig. Emotional attachments create longing and melancholy or even worse—sadness, a dull and dreadful

Welcome To The End – Monday Open Thread

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The offseason ends this week—let’s dance wooo! The Hall of fame Game is August 4, the Thursday after this one. By tomorrow, all NFL teams will have started their training camps. Personally, I’m getting pretty freakin’ excited about this season. My watch list: -Everything AFC West. Sign me up for the reality

Anger Is Dumb – Tuesday Open Thread

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Diversity is a buzzword that has some heft. It compels opening your mind to different cultural mores or even languages, and letting go of prejudice, stereotype and hate. And sometimes, to overcome our own revulsion to something foreign, unknown, or questionable from our Normal. Embracing diversity can cause a jolt. Students'

Trying to Tip Toe Around THAT – Monday Open Thread

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Good evening, how are you? I’m personally ecstatic: enjoying the summer breeze from my new rental. It sure is nice having a view that does not include two residential ruins just asking to be condemned. Although I liked the way the afternoon sunlight caromed off the exposed rebar. And you

Your “Sure, Okay” Tuesday Evening Open Thread

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NFL Noise: It looks like Cam Newton is staying in Carolina.   Rapoport reports that new head coach Matt Rhule would prefer to start the season with Newton under center. There may be a strategy to draft Newton's eventual replacement, but for right now it's better for the organization to keep

Your “Biding Time” Thursday Evening Open Thread

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sHrE6lM0D2E It just seems like slow death waiting for football season to return. NFL News: Okay, very serious: Janoris Jenkins' brother has been charged with "aggravated manslaughter" (first degree) in the death of a man at Jenkins' house while he is at camp in Florida. The death is being investigated as a possible