Fits and starts, moving out of a dark place. I know you can relate. But, life is good.

All the best.

Well that just sucks… Best of luck to you Jim. Thanks for all your insightful posts, and just for being the kind, thoughtful gentleman you are.

Interesting list you found there, Joe. I wonder when it was compiled.

Very different from NME’s…

Anyway, on the “Overrated” list I put everything by Styx, almost everything by Paul McCartney (solo or with Wings), and the latest few from Cold Play.

My all time overrated album is Thriller.

I agree, Joe. Fuck Suh. However, he’s getting closer to choosing a team:

http://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/22912220/new-york-jets-rescind-offer-free-agent-ndamukong-suh-christopher-johnson-says

Jets rescind offer to Ndamukong Suh, say ‘our thinking just changed’

New York Jets CEO Christopher Johnson said Sunday that the team rescinded its offer to free-agent defensive tackle Ndamukong Suh.

“It just didn’t seem to be in keeping with our long-term plan,” Johnson told reporters at the NFL owners meetings in Orlando.

The Jets’ interest in Suh, which surfaced on Friday, came as a surprise. That they’ve pulled the offer also is a surprise.

The Jets made a “pretty big offer” to the former All-Pro, Johnson said. Suh told Yahoo! Sports that it was the largest offer he had received since he was released by the Miami Dolphins. He’s also drawing interest from the Los Angeles Rams, Tennessee Titans and New Orleans Saints.

Johnson said the Jets decided to change course after he discussed the matter with general manager Mike Maccagnan. Coach Todd Bowles wasn’t part of that conversation, according to Johnson, who wasn’t involved in the decision to make the initial offer.

“I had a lot of discussion with Mike about this,” Johnson said. “Our thinking just changed. That’s where I have to leave it.”

He declined to elaborate.

The Jets are looking to replace defensive end Muhammad Wilkerson, who was released because of cap and production concerns. Bowles, who has spoken glowingly of Suh in the past, reached out to him with a recruiting pitch, explaining that they could use him in their defense.

The staff felt that Suh, 31, could be a valuable addition, a disruptive player who could draw extra blockers. Johnson himself described Suh as “one of the best football players out there,” but he evidently didn’t want him on his team.

Johnson didn’t want it to be characterized that he interceded, saying it was a joint decision with Maccagnan.

“It became apparent to the two of us that this just didn’t work,” Johnson said.

The Jets still have more than $30 million in cap room. They’ve been emphasizing youth during free agency, and Suh’s age likely was a turn-off. Suh also has a reputation for not being a team player.

“I don’t want to be a flash in the pan,” Johnson said, speaking of his team-building approach. “I don’t want to load up on people who can get you there but can’t keep you there. This is about building something great long-term.”

In other developments, Johnson said he was “absolutely” disappointed that Kirk Cousins didn’t take his team’s free-agent offer, but he expressed optimism about the “Plan B” at quarterback. The Jets traded up in the draft, from six to three, presumably to take a quarterback.

“It’s almost a shame to call it Plan B because it’s shaping up as something pretty magnificent,” he said. “I’m really excited about it. … It doesn’t hurt at all that we have an awful lot of money that we might have been sending out the door to one player now back with us.”

ESPN’s Kevin Seifert contributed to this report.

RIP, Tom Benson.

Back in the day, when the NFC West was the Rams, 9er’s, Falcons and Saints, I always hated the 9er’s and Falcons, but had a soft spot in my heart for the Saints. They had some great 3-4 D’s back then.

It took TB to get them to a Super Bowl. Glad I got to see it.

Sorry to hear this. RIP GRITS, hopefully you never took anything I said personally.

Great. Now I get to watch him every week (if I choose to). Since I dropped DirecTV, just watching the local stations, which means lots on Giants, Jets and Patriots…

I see Barron going too. They were both undersized for a 3-4 (Barron more than O, but we’ll see how they backfill.

I like it.

Our country is so fucking sick.

Usually when I have to fly somewhere, I by a copy of “The Economist” which gives my a different perspective from MSNBC, CNN and the local news.

The Feb 17th – 23rd 2018 edition, Page 26:

Subject: School Shootings
Title: How many more?
Subtitle: America seems unable to solve a deadly problem that exists nowhere else

Read that a few times. “Nowhere else” means nowhere else in the fucking world.
What the fuck is wrong with us??

Ha! One of my favorite movies of all time.

Right up there with Dune, Brazil, Liquid Sky and Wild at Heart.

Acid isn’t for everybody, though…

RIP, Eastern Cougars. While I think it would be neat to still have large cats here in CT (especially with how many deer we now have everywhere), the thought of having to worry about an 80 lb feline jumping out of a tree onto my back as I bring my recyclables to the curb is terrifying.

Maybe if I had a Bowie Knife or a six shooter with me, I’d feel better, but I’m sure the record shows that even before we eradicated the big cats from New England, there were few to zero attacks of cougars on humans.

I’m conficted here…

Billy, in the first post you stated you have a current health situation. Are you OK? If you don’t want to discuss, I totally understand, but just know that you have lots of folks here pulling for you.

Love, Matt

My department is being audited on Super Bowl Monday. I have to be there by 8:30AM for the opening session. I was going to stay home in Newtown and then leave very early in the morning Monday, but now the forecast is for PM rain followed by freezing conditions overnight.

I may drive up to North Shore Sunday afternoon to avoid a messy 3 hr commute Monday morning.

That means I may watch the Super Bowl in a bar full of Pats fans. If things get out of hand, I can always retreat to my hotel room…

I agree we should sign Watkins, even if it is the Franchise tag.

I think he will be more on the same page with Goff with a full off season / training camp. Plus, I think he’s a good influence on the younger kids.

Plus, I think he wants to be here and can erupt as the #1 receiver we haven’t had in forever and at the same time make Gurley that much more effective.

“Pet Crocodile”

Who would make a pet of a creature that by its nature is a remorseless killing machine?
Oh, wait, I have a cat. Never mind.