It's all about me

[Alex_de_Large]

Originally posted by Alex_de_Large
How many team mates does he have left with him? The USPS team has all nine members, and they have been absolutely DOMINANT when it matters this year. I don't think that anyone high in the GC has the manpower to challenge them.

looks like I spoke too soon, as t-Mo just moved 4 riders to the front, at the base of Col de Forclaz. Is this the attack?

[Dave]

Originally posted by Alex_de_Large
How many team mates does he have left with him? The USPS team has all nine members, and they have been absolutely DOMINANT when it matters this year. I don't think that anyone high in the GC has the manpower to challenge them.

Actually, it seems like T-Mobile has more real strong climbers -- Ullrich, Kloeden and Guerini versus Lance and Azevedo. Rubiera should be there, but it was Landis yesterday, and who knows where Checu went.

[Not Bob]

Originally posted by LessinSF
I also saw "Fuck Lance" and "EPO Lance."

What does "EPO Lance" mean?

[Alex_de_Large]

Originally posted by Not Bob
What does "EPO Lance" mean?

EPO is a performance-enhancing drug that Lance has been accused of using (as has just about every other elite-level cyclist).

[Not Bob]

Originally posted by Alex_de_Large
EPO is a performance-enhancing drug that Lance has been accused of using (as has just about every other elite-level cyclist).

Ah. Thanks. I was thinking that it was some sort of acronym in French or something.

[Alex_de_Large]

I've not been following the NHL labor dispute that closely, but I love this cartoon on ESPN page 2:

[Mmmm, Burger (C.J.)]

Originally posted by Alex_de_Large
looks like I spoke too soon, as t-Mo just moved 4 riders to the front, at the base of Col de Forclaz. Is this the attack?

I don't think he can or will attack Armstrong. At best, he and Kloden will try to move past Basso. Armstrong has demonstrated that he won't be dropped this year. Does he figure he'll crack in the last mountain of the tour? I doubt it. I'm guessing Ullrich goes balls out in the TT sat., hoping to make up some time. And he might, because Lance will probably play it a bit safe, unless the time checks show him losing big time.

[sebastian_dangerfield]

Originally posted by Mmmm, Burger (C.J.)
I don't think he can or will attack Armstrong. At best, he and Kloden will try to move past Basso. Armstrong has demonstrated that he won't be dropped this year. Does he figure he'll crack in the last mountain of the tour? I doubt it. I'm guessing Ullrich goes balls out in the TT sat., hoping to make up some time. And he might, because Lance will probably play it a bit safe, unless the time checks show him losing big time.

When is this fucking race over? A good race lasts at most an hour. I can watch about 10 min of this race, then I feel like one of those dim labrador retrievers I see running after bicycle tires (why are dogs fascinated by spinning things?).

And the funny thing is, I like biking. Guess its like golf - fun to play, horrible to watch. Or maybe my attention span is just that short.*

When's the America's Cup. That one's always a barn burner. I wonder what space age designed boat Larry Ellison will sponsor this year. My personal theory is that no one actually enjoys watching this race but the 1% who actually understand sailing. But people watch anyway because its just one of those cultured things to do. I've sailed. In fact, a family member owns a boat. Its fun. Its nice. You put it in the water and catch a breeze and manuever the fucker. Pleasant. Some cat from Denver I knew in college used to watch America's Cup like it was the Super Bowl. I don't think he'd ever even been on a boat (unless there's some geopgraphy in Colorado of which the folks at Rand McNally aren't aware...). But it was cool. And he was cool. Boats. Neat.

*I personally hope some French guy wins the race. Give them some thimble full of pride about something.

[Not Bob]

From Slate's Dear Prudence advice column.

Discuss.

Dear Prudence,
My wife H. and I have been married for 13 years, and our sex life has deteriorated to almost nil. When we were unmarried lovers, we were very sexually active and had a wonderful sexual relationship. The last few years my wife has refused to engage in any sexual relationship whatsoever with me. I am a clean, healthy male, not overweight, and I take pride in my appearance, but all my wife wants is to use her vibrator and says no man can compete with that. She claims the climaxes she experiences with her vibrator are so fulfilling that sex with me is like washing the dishes. I am at my wits' end and almost tempted to start looking for sexual fulfillment elsewhere, but I love my wife and don't want to cheat on her. Please help me.

—Rebel With a Cause

Dear Reb,
Like washing dishes, huh? This is some loving lady. Prudie does not mean to sound hard-boiled, but you might ask the Mrs. if her vibrator is capable of earning a living and escorting her to parties? If this woman, who has seen to it that you've been celibate for "the last few years," cannot iron out this problem to everyone's satisfaction—i.e., yours—you need a regime change, then a therapist. She has made you a doormat. Enough of being the good schnook.

—Prudie, assuredly

[bold_n_brazen]

Originally posted by Not Bob
From Slate's Dear Prudence advice column.

Discuss.

Dear Prudence needs a better vibrator.

[notcasesensitive]

That's all I feel for CNN and its ilk at this moment. I'm not sure that I will ever view cnn.com again after the abomination of a story that is being covered there as news as we speak. Sure, I was annoyed when they turned the Laci Peterson story into THE MOST IMPORTANT STORY IN AMERICA. And I've scoffed at their attempts at "journalism" on more than one occasion. But, seriously, is "Jenna Bush Sticks Out Tongue" really newsworthy? Really?

And if I cut out cnn and msnbc, what am I left with? Yes, I know. My only other source for news. The Daily Show. Fuck the rest.

[Did you just call me Coltrane?]

Originally posted by notcasesensitive
That's all I feel for CNN and its ilk at this moment. I'm not sure that I will ever view cnn.com again after the abomination of a story that is being covered there as news as we speak. Sure, I was annoyed when they turned the Laci Peterson story into THE MOST IMPORTANT STORY IN AMERICA. And I've scoffed at their attempts at "journalism" on more than one occasion. But, seriously, is "Jenna Bush Sticks Out Tongue" really newsworthy? Really?

And if I cut out cnn and msnbc, what am I left with? Yes, I know. My only other source for news. The Daily Show. Fuck the rest.

Yahoo News. They get their stuff from the AP and Reuters.

[sebastian_dangerfield]

Originally posted by Not Bob
From Slate's Dear Prudence advice column.

Discuss.

The wife is clearly giving the guy cart blanche to fuck someone else on the side. What this guy needs isn't relationship advice, but a lesson in how to read between the lines.

Dear ___:

Go fuck other people. Your wife will either immediately demand sex and monoghamy or ask for a divorce. Eother way, its a better gig.

[taxwonk]

Originally posted by Replaced_Texan
You know the Salad Tosser comment reminded me that you're the only other one here who knows who the Salad Sisters are. Were you one of their customers?

I never had the pleasure of seeing them live. However, I was friends with one of their attorneys, who was kind enough to show me a tape of one of their performances.

[Not Bob]

Originally posted by bold_n_brazen
Dear Prudence needs a better vibrator.

My problem with it isn't that she (the wife) likes sex with the vibrator better than sex with the husband. It's that she told him that she liked sex with the vibrator better.

Leave us with a few illusions, please.

Oh, and you can't play "speeding motorist willing to do anything to avoid getting another ticket and losing his license/hot state trooper motorcycle chick" with only a vibrator.