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^ All these. Especially glad that Alden is OK.

Wayne, you may want to check the date on that.

I found a picture of me wearing HP1000 at an MOA and, right next to it, an interesting "Spritzer vs. Stax" poster. But I didn't see anything compromising. I guess I'll have to keep searching.

What do you know about wires and electronics, anyway?

Happy Birthday Mike and Birgir. :prettyprincess: Hope it was a great one for both of you!

Brewing. That's one place we have developed some elite players.

You can beat lesser team, yes. But I don't believe that Belgium has ever won the cup. I don't think that this will be their year either. USA was not close to playing at Belgium's level today (except for the goalie). Unless we got lucky, it was just a matter of time until one of the incessant attacks resulted in a goal. Without Howard's heroics, the score could easily have been 5-1. Belgium could attack at will. As far as USA development of forwards and midfielders, have we produced one that matched any on Belgium's teams? I doubt we've produced any that come close to Belgium's better forwards and midfielders.

I'm afraid that as long as the USA can't develop even a single elite offensive player, we are doomed to results like this. We've developed several elite goalies, maybe an elite defensive back or two but no elite mid-fielders or forwards. Today was especially frustrating because the defense played well (except for the panic around the first goal) and Howard played the game of his life. The offense, however, played scared all day long. They rushed every chance they had (I didn't see the USA goal) and never came close to scoring when it counted. Hopefully, someday we'll develop an elite player that can take over a game. I'm surprised it hasn't happened by now.

Happy Birthday, Greg! :prettyprincess: Have a great one. Let me know if you need me to come over and help you celebrate by toasting and drinking with you. Your wine of course.

Happy Birthday, Anurag! :prettyprincess: Have a great one.

Happy Birthday, Scott! :prettyprincess: Hope it's been wonderful.

Happy Birthday, Justin! :prettyprincess: Have a great one.

Congrats Haj!

RIP Eli, another underrated great actor.

I had a cooking show turned on the TV while I was working on the computer. On one of its segments, the hosts test new cooking tools. The man loved this one: It seems like a good idea for us beer drinkers.

Now you want them to play like Costa Rica.

Then you're in the beautiful Inland Empire, eh?

Happy Birthday, David :prettyprincess:

The world loses another great one. RIP Horace.

RIP Tony, one of the all time great hitters.

Happy Fathers' Day!

Yay Kings!

My condolences to NFL fans. Chuck Noll dies at 82.

RIP Edward and Evert.

Happy Birthday, Peter! As long as he can't kick your butt at drinking games, you're doing well.