Are you there Dave?

Jasno,
Tell us a good Chloe story.
FthefootballonlyACs
(Sorry Chloe)

Furst!

This is a general question: With the big draftees holdouts this (and every) summer, why 1. don't they hammer out contracts right after the draft so teams and players don't suffer; and 2. what would stop a great player likely to go number 1, not declare for the draft but go the free agency route after the draft where he could pick his team?

HAL, I won't argue with you any more! Open the doors!

hamsters...you actually have to go to the chat for the web chat. it's not done on the blog.

LH,

from before, yes, if the man showed up and said to my face I was soft, we would throw. Im not going to fight anyone about what they say here, they need to say it to my face. thats disrespect and where im from that SJK dont fly.

anyway, i admonished everyone for being angry and i dont want to stir the pot anymore... so i relent my position... trolls can post whatever they want, i will just ITA...

Jason,

How do Landry and Taylor look next to each other? Is it as intimidating as it sounds? Thoughts......

Jason,

How can I ask you a question on your live chat?

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/discussion/2007/08/03/DI2007080300731.html

if the man showed up and said to my face I was soft, we would throw.

Z you are soft. Now running down the street like Leghorn. LMGO

Holy SJK, a Megskin sighting!!

Megskin just asked JLC a question. I hope she returns here soon.

4rd!

7rd!

21th!

"hamsters...you actually have to go to the chat for the web chat. it's not done on the blog."

Thanks. Some of us are working and only had a quick second to read his post. Price we pay when we aren't sitting on our parents couch in the basement at 2:00pm in our pajama's eating cold cereal...

Geez what a pp contest we've been having in the last 24 hours. I'll chalk it up to "the humidity that is blanketing much of the country."

Still could you zip it up and can we move on especially anon posters? If you're married or have a girlfriend/boyfriend obviously you've found someone who thinks you have a nice pp so give it a rest.

jmhater;

i will concede hypocrisy for admonishing right after I posted my slight tirade.

but it irks me when people call people SJK from a keyboard.

"married or have a girlfriend/boyfriend obviously you've found someone who thinks you have a nice pp so give it a rest."

PPTP?

LMGO

Mephiskapheles - "Foursome" - not huge on instrumentals but these guys are pretty amazing. if you like ska and jazz they are for you (although they may or may not be satinists, so take that into consideration as well)

Man I hate those Satinists. They think they are the very fabric of society.

Geez what a pp

LMGO!

Is that all that women think about sfskin? pp, jeez

I had no idea humidity was blanketing most of the country. Where, oh where, is loco mullin now when we need him most?

gone for the weekend RI... wont see the game cause I will be at a wedding... shall the curse rue its ugly head in pre-season week 1? To keep the thread going on... which skin do you think will take out Young?

The only thing blanketing the Pacific NW is crisp October-like weather.

PPTP will never not be funny.

I dunno, feels pretty good to me...

Portland, OR

Aug 9 Today
Partly cloudy. High near 75F. Winds NW at 5 to 10 mph. Max humidity 54%

Aug 9 Tonight
A few passing clouds, otherwise generally clear. Low 56F. Winds WNW at 5 to 10 mph.

Aug 10 Tomorrow
A few clouds in the morning, but mainly sunny for the afternoon. High 77F. Winds NNW at 5 to 10 mph. Max humidity 56%

For those not able to catch the web chat. JLC answer about the Reaper and L2.

yeah man they are playing a lot. i wrote a little about it int he notes the other day in the paper, but Landry is with the first string in most of the 11 on 11 drills and they will play together for a while this Saturday, too, I would suspect

Zebra - well when there is a pp swinging contest going on right in front of you even in cyberspace it's hard not to think about the pp and it's odd place in the universe.

Nate - I saw the blanket of humidity on the crawl on CNN the other day and thought it was funny. . . I don't know why. Maybe cause I was under that flingin flangin blanket and now I am FREE in cold foggy SF.

eat it

Luvin the chat:

5 TCCL for musical playlist. I still love that you love the New Bomb Turks as do I. Bad Brains when your apologizing for your Rocky eras...too funny

5 TCCL for al the RI hamsters gettin through JM220, Megskins, even Barno gettin a shot. He is like the paperboy in Better Off Dead..."I want my $2!!!!!"

-5 TCCL leaps for boring chat commentor....dude please

0 TCCL for Big Audio Dynamite...gag me....

1 TCCL for Portis dog fighting question....dude drop already...you never said anything stupid?

2 TCCL for the "training camp is to light" crap...the prob last year was not woirking on playbook enough...if they get a chance to actually run gameplans in games thats a big improvement.

I will freely admit that I think about my pp about 23 hours a day. I spend the other hour thinking about what I'm going to eat.

Speaking of which, sfskin, you been to a place called Spruce yet? I hear they have a mile long wine list...

BTW, the "Entourage" soundtrack sucks.

testy

For those of you who are fans of The Wire here is an interesting story. It's also a story that renews hope in redemption and humanity.

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/09/us/09baltimore.html?_r=1&ref=todayspaper&oref=slogin

JLC pulls out Sly and the Family Stone. Much respect on that one.

Sly and the Family Stone - "I Want To Take You Higher (5 minute song so we're in luck).

sfskin, any married man will tell that his wife doesn't know what his pp looks like.

And Zebra he didn't say "you" were soft. He said flopping Euro soccer players were soft. That's why I was curious as to why you got so bent. Even if he said you were soft, you're grown man; ignore that fool. And don't be so quick to want to trade blows in DC unless you are armed as well. Don't you read the paper.

Viscount - no I haven't been to Spruce although I've heard good things.

I'm not a wine drinker, never acquired a taste probably because it started off as my mom's poison of choice.

My biochemistry is now officially stopping most any drinking it appears. Even a glass of something can make the next day a literal headache.

I think a trip down to SF to visit Spruce may be in order. They look like they put a lot of effort into the joint.

dont know if im late on this, so save the ridicule if i am, but did you guys see this picture of Landry???? GOOD GOD!!!!!!

http://www.tigerdroppings.com/rant/messagetopic.asp?p=4988470

Damn you in the Northwest!!!! It was 104 here in muggy Richmond, Virginia yesterday. Heat index was probably in the 110's. It's only 99 today, so it's cooled down quite a bit.

Where's the post-chat wrap party? H2O?

Hold up, there was a freakin' tornado in Brooklyn yesterday? Wow.

yea i live in NYC. it was nuts.

Jason-

What's up with any possible trades or transaction in the works?

You had mentioned Schobel from the Bills? Is there any chance of that? Any other possible DL upgrades?

Also, with the OL sustaining injury after injury, is there any talk of bringin some more OL in? Like that Jets gaurd Kendall may be released?

NYC was stright up crazy.....can we please start realizing that investing in our countries infrastructure is a good idea!!!! Bridges collapsing, mines imploding, a bad rainstorm brining the best city in the free world to its knees!!!!!! C'mon!!!!

Not to mention that my first day back to work after my Greece-capedes was welcomed with my 40 min commute being turned into a 4 hour commute!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Don't get me started.......

get back out there and sell, SELLLLLLL!!!!!!!!!

CL,

Shhhhhhhhhhh everythings fine.

If we invest all the money needed to keep this country from colapsing then we have no funding for our military, and the terrorists win, and you know who wins with the terrorists, thats right the Dallas Cowboys.

"I will freely admit that I think about my pp about 23 hours a day. I spend the other hour thinking about what I'm going to eat."

That's pretty sad.......

--

Keep an eye on Kenard Lang, Broncos. He's a solid vet, former Skin, and likely to be cut as the odd-man-out. Could provide some nice depth.

F Ashburn.
Move the camp to Gresham.

35332...LMGO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Lisa...I think the Viscount nailed it....and than thought about lunch....SNAP!

F NYC
Move cHris LarrY to Gresham.

>>> "That's pretty sad......."

I forgot to mention the three minutes a day I think about nucular non-proliferation. And the four minutes I think about the 'Skins. And maybe the two minutes I think about why I can't do a proper Big Bird impersonation.

You know, the sort of weighty, lofty subjects on the mind of your typical Viscount.

J-La-C:

My complements on your iPod library. Despite having been born in DC-envy Baltimore, you have embraced the bad boys of DC punk, such as "Bad Brains".

Pixies, Dead Kennedys, and Minutemen also worked their way in during a realtively short chat. Not from DC, but they'll do. You have successfully achieved punk street cred, and no doubt Reverend MacKaye in Arlington would be pleased.

May I suggest you make sure your daughter does not get her hands on your iPod for the next 20 years or so?

That picture of Landry makes me think of the magical wonder that will be TO laying flat on his butt.

That picture of Landry made me think of Shawn Merriman and his suspension.

that picture of landry makes me think of jm220 and his pp. lmgo

JLaC says Entourage JTS 1.5 years ago. Not sure I agree. I think it officially JTS during the filming of "Medellin". I think the Bob Ryan (Martin Landau) scenes were priceless.

OMG, today's chat blew chunks.

BTW, few people actually give a rat's about what you listen to on your mp3 player, JLC.

And I get that no team should have a reporter covering a team that the reporter is a fan of, as that would potentially create biased positive reporting. But how about biased negative reporting? Your dislike of the 'skins - for whatever reason - really showed in your reporting last year, and will show again this year too. The Post should recognize, and put someone on the beat without positive OR negative feelings about the team.

Please don't disparage the great name of Don Warren with that crappy post.....

Never, ever thought I'd be thinking to myself "F Don Warren."

L2 looks like T2

The Reaper and the Terminator?
Someone's gonna get hurt.

I'm get the impression, L2 might start right out of (in) the box, or close enough to it.

jmhater;

i will concede hypocrisy for admonishing right after I posted my slight tirade.

but it irks me when people call people SJK from a keyboard.

Posted by: Zebra | August 9, 2007 02:44 PM

My apologies for the name calling.

All reporters profess total nuetrality. It's not the case but they have to say it.

It's like Husband's telling their wives that they don't even look at other women. It's called lip service.

There is no story here, move along....

I keep seeing the reocurring statements of people and writers worrying that the Skins camp has not been aggressive and not tough with hard hitting etc etc etc....

Well that does not mean anything...who says you need a tough beat each other up camp to have a successful year....

Bill Walsh and the 49ers had non aggressive camps without allot of hitting the whole decade of the 80s....He beleived in fundamentals not beat each other up camps...

He is famous for that....

I'd say it worked ...wouldn't you????

Didn't Bill Walsh also have Joe Montana for the whole decade of the 80s and Jerry Rice for most of it?

I'm just sayin' is all.

That picture of Landry made me think of Shawn Merriman and his suspension.

Posted by: LH | August 9, 2007 03:50 PM

LH - my thoughts exactly. Oh well I should just give in and know that everybody's roses smell like poo poo poo.

*sigh*

Bill Walsh and the 49ers had non aggressive camps without allot of hitting the whole decade of the 80s....He beleived in fundamentals not beat each other up camps...

He is famous for that....

I'd say it worked ...wouldn't you????

I would say that it didn't hurt him to have Montana, Rice, Craig, Taylor, Lott, Haley, Fuller, Millen and Romanowski.

That was my unsigned post.

"A guy who knows the person who owns the paintball park at which Redskins safety LaRon Landry got hit in LaDong with a tiny ball of paint says Landry had 'shot' one of his Redskins teammates, knocking him out of the game. Then, Landry walked up to the player, who was on the ground at the time, and proclaimed that he was going to finish him off, execution style.

"The teammate then raised his paintball gun and shot Landry point-blank in the crotch."

old news, unless you can name the shooter

sfskin,

I am also in sf. Where do you watch games? I've been in cali for a couple seasons now and find that too often there are fans of the Team-that-must-not-be-Named around.

"The teammate then raised his paintball gun and shot Landry point-blank in the crotch."

old news, unless you can name the shooter

After thorough investigation into this conspiracy I proclaim it to be Brandon "the red-finned tuna" Lloyd.

-- The Question ?

Laron Landry just got carried off the field on a gurney, by Beyonce and Cameron Diaz.

I know who shot LL but I have been sworn to secrecy.

Hi, my name is skippy and I have a mental plate in my head.

Someone told me that LaFawn Laundry has some writing on his trapezoids. Boy is he really going to get it from with Mr Jones in geometry class now!

Is it true that the nice Sultana Moth still has problems 'down below'? My aunty had those problems too and had to get a histo-rectum-y, so I hope he gets better soon. Maybe he can talk about how to get better with that nice Mr Termite Ovens from the Dulles Cowboys as they are so close by.

Well, it's almost time for dinner and tonight we're have Smackaroni and cheez-whizz, yummy!

Fondly,
skippy

No one really wants to know.
They just want to ask the question.

Everyone loves a mystery.

skippy,
what about desert?

RonBurgandyngold - I have DirectTV precisely so I can watch the Skins. My preference is to watch at home cause it allows me to do all my insane routines/actions during games.

Speaking of food. I went to Mendocino Grillin G-town for dinner last week in DC.

Well I was taken I should say. Absolutely phenomenal food, best I've had in a long time. It's pricey but if you've got the dough it is well worth it.

Here's to seeing Tony Romo really stink it up tonight!!

Here's to John Daly, giving hope yet again to chubby, hard-luck rednecks everywhere.

And their mullets.

Here's to Tiger Woods coming back to win the whole damn thing anyway. Then John can go back to drinking like a fish and getting stabbed by his wife with steak knives.

It takes a while due to that speed of sound thing, but I am belatedly hearing that old whistle blow indicating that work has ended on the east coast. Y'all don't melt out on the roadways.

I hold in my hands a Magic 8-Ball. (The fortune-telling kind, not the happy-hamster kind). It has never been wrong before...

Q. Will the Cowboys win the Super Bowl this season?
A. Yes, definitely.

Q. Will David Beckham play tonight?
A. Better not tell you now.

Q. Did Sean Taylor hurt his knee?
A. My sources say no.

Q. Is JC the QB of the Skins' future?
A. It is certain.

Q. Is Vick guilty in the dogfighting saga?
A. Cannot predict now.

Nate,

I'm headed into the furnace of NC for a week vacation (?).

We'll have to line up a pre-season training event with Redskins Willie and his crew before the regular season starts.

Probably, redirect someones notebook to RI along the way.... Cheers all.

Don't forget our Brother Ahmad!

Based on the answer to your first question SMACK, I'd say your Magic 8-ball (fortune teller kind) has been hitting the Magic 8-ball (happy hamster kind).

Creepy SMACK, real creepy.

How many times did you have to shake it to get the "right" answer to the first question?

Stumped, that's how it came up, and I ain't asking it again.

Q. Is Stumped doomed as a non-believer
A. Yes, definitely.

been to training camp the last few weeks.... Let me tell you our offense may be one of the best in the league. Our back seven looking good too.... 11-5 and playoffs is what i see...

THIS DAY IN RI HISTORY

August 9, 2006 - Just a few days old and already the future of RI has come into question. In nearly half of the, ahem, 11 posts, bloggers point out how difficult it was just to find the Insider on WaPo's website. But they also overwhelmingly state their support in having it continue through the season, which is indeed a serious question at this juncture. Jasno's response:

I'm not making a penny off this bloggy. Was asked to do it, had a blast with the World Cup blog, and was glad to try it again. My editors seem inclined to keep it as a training-camp only thing for now, but feel free to your voice your opinions and email away. Like I said yesterday, I am open to doing it through the season if demand is there.

Hmm. Let's hope the demand for RI continues.

Ron Burgundyangold meet sfskin.
sfskin meet Ron Burgundyangold.

He's a member of the 'damn media' [and remind me to never, ever tell any of you what I do for a living], funny in an abrasive, screwbally sort of way.

She's a teacher, liberal but not too liberal, conoisseur of good food and beer, but sadly, not the vino.

I've done my part...the rest is up to you 2 kiddies.

4-12, really? Or are you just playing on the Ron Burgundy as media person joke?

I can't tell what's what, since we already have a Will Ferrell character name in use as a handle up here. I am slow.

Q: Who get peanut butter in my chocolate?

A: The assclown! Ha ha aha ha ahaaahaahaahaahahahahahahahaahah

You are fast.

"Laron Landry just got carried off the field on a gurney, by Beyonce and Cameron Diaz."

They said something about the soiled bike shorts from Cooley I had to wear ... ( a rookie thing) and then running with the bulls in tearoffmychinos.

- LaRon Landry

Nate- I don't remember seeing him up here before...no idea what he does, so I made his bio up. Hoping to at least make a DirectTV connection for the 2 of them to watch the 'Skins.

That last one was bad ... very badddd ... SJK :(

Nice work, matchmaker.

Just trying to make up for the negativity on positivity day.

Happy Birthday Deion Sanders!

mayhap that Magic 8 ball o' Smack's been smokin' a 8 ball o' crack.

that picture of landry makes me think of jm220 and his pp. lmgo

Posted by: jmlover | August 9, 2007 03:52 PM

LMGO! I hope you are a woman. If not that a little creepy but still funny.

sfskin, love your posts and also wanted to let you know i'm one of the biggest ever fans o' The Wire. what a great show. tks for the link to the happy couple, btw.

Nateskin and I will be sure to hoist a pint or two in yer honor Sat nite whilst our guys are openin' a big ol' can o' whoop a** on the Titans.

tks for all ya do for the blog, lil' one.

Stumped, my main man!!

Vaya con dios, amigo and give our best to NC, especially if ya get anywhere near Nags Head. Spent many a summer pullin' jelly fish off my body along that stretch o' the Atlantic Ocean.

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Bucktown - Great shirt design, I'll be getting one of those!

Bangkokben - Send me an email to kost52athotmaildotcom and I'll give you the joining details.

F Deion Sanders