hail!

Thanks, Jon!

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/mmedia/webcams/snowcam.htm

Posted by: dcsween | December 21, 2007 11:58 AM

Methinks the snowcam didn't do enough to keep in shape through the offseason. Looks like some bad warping in the lamination. That can only spell trouble in the winter ahead. Unless it's just a trick of the eye, one of those trump loyals.

That is, if winter ever actually arrives, for real. It looks like rain storm after rain storm for DC into January. That isn't any fun!

Nope, Nate, you got it right. This ain't one of them trump loys. The webcam stick pulled a hammy.

"WonderPets, WonderPets we're on our way..."

Sometimes working at home can be distracting. But in a fun sort of way, such as.

Methinks the snowcam didn't do enough to keep in shape through the offseason.

Posted by: NateinthePDX | December 21, 2007 12:02 PM

Yeah, well that's what they get for not putting the garden gnome next to it to watch over it.

Things are looking good for a Toddoff run!

toddcoat, I won't let the kids watch the WonderPets anymore. I caught it once (after being illuminated here) -- the show perpetuates ethnic stereotypes in the worst ways.

Agreed, charlie.

It was a shame the gnome's agent and the union had to get involved and put the kibosh on that whole deal. Now it occurs to me that the gnome maybe could have gone through back channels and negotiated directly with the WaPowers-that-be. Oh well. Bygones.

trink, agreed. Every time I use the calculator it has the Skins going to the playoffs.

http://projects.washingtonpost.com/nfl/playoffs/

We need a little blogsprint to run up the numbers for the Toddimatum before people bolt out of town.

How about words (including proper nouns) that end with the syllable "-ij"?

Being that this is nominally a football blog, examples would include words like "scrimmage" or "yardage". [I curse myself for not splitting those two up into separate entries.]

Was there a Jasno chat yesterday?

How about the Friday presser, where Tenorio does his best to start an imbroglio?

Nate, I keep find the Skins going to the playoffs too ... except if the Saints beat the Eagles. :(

sween, I'll rummage through the files for any entries...

Toddcoat probably parks his car in a GAIR-ij.

jasno chat http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/discussion/2007/12/17/DI2007121700657.html

I'm adjusting my plumage before I go bar hopping tonight.

ethnic stereotypes are teh backbone of this country

Like a brij over troubled water.

fixing my flat tire ... need these nuts.

luggage

danny smith's glaucoma acting up

baggage

where is dealer when you need him?

cabbage

Casey Rabach's upper arms are really hairy

heritage

When St. Joe goes to Mr. Breux's house for foodage, his porridge is always just right.

Planet Earth is incredible. Manditory viewing. And yeah...it's mind-blowing in HD.

I'm hungry so I'm taking a short trip to the frig.

Heyer showed everyone who dissed him that he could pair up and prevail against Strahan.

disparage

From the chat... you gots to love Jasno whiffing on his own blog address:

Jason La Canfora: I just put that on the blog, if you want to check it out after this (redskinsinsider.com).

The kids loved the otters attacking the crocodile, but over all I think they wanted to watch Elf.

I love to play Cribbij with my dad over the holidays.

Too much coffee this am, back in a sec

leakage

One thing desperately missing from the Planet Earth series: Zooey Deschanel

I feel their pain.

suffrage

It's dark in here. My bulbs are of insufficient wattage.

appendage

HOMAGE to Green and Monk with HOF nominations.

why won't this damn bird get out of my pear tree?

partridge

Darrell Green should definitely be a first ballot HOFer - hopefully Monk will get in this time as well.

We need to organize a RI trip to Canton.

Way too much booze last night

keepitdownovertherelestigasyourcubicleage

"Darrell Green should definitely be a first ballot HOFer - hopefully Monk will get in this time as well.

We need to organize a RI trip to Canton."

Posted by: Lisa | December 21, 2007 12:55 PM

Totally ... a pilgrimage

From Tuesday's RI about Rocky:

"On how long he'll be out: "It all depends after the surgery how you respond to it. People respond differently. I don't expect it to be [a year]. Especially this day and age."

bandage

Toddcoat's life-odyssey, a journey from Cambridge to the Blue Ridge.

OK, I think I may have killed the blog. A blogsprint is just that. Just to get into shape for the marathon that is a Borentimatum.

Hedwij and the Angry Ij.

No?

Nate, I dunno, haven't seen the footage.

I have to agree that an RI meet-up in Canton next August would be awesome. Darrell and Art inducted together.

I am very fijjety todday.

Well, I hope this Sunday that ruins their hamstring. You know how important that
cartiladge is.

duh,

cartilage.

Come on, this is garbage.

Skins injured reserve

wreckage

Tavaris, meet Andre, Monty, Cornelius and Phil.

damage

Briggs lambo after it meet a lightpole

alot of
damage

Decent Uncle Tupelo song: "Effigy"

Back from the alcohol free holiday party.
Suckage.

Off to the post office to mail a last minute
package.

Sean Taylor, RIP

savage

Damn sween beat me to it

oh well

When AP tries to run past our line

Carnage

I complained about the lack of any positive mentions of Stephan Heyer by the beat reporter, and within a few days it's non stop positive mentions of Heyer. I complained about Jason Reid not being given access to the Redskins Insider, and within a few days Reid is all of a sudden holding down the fort.

It must be the holiday season...

4-12, on the way back from the post office, you need to show your boss you are a self-starter ...

beverage

No problems with throwing indoors this week.

Windage.

Barno- It's all just a figment of your imagination...

mirage

I like how Heyer hasn't said anything about his reception by Big Media

coverage

What I had for lunch.

Sandwijj.

Heyer just keeps plugging away and keeps a positive

image

Kost's occasional tendency to over-imbibe.

Portage.

Please, stop me ... before I "-ij" again!

hemorrage

The 'Skins are playing their arses off for their slain teammate.

Homage

The age I am now.

Dotage.

I really think that Heyer will end up being a hidden gem on this line for years to come. In the next two drafts I think we need to plan on drafting 4 more rookie OL so that we can prepare to replace this entire starting line up over the corse of the next few years.

Samuels, Kendell, Rabach, Thomas and Jansen. I will be shocked if any of these guys are still playing 4-5 years from now. Don't get me wrong I like these guys a lot but they are in the last years of their career.

What the Skins need for Sunday's game.

Courage.

If Joe Gibbs was any one obscure Simpsons character, which would be be?

Probably Cornelius Talmadge

Anyone else remember Jeff?

Rutledge

What the Redksins need plenty of from The Todd on Sunday:

Passage.

The key to good O line IMHO, you don't need to draft high but you do need to spend some time on the bench learning.

Skins win, Vikes, Saints lose

Leverage

Skins have Todd
advantage

The stuff that spews from the occasional Trolls that visit RI.

Sewage.

The only way I can kick this habit is to focus back onto Skins jibba jabba. Is it just me or does it feel like Jasno is reporting a mild undertone of "writing on the wall" for Cornelius. I don't have the link (linkage), but how does Griffin's cap number compare to the other top players? Even Jason Reid reported something about the young DTs today (yesterday?). What makes me wonder is a quote from Cornelius HIMSELF where his opening clause is about "maybe losing your job" or something like that ... it was right before the part where he talks about helping out young guys. (tutelage ... dammit!)

My coffee fell over at work
spillage

If Joe Gibbs was any one obscure Simpsons character, which would be be?

Probably Cornelius Talmadge

Posted by: -swb | December 21, 2007 01:26 PM

No he is Gill.

"need to spend some time on the bench learning."

Tutelage

Joe Gibbs' style of offense, in the opinion of some:

Vintage.

Great to have a bye week.

Privilege

alex, I think Kendall is gone after the end of next season. Jansen a year (or two) after that. Samuels probably has 4-5 left in him, and Randy a year or two more than Samuels ... on average (CRAP!)

I could use a valium. Where's the nearest pharmacy?

Pillage

Bad overly-earnest butch-folk music:

Melissa Ethridge

low cut blouses reveal

cleavage...

Any of you soap-droppers know where I can get a big sausage?

daveb55-age

Ricky Williams' problem:

Herbage.

No he is Gill.

"You're young, you're...naked, you want a car with a stereo, right? Am I right?"

Anybody up for a game?

Cribbage

"You're young, you're...naked, you want a car with a stereo, right? Am I right?"

Quotage.

Marriage.

It's quite a

Voyage.

Is Barno the same dude who is pissed that he never got his DVD?

Umbrage.

What we need to do sunday against the vikes
Blockage

A problem suffered after too much alcohol by some men. Occasionally. Or so I've heard anyway. I think:

Droopage.

They should start up the playoff calculator in the pre-season next year. I wonder if it will show a 94% probability of the Dolphins and Ravens already being eliminated.

Truth-age.

Gotta hit the ATM before picking up the tacos.

Cabbage

"Actual" count? Could it be? Could freakzilla really be the late MV Dame in hiding? [Yes, I said LATE, you treehouse sand-bagging, haiku-quitting, Charlie Weis-loving, excuse for a yankee transplant to DC!] If freakzilla is not MV Dame, then pardon my Turrette's.

Dreadfully sorry, sween. Alas, no.

I've lost track now of how many former blog denizens I'm suspected of being the second coming of.

I promise this is the only screen name I've ever used on here.

Having trouble thinking of an appropriate word to end with.

blockage

A huge problem for guys after getting out of a pool...or the ocean:

Shrinkage

What is apparently the worst possible shame to suffer if you're 15.

pwnage

And what is doing the shrinkage?

Appendage

Gotta stay regular. Make sure you eat enough

roughage.

What Portis will be getting on sunday
yardage

Lotta people on the road this weekend, racking up lots of

mileage.

Dorf - my 8th grade Latin teacher once brought in Monty Python's "Life of Brian" for us to watch. We got to watch it the first day (2 hour movie, 50 minute class period), but some administrator caught wind of what was going on and wouldn't let her show it to us the next day.

Yeah, she was an awesome teacher :)

This fall i saw alot of
foliage

I don't get paid holidays, so I made up for it by working overtime this week. Gotta pay that

mortgage.

Friday afternoon on RI:

Waste time-age

When the Giants fail to make the playoffs, they'll have to put their jerseys and gear into

storage.

Thomas and Jansen hurt all year, wonder if it could be a question of

lineage

those memory foam mattreses are suppose to be from space-age materials

Willie parkers leg last night
snapage

Redskins playoff hopes.

vestige

group sex in a sports car

four on the floorgasm

I had a civics class in high school where the teacher integrated movies into the class at key points in the curriculum. Movies watched:

1776 (the musical, actually somewhat appropriate as it's about the Founding Fathers)

Nostradamus: The Man Who Saw Tomorrow (documentary, watched it all the way through twice at two different points of the semester)

Batman (ummm... Is vigilante justice a viable alternative? Discuss.)

Jaws: The Revenge (nothing says civics like Mario Van Peebles with a Jamaican accent, doing battle with a growling shark)

One of the classic moments in my school days was watching total recall in the 4th grade and the teacher had no idea what it was, when the scene with the 3 boobs came on she freaked out a little bit. I also watched 1776

Sean Taylor's killers' fate.

High Voltage

Any port in a storm.

moorage

Dude, I know talking about ES is a no-no, but has anyone seen the amount of Vikings Trolls there are? They are arrogant as hell, they believe since they are on a win streak against some under .500 teams that they are destined to plow over us. Plus, I just found out that Tavaris Jackson is supposed to be a Pro-Bowl QB compared to Todd Collins....I mean, what the hell? Last time I checked, they sucked against the Bears who are what, 25th ranked D?

Kudos to the NFL for letting fans cast Pro Bowl ballots.

suffrage

One of my favorite Decepticons has always been

Ravage.

In about seven months, we'll be talking about how the Skins fared in a

scrimmage.

Vikings fans usaully aren't that bad, however this year may be an exception because its about the fourth time the team has had a chance to exceed 9 wins in the past 30 years.

It's going to be funny when they do nothing as usual.

P.S:
Lost Second Round (Redskins) 21-7 1982
Lost Conference Championship (Redskins) 17-10 1987
Lost Wild Card Playoffs (Redskins) 24-7 1992

The Vikings are also one of the few and great franchises to have never won a superbowl.

I'm fairly certain that no one, and i mean NO ONE is scared of a few fat slobs in the middle of the d line that WILL be torn apart.

Clinton with the ball

Portage

While in Alaska, be sure to visit

Anchorage.

Which ever one of the Williams pigs that has the pleasure of the b gap on Kendalls side is gonna be tasting on his sause-eech all night.

Clinton with the ball

Portage

Posted by: Markin21132 | December 21, 2007 02:21 PM

- This one made me geek out.

With a loss to Buffalo this weekend and a Skins win, the Jints could be a game away from missing the playoffs.

slippage

It's not SMACK talk, it's

badinage

The reason the Vikings are going to lose this week is simple. To much play in the showers and not enough practice.

OOOOOPPPPSS don't drop the soapage.

sam3, you got a pretty low threshold for geeking out (geek outage ... dammit!). Lemme try one: 8 track tapes. anything?

I'm not sure where you are going with that one. The definition of geeking out is to laugh real hard, I'm not sure if that helps clear things up.

Most of the time, there is too much goofy talk on this blog.

Badinage

If geeking out means laughing real hard, that definitely clears things up. I was thinking it meant weirded out by old nerdy trivia.

knowledge

Sometimes it goes even further Tafka.

Worseinage.

The pattern they will have Moss running on sunday.

Postage.

Anyone check out that Lindsay Applebaum Top 10. The discussion board has a photo of her, but unfortunately doesn't reveal any

cleavage.

Sween,

Our dotage is showing, I did not understand geek outage either.

Old fartage??

nah i like the nerd stuff

No he is Gill.

Posted by: alex35332 | December 21, 2007 01:28 PM

Excellent. Most favorite underrated character in the Simpsons.

I'm off to a late lunch to forage.

8-track tapes

cartridge

The ability to relate a story from one's past when talking about any subject =

Anecdotage.

The ability to relate a story from one's past when talking about any subject =

Anecdotage.

Posted by: toddcoat | December 21, 2007 02:50 PM

Takeing stuff over the top into obscure areas

Toddcoatage

Perhaps you should have had a more substantial breakfast Dorf.

Porridge?

recycling long running RI glossary (up here, guts out, maps, such as, oats, etc.)

mileage

Misspelling everything in your post

sams3age

can someone explain maps to me real quick?

Ok, I did the playoff claculator, and if we win both and the saints lose one, we still dont get in... maybe that thing is broken?

Why thankyou sams3, I'll take that as a compliment!

A key ingredient in Pimm's No. 1 Cup*

Borage.

* Try it sometime if you can find it.

What the F am I doing in a pear tree?

Partridge

What happens when one posts before reading the blog.

Repeatage.

Whoops!

Echoage

So if the Saints lose to the Bears and we win both we get in. If they do that and the GMEN lose both us and the vikes get in.

I thought we needed NO to lose either of those games, not specifically the Bears game

Toddcoat you know we are boys, it was def a compliment.

Homage

Not quite temporary, less than permanent linkage.

Marriage.

I know, I did not read, dont have the time, but Im sure you smart lads will fill me in??

A journalistic style that we haven't seen Jasno use yet:

Reportage.

Former Redskin Dexter

Nottage

Guess I will slink off and get into my

Carthage

Clinton P. dragging tacklers along for the ride.

Portage.

A cheesy industry.

Cottage

The cameraderie one feels when participating in such a futile, yet fun, activity as the current one:

Man-age.

A rotten place to be on the Titanic.

Steerage

"Don't tase me, bro!"

Voltage

A cheesy industry.

Cottage

Posted by: SMACK1 | December 21, 2007 03:00 PM

I love this one. Just the right level of punnage.

sams3, was that a legit q about "maps" at 2:53?

Anyone who thinks the Ravens are a 1st Class organization, I have something to sell you.

A bridge.

Lindsay's rap alter-ego

Anita Applebaumage

yeah, i think i missed out on the orgins of it.

A Rap impresario's end of the dinner gift?

Q - Tippage

sam3, you got a pretty low threshold for geeking out (geek outage ... dammit!). Lemme try one: 8 track tapes. anything?

Posted by: dcsween | December 21, 2007 02:32 PM
________________________________

I guess this is not cutting-edge

Sams3, see Miss Teen South Carolina's epic speech of a few months ago. "Such as, The South Africa and , The Iraq.." etc. Such as.

Jasno's strength

Spellage

A girl trying to be like a boy when nature calls in nature?

Squattage

Nate and TheCindy hold this blog together like

Mucilage.

Jasno's strength

Spellage

Posted by: Markin21132 | December 21, 2007 03:08 PM

The scary thing is Mark (from the Future), you can absolutely see him using that word in a post someday!!

Miss Teen South Carolina: "I personally believe that U.S. Americans are unable to do so because, uh, some-uh people out there in our nation that don't have maps, and, uh, I believe that our, ah, education, like such as South Africa, and the Iraq and everywhere like such as, and I believe that they should, uh, our education over here in the U.S. should help the U.S., er, should help South Africa and should help the Iraq [timer bell] and the Asian countries so we will be able to build up our future [mike retracted momentarily by emcee] for our-" [mercifully cut off by emcee]

My transcription...

What should the spears sisters swear off for life?

Spermage

These Olestra potato chips are delicious.

Seepage

This is what really stuck maps in our craw:

*****
lmgo, sfskin.

I'm going to sign every post this way now:

"Maps for the U.S. Americans"

Posted by: Dik | August 28, 2007 03:49 PM
*****

Where is Dik anyway?

Cindy trying to drive up blog counts

Ultimatage

Z, if those girls were using protection it sounds like there must have been some

Spillage.

The Jetsons:

Space Age

The Flintstones:

Stone Age

Beating the Vikings:

Pillage

A rotten place to be on the Titanic.

Steerage

Posted by: SMACK1 | December 21, 2007 03:01 PM

The only other thing from Texas.

Queerage

If you did not get the Tribe Called Quest reference, "Anita Applebaums got it goin on"

Dik got a new day job that forced him to actually do some work Nate!

By the way, that thing that Vikings legendarily did when they had finished raping for the day?

Pillage.

And that is for those lacking

Hippage

The Amazing Dik Shuttle mentioned that he had obtained a real job and would no longer be able to blog. (He previously was doing temp work.)

Careerage.

Those little balls o' fluff that Mrs Todd/Redcoat complains about on her sweater?

Pillage.

All bloggers adding 'age' to every post?

Toolage

Beating the Vikings:

Pillage

Posted by: Xlnt | December 21, 2007 03:13 PM
_________________________

Should have said:

Beating Vikings at their own game:

Pillage

Are you sure thats not spillage on her sweater coat?

Inappropriateage

One of the many burdens in the Spears' sisters' lives.

Baby Carriages.

I ain't raising your damn kid.

-Village

A person who thinks about posting even when in the company of someone of the opposite gender is said to carry some...

Bloggage.

So hold up, you're telling me Dik is out of the Life? I didn't think that was even possible... wow. Just wow.

Ad hoc anger by referees.

Zebrage.

All bloggers adding 'age' to every post?

Toolage

Posted by: Zebraskins | December 21, 2007 03:17 PM
_________________________

No, it would be Toddage.

Sweatercoat,

portmanteauage

Are you sure thats not spillage on her sweater coat?

Inappropriateage

Posted by: Zebraskins | December 21, 2007 03:18 PM

No, but you might want to ask Monica about that Blue Dress of hers.

Bicthing about every single little word written by a blog host

Barnage

after dinner activity with Angelina Jolie

bondage

SO sween, how's it feel to have opened the Pandora's box up here, bro? Yeah, me too.

I call this conundrum "the sorceror's apprentodd."

Managing a .500 record and continually showing you age, but still able to keep your job no matter the ineptness

Gibbage

Typical Bang Bros. movie.

Village spillage.

Remaking the same spy movie endlessly?

(James) Bondage

A game that probably only Toddcoat knows how to play.

Cribbage.

Old saying, referred to as

Adage

Barno wishes he would sign his dvd

- Coolidge (Chris not Calvin, as far as I know)

The number one play of the year, turned in by Iron Mike against detroit>

Truckage

todd collins goes 10/10, 990yds, 10tds, 1 rush, 33 yds, and a blocked punt. and the recovery. in the endzone. td.

Bad tune on the iPod shuffle? Mental plate in your head?

Skippage

Nice smack, but its metal plate;

D'OHage

PANTIES!

And starting in center field for your Washington Nationals, Lastings

Milledge

It was mental several times.

Scoldage

SMACK = Skippy

AKAage

like such as, anyway.

My bad;

retractage

Avoiding these penalties on Sunday will help the Redskins:

Holdage.

Touque-wearing guitarist for U2:

The Idge

Great version of 'One' by U2 with Mary J.

Blijjge

Former Redskin.

Bill Brundige.

I have to go drive my daughter to Dulles, so I leave you with some words that I don't think I've seen yet (because some don't exist) that you can fill your own definitions in for:

Stoppage
Grabbage
Hamwich (contraction of Ham and Sandwich)
Spammage
Ramage
Pancakeage

May be back for a few mins later. In the interim:

HAIL! (to the Dolphins)

toddcoat- Driving on the beltway right now.

Stoppage

Did someone say "more cowbell!"

http://www.newsgroper.com/christopher-walken/2007/12/20/walken-christmas/

Rush hour nightmare of note.

American Legion Bridge

my girlfriend's sisters

bidges

What happens when you drink too much

drunkage

drinking too much, anonymous sex, blacking out nightly, otherwise known as

college

seeing burgundy and gold on all the trees during football season

foliage

head, dave matthews, rubber

bandage

drinking too much, anonymous sex, blacking out nightly, otherwise known as

college

Posted by: psps23 | December 21, 2007 03:52 PM

Uh oh...was that supposed to stop when I finished college?

Okay, I am late to the party...why words that end in "ij" or "agge"?

Have to watch the Skins game on Sunday in NH with my Patriots loving fiance and BIL - but the rest of the family is for the Skins, so at least they will be outnumbered!

Such effort on this project -
what dotage!

Isn't it obvious?

Just because.

Suzanne, what part of NH are you going to? I'll be up there on Tuesday as well.

Greg following Suzzane to NH

Stalkage

LOL, thanks for seeing right through my plot Zeb....

The definition of geeking out is to laugh real hard

Posted by: sams3 | December 21, 2007 02:40 PM

Or as the kids call it, LOLage.

Anyone here ever read brams blog called covering the redskins?

What The Todd has done for the skins

Upsteppage

james thrash, khary campbell, mike sellers, lorenzo alexander

the wedge

The Amazing Dik Shuttle mentioned that he had obtained a real job and would no longer be able to blog. (He previously was doing temp work.)

Careerage.

Posted by: tafka | December 21, 2007 03:15 PM

I lived in Melbourne, FL, for a few months (Dik's neck of the beach, per the wiki). I wasn't aware that careers were available in Melbourne. (Unless you work for Harris Corp.)

Grumman employs a bunch of people in Melbourne.

Just wanted to tell everyone that on brams blog he only does a few articles a week. But the one where the pro bowl was announced he does not acknowledge that Taylor was voted in. In fact he doesnt even mention his name. Its titled cooley, samuels honored. Anyone else think that its completely wrong to do that? Check out his site its called COVERING THE REDSKINS.

Greg - I'll be near Manchester in Raymond

They got a foot of snow yesterday and a foot last week..way too much

snowage!

Grumman employs a bunch of people in Melbourne.

Ah. And now that I think of it, I recall seeing an EDS sign there, too.

I've actually stayed at the Ramada in Melbourne, where I guess Dik plays, or at least used to. Kind of a hole, honestly.

Most of the town is kind of a hole, unfortunately. Temperate, though.

Strap some boards to your feet and ski that snowage! Loon's not too far from there.

fear the toddle!

Lucky jerks with their white Christmasage...

>>> "fear the toddle!"

Love it! Well played!

Back from Dulles, not that bad to get to - looked horrible inside though...

Did somebody mention snowboardage?

Here's one for SMACK. Original location of the Arsenal football team:

Woolwich (pronounced 'Woolitch')

Looking for a word to add to the string.

Rummage

Something to give you a smile for the weekend.

http://uk.news.yahoo.com/afp/20071219/tod-year-2007-offbeat-7f81b96_1.html

Looks like I've been indulging in monobloggage.

Mr. Munster's hideaway.

Anyone?
Anyone?

And Merry ChrismaHanuKwanza to you all.

Something about Mockingbird Lane SMACK?

cold

Woolwich (pronounced 'Woolitch')

Posted by: toddcoat | December 21, 2007 05:07 PM

Is that like Smithwick beer which is pronounced 'Smith-ick'. (Yes, I know it's Irish, which isn't English. Or British).

And appropo of, well, nothing else, we used to have a "Woodward and Lothrop" department store around DC that was pronounced 'Woodies'

C'mon toddcoat, you should be all over this. No more guessage?

Yep 4-12. I thought you were parked on the beltway?

And like the name Mainwaring, which is pronounced 'Mannering' or worse still, Featherstonehough which is pronounced 'Fanshaw'. There's also a first name used by the English upper-class, St.John, which is pronounced 'Sinjun'.

Why, I have no idea....

As were-age.

Sorry SMACK, I have no clue. The Munsters lived at 1313 Mockingbird Lane, so I'm officially suffering from bafflage now.

And I have to go sort out dinner in a moment, Mrs Redcoat is a little under the weather today.

So hurry up and tell me!

Age.

Sweet! Vonage!

Herman's Hermitage

Meant that the beltway was dealing with stoppage, not that I was actually on the beltway.

my impending drive home in the snow:

slippage

once I get up to vail:

snow boardage

Time to head home early, then head to the mall. Last-minute Christmas shoppage.

over 90 minutes in soccer:

stoppage

Over 4 minutes of soccer:

Bore-age.

2 hours behind:

mountain time zonage

This is about a week late, but um...

"
'Ya see, me and the Lord, we have an understanding.'

'We're on a mission from Todd....'
"

Bluesage.

FYI, it's BONITA Applebaum -- but I appreciate the hip-hop reference.

FYI, I want all of you rubes to know that I did all of my Christmas shopping for my wife, at the very crowded mall, in 20 minutes.

Found a parking spot in under a minute, hit store #1, got the exact several items I'd planned to get, paid for them, hit store #2, got the exact kind of item that I'd envisioned getting, paid for it, and was back in my car in 20 minutes.

If you don't have me on your fantasy shopping team, then eat it.

:)

Can't work on the Toddimatum tonight. Gotta go help put my sister-in-law's cute little nephews to bed, then watch Scrooged and drink glögg.

And since someone is bound to ask what glögg is:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mulled_wine

Make that BONITA APPLEBUM. I heart Tribe Called Quest.

Mean Mr. Munster?

lurk lurk drunk drunk club 320

hey, freakzilla, of course we know what glögg is... we're men of substance and culture Up Here.

And we have IKEA.

"Anita Applebaum" is so hilariously wrong, so very funny.

Good work, Zeebs.

We have the IKEA too, cload! Just opened this year. I love that crap.

now I'm not sayin', but there's a link to a Lindsey Applebaum page on facebook Up Here that lists her religious views as "Church of Sean Taylor"
So I don't know what a "sports producer" does (unless that involves submitting specimens for the lab test), but she's welcome to do more of it.

club 320, you (and every other ticket holder) must be psyched about the home finale versus the Boys, no?

Whatcha drinking tonight, amigo?

Swirving all over the blog, 8:15 tomorrow night is go time. Can I get a witness

cload, I'm a little weirded out that there is YET ANOTHER style of conversation going on up here. What, WashPo just plugs in any old system and gives it a whirl? Wonder if any of them, you know, "works."

I have sampled some beer, tequila, and viking blood. I am still hopeful of a Skins win/in and Cowboy need win for home thru out next Sunday. Nate I am a matchup guy and very scared about tomorrow night. O/line D/line for Minny scares me!!

320, you, uh, you meant Sunday night, right?

For me, it's good old Sammy Smith's Nut Brown Ale. Good grief, this is good.

http://www.merchantduvin.com/pages/5_breweries/samsmith_nut_brown_ale.html

SCHNITZ!! Its Friday! Yes Nate, Sunday, of course. Cool that I am off even longer at the BEGINNING of this Holiday weekend

a tight little cabernet for me. Not that you asked specifically, but what good is a blog if you can't fill it with irrelevant stuff? (For proof, just check every post from 12:00-5:00).

And OF COURSE you can get a witness! Amen, brother, amen!

Go on, 320, go on!

Here's to the four-day weekend! HAIL to the four-day weekend!

Hail to my company which is giving us TWO CONSECUTIVE four-day weekends! LOVING it!

nate -- yeah, the facebook/discussion thing is very awkward Up Here.
I don't envy the man whose paycheck is dependent on monetizing WashPost eyeballs in the post-paper age.

Wonder what the the Sunday night game is next week. Seems to me the best rivalry in pro football woulda been a fine finale for NBC. Too much burgundy/gold for their sensibilities?

I'm a bit jealous -- all I've got on hand is Sam Adams; was hoping for a bit of Mackeson's Triple Stout at the grocery store this evening, but alas, it would appear they've moved on to the next great thing -- mike's hard lemonade.

they will learn to rue their choices!

Is it bad to drink the patron cafe at such a late hour? Oh well. Is it Sunday night yet!!!!!!!!!!!!

Dallas can't be the national game after this Saturday. There is a six-game prime-time limit. Otherwise, I'd bet you they'd take that trade.
Interestingly, I thought they had to make the call by yesterday to move games; however, the rules are different in week 17:
"In Week 17, in order to ensure a Sunday night game with playoff implications, the decision to move the start time may be made on six days notice."
Also, apparently the 1:00 start time for the CowPies game is only a placeholder: "The majority of games on Sundays will be listed at 1:00 p.m. ET during flex weeks except for games played in Pacific or Mountain Time zones which will be listed at 4:05 or 4:15 p.m. ET."
From Flex Scheduling 101

F Dallas.

FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF Dallas. I hate Tony Romo and his overrated antics so much....

And more immediately, F Minnesota.

Drunk Soap box: "Oh TO is a changed happier team player" My YAAASSS! He is a front runnin piece o' dung. Doesnt get the ball and is a whiney Biiioootch. And the happiest man in the league that 21 wont be roaming the secondary ever again. Never seen a man so petrified in the league of another player. TO was like a golfer with the yips last year after getting his finger broken by TWO ONE along with his PRIDE!!!!!!!! Yeah the coaches this year are the difference in his game. Yep, it was Parcells last year that made you drop ALL those easy grabs!!!!!!! I hate him!!!!!!!!!

Okay, so from that beer site I found this article on Yorkshire squares, a particular brewing system they use up there. It's so weird and amazing and inscrutable that I gotta share it.

"The yeast used in the Yorkshire system is unusual in that it acts particularly slowly and requires frequent rousing and aerating if it is to work properly. This action is due in part to the yeast's strongly top-fermenting qualities, which cause it to rise rapidly to the surface of the fermenting wort and thereby reduce its ability to perform its task of converting sugar into alcohol and carbon dioxide.

"The beers produced by the system, however, "drink very full for their gravities, and which, since they retain large quantities of carbon dioxide, are full of life." The effervescent nature of the beers brewed by the stone square system help to protect them from airborne infection during fermentation; it may also offer an explanation for another, peculiarly Yorkshire tradition, that of dispensing beer by means of handpumps fitted with autovac equipment, utilizing a very tight sparkle.

"The agitating action of the handpump displaces much of the dissolved carbon dioxide gas and at the same time introduces air into the beer. It is the air which produces the smooth texture to the beer and supports the long lasting, creamy head, so beloved of all serious beer drinkers in the Yorkshire area."

http://www.merchantduvin.com/pages/5_breweries/samsmith_yorkshire.html

MMMMM Beer...

What happened to the blog today. People trying to be funny post registration, post todd-ball.

Not happening.

What are the odds makers putting on the skins in the SB?

whatcha got for us, mul? let's rap, dude.

One hundred to one odds, mul.

http://www.sportsbook.com/sportsbook/livelines.php#

I don't gamble, but that sounds like pretty good odds!

Sorry, that was for the NFC championship. I guess the odds might be a tad lower that we'd win the SB.

WHoops. I killed the blog.

Blog no work?

Nobody will see this, so wtf. Lost all my online music in a hard drive meltdown. Always back up your stuff on an external. Anyway in re-loading...

Allman Bros > Ryan Adams
Beach Boys > Beastie Boys
The Band > Barenaked Ladies

Going in alpha order, more to come.

Most people are not big fans of Captain Beefheart. I am not most people.

utilizing a very tight sparkle.

Looking forward to seeing Todd utilize some tight sparkles on Sunday night.

Lost all my online music in a hard drive meltdown. Always back up your stuff on an external.

I'm sorry for your loss.

I use a 120 GB Western Digital Passport drive for iTunes. It's small, shock resistant, and doesn't require an external power source. iTunes was filling up a lot of space on my PowerBook's hard drive, so I decided to spring for the Passport, and it's been a great purchase.

(And no, I'm not a Mac snob, I use both Macs and PCs. The Mac is my primary personal machine, and my PCs I use mainly for work.)

cload/Nate,

Don't what my wife's family (Swedish/Finnish) would do without IKEA. I think they buy more stuff from the grocery there than from the furniture side.

I'm looking forward to eating my mom-in-law's pickled herring in a couple of days. She makes three different kinds. Good stuff!

Good point by the Boz,

"Longtime fans hardly have known how to feel. The Redskins have been too rich to be an underdog, too talented to pity and, worst of all, too mediocre to tolerate cheerfully."

charlie, I wonder what nickname Boz uses when he posts up here?

I was going to say something about talking smack to SMACK via these moderately entertaining Holiday Smack cards, but now it rings hollow in light of the hard drive meltdown.

http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2/holidaysmack/index

Also, how 'bout those Trail Blazers?

Just trying to push the comment count north a few clicks... nothing to see here... Hail to the Redskins...

Man, I thaught I bwoke da bwog.

Gotta stop your monoblogging, so I thought I'd start a diablog with you.

So last Saturday, my brothers fiance had tickets to the Wizards game. These weren't just any old tickets though - they were tickets for the AOL Executive Suite.

So, even though we're not really big into basketball, we still went and enjoyed ourselves. The funniest thing I saw all game though?

Several times, when a Kings player would be at the free throw line, they'd put either the Cowboys logo or pictures of Jerry Jones and Troy Aikman up on the jumbotron. It worked perfectly - everyone in the building started booing their guts out. It was a different sort of BYGO

Hello everyone, been so busy have not posted in several days!

Skins 22 Giants 10

Gmen CARNAGE!!

Can Gregg Williams and his troops go into MN and control and MANAGE the Viking running game?

"Manage"

Could it be?
Joe Gibbs' team making another December run as in Gibbs 1.0?

Vintage Joe Gibbs.

"Vintage"

The Skins are do beat up!
Skins and healthy players?

"Shortage"

London Flether tomorrow night?

Viking running game stoppage.

"stoppage"

I see another close game tomorrow.
We all know what that means.
Necessary clock usage.

"usage"

Prediction:

REDSKINS 24 VIKINGS 10

Here's why

1. Over the last five wins, Vikes have played the 25th ranked defense (Oakland); the 7th (Giants); the 31st (Lions); the 23rd(Niners); and the 29th (Chicago).

2. Those teams have the 31st ranked rush defense (Raiders); the 12th (Giants); the 21st (Lions); the 23rd (Niners); and the 25th (Bears).

3. The Giants game: picked off BBM 4 times with 3 returned for TD's. In two meetings with the Jints, they've picked off Eli 8 times, taking back 4 all the way nearly a fifth. They just flat have the Jints' number...

4. A rebuilding team going for a sixth straight win is extremely hard to do. They're a good young team but still learning to win.

5. Last week's performance was bloody awful. Any team with an offense would've beat the Vikes last week. They won't be that lucky this week.

6. Gibbs likes the Metrodome......He wins there.

Joe Gibbs openly shared how in Gibbs 1.0 he got little sleep and for his diet he consumed much too much chocolate and milk.

Not good for for long term intestinal health.
Necessary ingredient that was missing?

"roughage"

Hey Soups1,
Great post.
Supplied us something of which we were lacking regarding this Vikings win streak ....................................

"knowledge"

Bailey's in my coffee this morning...

Yummage

Check this web-site with a plan to take Romo down:

http://ruinromo.com/

Perils of the upper deck ... spend a few more for the 200 level seats and enjoy the game.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/12/21/AR2007122101886.html?hpid=opinionsbox1

Now there's an idea! from ruinromo.com

Keith H: During Cowgirls 3rd downs, replace you DE-FENSE chant with "JES-SI-CA!"

good call, i posted it on the last two threads, but it will only really work for the people actually going to the game... I mean if you want to make a Jessica Simpson sign to distract Romo from your living room or local watering hole, be my guest.

if we want to keep Adrian Peterson and Chester Taylor from racking up big "yardage" tomorrow night, the Skins OL must run vs. the Vikings run defense!

"blockage"

Everyone,
You know the old "adage", the best defense is a good offense, and the best offense is a good defense.

"adage"

Dorf: Sorry for repeating your post, I searched this thread but not the previous ones. I'm almost ashamed to admit that I found the Ruin Romo link on Perez Hilton and not here.

My seats for Sunday are way up in the 400's, so a mask won't have much impact on Romo, but I will try to start the "Jessica" chant after incomplete passes.

Wearing my Bucktown Skins Fan Sean Taylor memorial 21 with the candle t-shirt right now. Got one for my son also.

Hey PowerBoater69!

Great idea starting a "Jess i ca" chant.

It must be slow enough to be clear to discern and to be annoying.

Great Idea!
Will love to hear it; won't be there; moved away, haven't been to a Skins game since 94!

HTTR!

"Jess i ca"

"visage"

Will any of the national sports pundits be on the Vikings bandwagon after Sunday night? Can't wait to see.

hello ray, away from home so I can post now

wish the technoids at WaPo could resolve my no post issue

Jon DeNunzio supposedly has the tech crew working on it, but after over a month I'm not holding my breath

I've spent the last month just "lurking", thinking about all the post that could have been

Love the playoff calculator, hate having to root for the Eagles. Looks like our best bet is to have the Eagles win this week and the Pats next week and we win out. Playoff city then.

looks like I'm mono-blogging. Wife is done at this store, so we're off away from the free wireless. Hopefully talk at everyone soon.

hey! welcome back noone....

Afternoon, campers!

The good word of the day is "Probable."

As in, TheRon's status for Sunday night.

Prioleau is listed as Questionable, as is Other Todd #1 (Yoder). (Wade is Other Todd #2. Arbitrary designations.)

Wherever you are, Noone, it's nice to have you back. Go there again tomorrow and join us, wilya?

When Jasno wrote on Thursday that LaRon was having difficulty running in practice because of the quad injury (apparently suffered last Sun. night), I was actually somewhat encouraged, because Jasno didn't say that LaRon was having trouble walking.

I partially tore my left quad a couple of years ago doing squats, and didn't notice it at the time of the tear. That's probably why LaRon didn't seem hobbled by it in the game, since it's not like pulling a muscle.

The evening of the day that I tore my quad, I could feel some tightness developing, but I thought it was just post-workout soreness, because I hadn't worked out in a while. The next morning, I could barely get out of bed, it hurt so badly.

Then I had to drive myself to the ER, and my truck is a manual, so I had to clutch with my bum leg. I was on crutches for a week, then the doc said to ditch the crutches and start putting weight on it again, and I hobbled for a few more weeks before I was able to walk normally again.

So if running was the issue on Thursday, I'm pretty hopeful about his limitations against Minny.

Okay, I was just playing with the NFC playoff calcumulator, and found an error.

I just ran the following scenario:

Week 16
Carolina beats Dallas
Buffalo beats NYG
New Orleans beats Philly
Skins beat Minnies

Week 17
Patriots beat NYG
Tampa Bay beats Carolina
New Orleans beats Chicago
Skins beat Cowgirls
Denver beats Minnies

The calcumulator says that in this scenario, the wildcard teams are:

Skins
Minnies

But that's not possible, because the Vikings would only be 8-8, while the Skins, Saints, and Jints would all be 9-7.

Saints would get in as the #5 seed, Skins would be #6.

that's what happens when you let Jasno loose with the Javascript. He's got the pluses pretty well down, but the minus key is his mortal enemy.

Of course, R, T, and E are also firmly in the enemy camp. If they can get Q, W, and Y to shift alliances, we'll never hear from Jasno again.
Or at least, never understand what he's trying to type.

So I've pretty much eaten only vegetables and fruit for the past 24 hours, to offset the next three days, which will involve a steady stream of ham, sausage, herring, lox, rice porridge, ris ala malta (dessert of leftover rice porridge mixed with cream and oranges, so good), the dozen different kinds of traditional cookies and chocolates that my mother-in-law makes, saffron bread, beer, wine, homemade Bailey's, and aquavit.

I believe someone will be working from home on Wednesday.

That calculator sucks-

it says if the Skins go 2-0 and NO, Jints and Minn all go 1-1

then Minn and the Skins are in the playoffs.

WTF?

Everyone in the national sports media is loving the Vikings in this game...everyone. They say Tavaris just had a bad game Monday night but he still drove his team down the field to a victory. Also they predict Peterson will not be held in check tomorrow night..he will run all over us....and CP will not be able to run against the Vikings at all. Collins will be forced to pass and it's gonna be ugly. Makes me scared to even watch.

Jeremy Green from Scouts, Inc. gives the Vikings very high marks to possibly even make it to the NFC championship. Of course Jeremy is Denny Green's son...but STILL.

that is - Jints would get in and not Minn.

Lavar Arrington had a toy drive today...gave our over 2000 toys outside his new restaurant.

Love (and miss) the guy!

Should be a great game tomorrow night. I'm a Vikes fan and we have a huge fan club at The Tortoise & Hare in Crystal City. But putting aside my partisan cap and putting on my football cap here's what I see.

Last year with the Skins at full strength the Vikings came in with a rag-armed Brad Johnson and no AD and managed a win on opening night. Williams will no doubt blitz, blitz, blitz. Look for the Vikings to counter with quick stick throws on slants and run some counter stuff and pitches to get AD and CT to the edges. They'll probably throw a good bit on first down too.

On the Skins side of the ball they should try and get Darren Sharper and Dwight Smith looking into the backfield with some flea-flicker, play-action stuff and try and get Moss behind them. Quite doable. As for running the ball. Just forget about it between the tackles because that ain't happening. The only back to pass a buck against them was GB's Ryan Grant running toward the edges where Antoine Winfield's sure tackling will be missed.

Game will probably come down to who makes the fewest turnovers. Vikes kick coverage isn't that hot either. Advantage there to the Skins.

Sorry about your brother, Virgil. Would you mind chopping a little wood for me?

The Night They Drove Ol' Minny Down

That has to be the worst national anthem that's ever been played on TV. No wonder no one wants to broadcast the NFL network.

Lisa,

Listening to the "experts," it sounds like we've got nothing to lose tomorrow night, so our guys might as well go have some fun out there. :)

Reminds me of the Redskins 1991 video yearbook, where one of the coaches (Don Breaux, IIRC) tells his guys in a pre-game huddle, "There's a lot of great things we could be doing today, and the best one is kicking their ass!"

I think of that line every time I need some motivation.

I'm not worried.

my bad ... happened last week

HAPPY 50TH BIRTHDAY, MR. ART MONK!!!

Look forward to seeing you in Canton, next to all those WRs who never were as good as you.

But t_e, we NEED the NFL Network!

Where else are all of those kids going to earn college credit while learning how to produce a major sports broadcast with no professional supervision?