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Truly sad news. Keep fighting, kid.

Put Bettman in goal and put it on pay-per-view. Bettman gets shellacked, the league recoups its financial losses, and the players get to start the season with a warm, fuzzy feeling in their hearts.

Cheetos. Do you call them: Nylons, panty hose, or stockings?

Screw that! They can take out their own loans! No. I've never needed a lawyer. Yet. The person below me has made out their will.

Actually have a bit extra this month myself. Not much, but hey, why not? Besides, they will be wanting to do their Christmas shopping soon.

Baby I'm Yours- Barbara Lewis

Not sure which is worse: Sid chasing my daughter or Sid chasing my mom.

Not to mention that the last time the league locked the players out, the players were forced to accept the current terms and conditions of their employment or risk losing another season. Unfortunately for the League, profits grew and so did the cap, which means that the players are getting more money. I am baffled that the League would insist on a rollback and a salary cap then, and now blame the players for being greedy because they're making more money now than they did then. Last time I sympathized with the owners for the reasons that many have cited here: They take the financial risks and take the losses if they fail, so they should reap the profits if they succeed. The players are employees. However, now that the employees have agreed to what the owners wanted, they should be paid that which the owners set forth as allowable in the last CBA for contracts that were signed under that CBA. I got to thinking last night about this. The League wants the players to take a smaller share of the smaller pie. The players want contracts honoured. This won't work out for some teams as this means that the cap will go down. Would this be possible? Agree that each team may spend up to the cap on 23 players (at a time, IR is another kettle of fish). However, current contracts must be honoured first. If the team reaches the cap without filling the 23-man roster, that team may extend above the cap by filling its roster only with league-minimum players until they either trade some of their higher-paid guys or until the current contracts end. After that, they must be cap-compliant. This would screw the ones who rushed out and signed huge contracts anticipating a rollback and reward those who planned wisely. It would also mean that the players would get the money they agreed to. I would also do away with escrow. If the league miscalculates the cap, or if owners spend right up to it and the league and/or team doesn't rake in as much as they thought they would, then tough titties. They still have to pay what they said they would and it would have to come out of the owner's pocket who gambled that it would be covered. Just some thoughts that entered my head. (EDIT for clarity)

Oh. I had forgotten the date he was arrested. The costume makes a lot more sense now. The rest isn't good, but at least he had an excuse for being a Tellytubby.

Stripes unless the dots are the Swiss kind. Toilet paper: The regular rolls or the supermega rolls?

My family is easy- I got them those fancy coffee makers last year so Drew buys them coffee for every occasion. They mix and match with each other. I'll just have to find something from me. That just leaves Drew and the Sunday School kids. My Godson gets money. He likes that stuff and I find it easy to send. The person below me got some good news today.

Quick. Someone notify the EPA.

Wow. Our babyfaced wonder is 40. Happy birthday, young man!

Question for the legal eagles out there: If all of this goes to court, how will it be handled since there are two countries represented in the NHL? Would the decision be enforced and upheld in both countries or would two separate decisions be needed?

Butterfly. (Side note re: the "sex or cheese" choice: I was out with friends celebrating birthdays last night. One gal was 53, another brought her daughter who was 21. Since it was Ladies' Night, we all got a bit tipsy. I told them about the "sex or cheese". We got a lot of mileage out of the expression, "I'll take the cheese." or some variation.) Ninja or Samurai?

I've wished that many times. I also wish I had a fast forward button. The person below me has actually pondered what sort of disturbance would be enacted upon the time/space continuum should everyone have one of these controllers.

Ha! Not even close! The person below me has gone out for "ladies' night".

If I really really really want to see it, I'll go. Otherwise I don't see it until it's on tv. Packers or Bears?

Nope. Only 150. Of course, that means 300 for a round trip, so I guess l did, depending on your intentions. The person below me owns an article of orange clothing.

Teddy bear Pictures in a photo album you page through or on your computer?

Progress. We all now agree that the Columbus fans are to be pitied.

Mixed drinks Sex or cheese?

Lions found a new way to lose. What could be more Thanksgiving-like? The person below me met someone new this week.

Well. At least it wasn't an embarrassing blow out.

A Well Respected Man- the Kinks