Just caught your update "blurb" this morning regarding the NBA. I couldn't agree more that the NBA should just take the month of March off.

Well played.

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I had just the opposite reaction. I would've turned the dial halfway into Finfer's segment if I hadn't been so captivated by the unadulterated stupidity of his argument. Finji should be the one who goes away for a month. Maybe that'll give him some time to recover his senses.

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I agree with TM. Just continues to show how much MJH detest the NBA...well everyone except, haaaa harry!

More and more, those "updates" are starting to sound like mandatory book reports that get done the day they're due, on the way to school. Even if you don't agree with the subject, at least his was entertaining (which is the least I can ask of those things).

Maybe they should start asking for listener submissions that the "talent" could read.

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I think people who rip the NBA should try watching. Lot of good teams out there.

The NBA is playing now? I didn't notice. Wake me in May when the playoffs are getting interesting and the players are giving effort every night.

why is this statement plural?

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i don't think Ben meant it for real it's just the fact that NCAA rules the roost in March and the NBA season is merely a bridge to line the pockets of all the owners until the real seasonbegins - in the playoffs i would assume that Dan McKneel likes to surround himself with producers that agree with his sports passions and while Ben is a Cubs fan, so is 75% of the city of Chicago.

Touche, KS. I have never claimed consistency between what I say and what I do. Nonetheless...nothing quite like being hoisted on my own petard. I'll go back to my glass house now.

Ah, spoken like a quintessential baby-boomer.

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A baby boomer thing? Really? People of other generations don't drink, but then tell their kids not to drink? Other aged people never smoke and then tell their kids not to smoke? Younger people don't go to church, but then take the Lord's name in vain? Only boomers do these things? Interesting. Maybe some day you can touch me and other boomers with your holy water, Reverend.

You're the one that made the statement Coast, not me.
It was originally meant in jest, but methinks thou doth protest too much. Boomers are notorious for making excuses and not taking criticism well. Thank you for proving my point without even realizing it.

You're accusing me of being preachy. Isn't that what the pot said to the kettle, Padre?

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Reason, it is funny how the meaning of words can be misinterpreted. Semantics are a lovely thing. Let me try again. I took the criticism from KS. I accepted it. How did I make an excuse? I acknowledged fault. If I wasn't clear the first time, I do so again.

What I take issue with is your claim that my faults are somehow age-related and are a boomer thing. You now go on to add that boomers are "notorious for making excuses and not taking criticism well". Ok. Just so there is no confusion....I will accept this criticism from you. I won't make excuses about it.

I just wonder what kind of people you are surrounded by and what kind of perfect world you must live in, that only people aged 45 and over have these faults? I'm not accusing you of being preachy. I just figure that for you to be surrounded by that much perfection in your life, you must live in a monastery.

Coast, the first comment was a joke, obviously not a funny one. I wasn't really expecting a defensive response. It struck a nerve with you, so I decided to have some fun with the second post. You having a bad tourney or something, you've been wound a little tight lately?

Now I am off to finish my bedtime Gregorian chants.

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Isn't it funny how defensive baby boomers can get?

Spoken like a true Gen X'er.

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I was caught off guard at first, but now I don't need a weatherman to know which way the wind blows.

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FINJILANDIA ON THE MUSCLE!!!

I kind of laughed when I looked at the 'seedings' for the NBA playoffs. Did you guys realize that 25% of the NBA teams that would be in the playoffs if the season ended today do NOT even have winning records?

2 of 8 teams in the East, and 2 of 8 in the West.

So (while I think Ben's little blurb was partly done with tongue planted firmly in cheek), he does kind of have a point... All that really matters are those final 8 teams playing for the championship.

... it's nice to be back from Vegas, my ATM card got a workout.... and for what it's worth, the sportsbooks were NOT CROWDED at all during last weekend's NCAA games. Plenty of elbow room.....

Where did the term "tounge in cheek" come from. Not to sound like Linda but it really does not make sense.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tongue-in-cheek

Now if there only was a Wikipedia entry for Future Mail so that Linda would shut the fuck up.

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I guess it's less painful than wrench in cheek...

...but not as fun as foot bouncing off cheek.