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The following is from an article in the New York Times discussing former NFL players playing in the CFL. Notice how R.J. Soward would be "throwing his life away" if he went to school. And $50,000 for junkies and cokeheads? Makes me wish I’d stuck with volleyball.

"I’d probably be working a warehouse job, or trying to go back to school to get my degree, or trying to do some real estate, or hustling, scamming, something illegal," Soward said of what he would do without the C.F.L. "Probably just throwing away my life."

The Jacksonville Jaguars drafted him with their first pick in 2000. He signed a five-year, $5.5 million contract, caught 14 passes as a rookie, failed several drug tests and was banished from the N.F.L. The league does not disclose what substance is found, but it does test for performance-enhancing and recreational drugs.

After being suspended from the game, Soward drank away the next few years. An admitted alcoholic, Soward now makes $50,000 a year for the Argonauts, has five children and is thankful for the chance to rebuild some semblance of what he lost.

"It gives me a reason to get up every morning, not just turn to the bottle or smoke weed all day, just throw away my life," he said. "It gives me some stability in my life, and something to work toward and look forward to. It makes me realize I am a blessed person to have the attributes I do have."

Haven’t the Bushes messed up America enough?

I realize the Bud-guzzling, flag waving, Hank Williams Jr. "Yes, I AM ready for some football" NFL is about as ‘Merican as it gets, but a Bush? C’mon! Let them screw up the country, the Middle East, the world. But now football, too?

Phoenix drivers are the second worst in the country, according to a recent survey summarized in The Arizona Republic. The article includes Phoenicians’ obnoxious predilection to switch landes wildly without using a turn signal and these drivers’ dangerous fondness for running red lights. However, the survey and the article fail to address the most annoying habit of Arizonans that should be legislated or at least punishable by death — driving in the passing lane.

In some states it is illegal to practice such blind disregard for others on the road. And it should be here, too. We basically have one road that connects the two-hour stretch between Tucson and Phoenix and one road that connects the two-hour stretch between Phoenix and Flagstaff. So for four hours I basically shift between two lanes. The drivers in this state believe it is their personal rights to dawdle in the left lane for as long as they please, often slowing down long lines of traffic and even remaining in the WRONG lane after the long line has passed on the right.

I propose we carry paintball guns and shoot these SOB’s as we pass on the right. If they still don’t get the picture we’ll shoot darts at their tires instead. Drastic? We already have signs posted that state "Slower traffic must keep right," but these retirees, tourists and teenagers pay no heed. Therefore, shooting (paintballs) is our best option.

How annoying is it when a program or site requires you change your password every few weeks/months? Then it won’t allow you to use an old password. The other day I realized I have about 15 passwords floating in my head and sometimes I forget what I used on whatever site or program it is I’m trying to access. Of course I never wrote it down, because you just shouldn’t write those precious access codes in ink. God forbid, someone could mess up my queue on Netflix or scribble lies on my myspace account! Instead I choose to send my password to my email, but then my email password was required to change that morning and blindly I continue entering my expired secrecy. Oh, shit. Someone just stole my identity.

"He didn’t like my toneage, if that’s a word." Bryant said. "He’s the decider. Is that a word, decider?"

Kobe elaborating during a press conference following Tuesday’s Suns v Lakers game.