Totally Unreadable

[SKO]

Actually, a more convenient example that utterly obliterates this argument would be Rex Grossman. I never heard anyone say a damn thing bad about Rex's personality, his relationship with the fans, or his willingness to sit there and face the media after each awful outing. He is, by all accounts, a class act and a stand up guy....

...and he got eviscerated daily by the media and fans for years. They booed him vociferously before he took a single snap when he HAD to come into a game against the Lions in 2008 when Orton got hurt. He'd probably still be booed simply standing on the sideline if the Bears played the Redskins this year. So really, fuck this.

[PenPho]

Actually, a more convenient example that utterly obliterates this argument would be Rex Grossman. I never heard anyone say a damn thing bad about Rex's personality, his relationship with the fans, or his willingness to sit there and face the media after each awful outing. He is, by all accounts, a class act and a stand up guy....

...and he got eviscerated daily by the media and fans for years. They booed him vociferously before he took a single snap when he HAD to come into a game against the Lions in 2008 when Orton got hurt. He'd probably still be booed simply standing on the sideline if the Bears played the Redskins this year. So really, fuck this.

700 words? You underestimate me. For health reasons I contracted out the task of criticizing the Jay Cutler critics this year. I'm going to try to stick to discussing the on-field Bears, since they're good and I want to enjoy it. That said, can anyone really care at this point? Whether they're right or wrong, can even the most devout Jay Cutler hater even care to read this stuff anymore? Nothing new has been said or added. It's just the same shit recycled time after time.

I admire your self-restraint.

[SKO]

Actually, a more convenient example that utterly obliterates this argument would be Rex Grossman. I never heard anyone say a damn thing bad about Rex's personality, his relationship with the fans, or his willingness to sit there and face the media after each awful outing. He is, by all accounts, a class act and a stand up guy....

...and he got eviscerated daily by the media and fans for years. They booed him vociferously before he took a single snap when he HAD to come into a game against the Lions in 2008 when Orton got hurt. He'd probably still be booed simply standing on the sideline if the Bears played the Redskins this year. So really, fuck this.

700 words? You underestimate me. For health reasons I contracted out the task of criticizing the Jay Cutler critics this year. I'm going to try to stick to discussing the on-field Bears, since they're good and I want to enjoy it. That said, can anyone really care at this point? Whether they're right or wrong, can even the most devout Jay Cutler hater even care to read this stuff anymore? Nothing new has been said or added. It's just the same shit recycled time after time.

I admire your self-restraint.

Yeah, but that last post was about Rex Grossman. Different thing. Jesus, Pen. It's like you can't even read.

[PenPho]

Actually, a more convenient example that utterly obliterates this argument would be Rex Grossman. I never heard anyone say a damn thing bad about Rex's personality, his relationship with the fans, or his willingness to sit there and face the media after each awful outing. He is, by all accounts, a class act and a stand up guy....

...and he got eviscerated daily by the media and fans for years. They booed him vociferously before he took a single snap when he HAD to come into a game against the Lions in 2008 when Orton got hurt. He'd probably still be booed simply standing on the sideline if the Bears played the Redskins this year. So really, fuck this.

700 words? You underestimate me. For health reasons I contracted out the task of criticizing the Jay Cutler critics this year. I'm going to try to stick to discussing the on-field Bears, since they're good and I want to enjoy it. That said, can anyone really care at this point? Whether they're right or wrong, can even the most devout Jay Cutler hater even care to read this stuff anymore? Nothing new has been said or added. It's just the same shit recycled time after time.

I admire your self-restraint.

Yeah, but that last post was about Rex Grossman. Different thing. Jesus, Pen. It's like you can't even read.

I was impressed by your use of "paragraphs" there. 

[PenPho]

DPD.

Jay Marriotti, still the fucking worst.

[Bort]

Actually, a more convenient example that utterly obliterates this argument would be Rex Grossman. I never heard anyone say a damn thing bad about Rex's personality, his relationship with the fans, or his willingness to sit there and face the media after each awful outing. He is, by all accounts, a class act and a stand up guy....

...and he got eviscerated daily by the media and fans for years. They booed him vociferously before he took a single snap when he HAD to come into a game against the Lions in 2008 when Orton got hurt. He'd probably still be booed simply standing on the sideline if the Bears played the Redskins this year. So really, fuck this.

700 words? You underestimate me. For health reasons I contracted out the task of criticizing the Jay Cutler critics this year. I'm going to try to stick to discussing the on-field Bears, since they're good and I want to enjoy it. That said, can anyone really care at this point? Whether they're right or wrong, can even the most devout Jay Cutler hater even care to read this stuff anymore? Nothing new has been said or added. It's just the same shit recycled time after time.

I admire your self-restraint.

Yeah, but that last post was about Rex Grossman. Different thing. Jesus, Pen. It's like you can't even read.

I was impressed by your use of "paragraphs post belts" there. 

Iowa'd.

[J. Walter Weatherman]

This:

...

And most of all because of the single terrible good that hurricanes do, the same good that running does: They turn the unconscious into the conscious. Hurricanes and marathons remind us how good we have it every minute we don't spend thinking about how fragile we are and everything we've built is. When else do we listen so closely to our own breaths? There were people who lived on your city's shores for 50 years, Mr. Mayor, never once imagining that one night they would drown pressed against their living-room ceilings. Who would ever believe that sort of nightmare might actually come true unless you could somehow make them see that it did? That's why you should have held your marathon. Because then you would have forced us to see.

And instead, 1,000 years from now, when glowing fingers run down our ancient ledgers and they wonder what happened in 2012, why there was no marathon in the long-submerged metropolis that used to be known as New York, they'll find different records that will tell them that this was it, that this was the pivotal moment when we decided once and for all that it was better for us to close our eyes, to stop when we should have run.

"I know this because I am a runner..."

[CT III]

This:

...

And most of all because of the single terrible good that hurricanes do, the same good that running does: They turn the unconscious into the conscious. Hurricanes and marathons remind us how good we have it every minute we don't spend thinking about how fragile we are and everything we've built is. When else do we listen so closely to our own breaths? There were people who lived on your city's shores for 50 years, Mr. Mayor, never once imagining that one night they would drown pressed against their living-room ceilings. Who would ever believe that sort of nightmare might actually come true unless you could somehow make them see that it did? That's why you should have held your marathon. Because then you would have forced us to see.

And instead, 1,000 years from now, when glowing fingers run down our ancient ledgers and they wonder what happened in 2012, why there was no marathon in the long-submerged metropolis that used to be known as New York, they'll find different records that will tell them that this was it, that this was the pivotal moment when we decided once and for all that it was better for us to close our eyes, to stop when we should have run.

"I know this because I am a runner..."

Here's a nice rebuttal:

http://deadspin.com/5957999/no-it-was-defintely-a-good-idea-to-cancel-the-marathon

[Slaky]

This:

...

And most of all because of the single terrible good that hurricanes do, the same good that running does: They turn the unconscious into the conscious. Hurricanes and marathons remind us how good we have it every minute we don't spend thinking about how fragile we are and everything we've built is. When else do we listen so closely to our own breaths? There were people who lived on your city's shores for 50 years, Mr. Mayor, never once imagining that one night they would drown pressed against their living-room ceilings. Who would ever believe that sort of nightmare might actually come true unless you could somehow make them see that it did? That's why you should have held your marathon. Because then you would have forced us to see.

And instead, 1,000 years from now, when glowing fingers run down our ancient ledgers and they wonder what happened in 2012, why there was no marathon in the long-submerged metropolis that used to be known as New York, they'll find different records that will tell them that this was it, that this was the pivotal moment when we decided once and for all that it was better for us to close our eyes, to stop when we should have run.

"I know this because I am a runner..."

Hurricanes and Marathons can be the next terrible Muse album.

[Oleg]

This:

...

And most of all because of the single terrible good that hurricanes do, the same good that running does: They turn the unconscious into the conscious. Hurricanes and marathons remind us how good we have it every minute we don't spend thinking about how fragile we are and everything we've built is. When else do we listen so closely to our own breaths? There were people who lived on your city's shores for 50 years, Mr. Mayor, never once imagining that one night they would drown pressed against their living-room ceilings. Who would ever believe that sort of nightmare might actually come true unless you could somehow make them see that it did? That's why you should have held your marathon. Because then you would have forced us to see.

And instead, 1,000 years from now, when glowing fingers run down our ancient ledgers and they wonder what happened in 2012, why there was no marathon in the long-submerged metropolis that used to be known as New York, they'll find different records that will tell them that this was it, that this was the pivotal moment when we decided once and for all that it was better for us to close our eyes, to stop when we should have run.

"I know this because I am a runner..."

Hurricanes and Marathons can be the next terrible Muse album.

Fuck that.  I'd rather live in a world in which there was no such thing as a 'next Muse album'.

[CT III]

He's mercifully buried behind a paywall these days, but if you're in the mood to read something idiotic today, grab a copy of the Trib's front section off of whoever is sleeping under it and read Dennis Byrne's latest tirade against the evils of today's culture and the decline and fall of the US Empire.

The short version?  Things were much more innocent when he was growing up in the 1940's and 50's (AND DON'T YOU SCOFF) when mass murder was the business of European governments and everything in the US was just fine.  No violence here.  No sir.  Certainly not.  Or at least none that he knew of.

Also, to those of you who post in Mom's Basement: IT WAS YOUR FAULT

[Brownie]

He's mercifully buried behind a paywall these days, but if you're in the mood to read something idiotic today, grab a copy of the Trib's front section off of whoever is sleeping under it and read Dennis Byrne's latest tirade against the evils of today's culture and the decline and fall of the US Empire.

The short version?  Things were much more innocent when he was growing up in the 1940's and 50's (AND DON'T YOU SCOFF) when mass murder was the business of European governments and everything in the US was just fine.  No violence here.  No sir.  Certainly not.  Or at least none that he knew of.

Also, to those of you who post in Mom's Basement: IT WAS YOUR FAULT

And if you pay now for Byrne's column, THAT'S NOT ALL! You can get all the Phil Rogers your brain can handle without hemorrhaging! Call now and we'll even throw you a bonus: David Haugh's In the Wake of the News Column: "Bears fans love of Urlacher unrequited." Remember when you could turn to the likes of Bernie Lincicome or Bob Verdi for sensible analysis, pointed and coherent criticism, or even some wit (as let's face it, sports is the toy department)? Yes, back then, you might even get a column from a guy who knew hockey (Verdi) or golf (Verdi) or even tennis (Lincicome). Forget those days! Today, you get the great rambling piece on how all the meatball fans are being mocked by Urlacher who JUST DOESN'T GET IT!

Operators are standing by. Call Now!

[Chuck to Chuck]

He's mercifully buried behind a paywall these days, but if you're in the mood to read something idiotic today, grab a copy of the Trib's front section off of whoever is sleeping under it and read Dennis Byrne's latest tirade against the evils of today's culture and the decline and fall of the US Empire.

The short version?  Things were much more innocent when he was growing up in the 1940's and 50's (AND DON'T YOU SCOFF) when mass murder was the business of European governments and everything in the US was just fine.  No violence here.  No sir.  Certainly not.  Or at least none that he knew of.

Also, to those of you who post in Mom's Basement: IT WAS YOUR FAULT

And if you pay now for Byrne's column, THAT'S NOT ALL! You can get all the Phil Rogers your brain can handle without hemorrhaging! Call now and we'll even throw you a bonus: David Haugh's In the Wake of the News Column: "Bears fans love of Urlacher unrequited." Remember when you could turn to the likes of Bernie Lincicome or Bob Verdi for sensible analysis, pointed and coherent criticism, or even some wit (as let's face it, sports is the toy department)? Yes, back then, you might even get a column from a guy who knew hockey (Verdi) or golf (Verdi) or even tennis (Lincicome). Forget those days! Today, you get the great rambling piece on how all the meatball fans are being mocked by Urlacher who JUST DOESN'T GET IT!

Operators are standing by. Call Now!

I called. Milt answered.

[Brownie]

He's mercifully buried behind a paywall these days, but if you're in the mood to read something idiotic today, grab a copy of the Trib's front section off of whoever is sleeping under it and read Dennis Byrne's latest tirade against the evils of today's culture and the decline and fall of the US Empire.

The short version?  Things were much more innocent when he was growing up in the 1940's and 50's (AND DON'T YOU SCOFF) when mass murder was the business of European governments and everything in the US was just fine.  No violence here.  No sir.  Certainly not.  Or at least none that he knew of.

Also, to those of you who post in Mom's Basement: IT WAS YOUR FAULT

And if you pay now for Byrne's column, THAT'S NOT ALL! You can get all the Phil Rogers your brain can handle without hemorrhaging! Call now and we'll even throw you a bonus: David Haugh's In the Wake of the News Column: "Bears fans love of Urlacher unrequited." Remember when you could turn to the likes of Bernie Lincicome or Bob Verdi for sensible analysis, pointed and coherent criticism, or even some wit (as let's face it, sports is the toy department)? Yes, back then, you might even get a column from a guy who knew hockey (Verdi) or golf (Verdi) or even tennis (Lincicome). Forget those days! Today, you get the great rambling piece on how all the meatball fans are being mocked by Urlacher who JUST DOESN'T GET IT!

Operators are standing by. Call Now!

I called. Milt answered.

Try a different extension, then!

[CT III]

He's mercifully buried behind a paywall these days, but if you're in the mood to read something idiotic today, grab a copy of the Trib's front section off of whoever is sleeping under it and read Dennis Byrne's latest tirade against the evils of today's culture and the decline and fall of the US Empire.

The short version?  Things were much more innocent when he was growing up in the 1940's and 50's (AND DON'T YOU SCOFF) when mass murder was the business of European governments and everything in the US was just fine.  No violence here.  No sir.  Certainly not.  Or at least none that he knew of.

Also, to those of you who post in Mom's Basement: IT WAS YOUR FAULT

And if you pay now for Byrne's column, THAT'S NOT ALL! You can get all the Phil Rogers your brain can handle without hemorrhaging! Call now and we'll even throw you a bonus: David Haugh's In the Wake of the News Column: "Bears fans love of Urlacher unrequited." Remember when you could turn to the likes of Bernie Lincicome or Bob Verdi for sensible analysis, pointed and coherent criticism, or even some wit (as let's face it, sports is the toy department)? Yes, back then, you might even get a column from a guy who knew hockey (Verdi) or golf (Verdi) or even tennis (Lincicome). Forget those days! Today, you get the great rambling piece on how all the meatball fans are being mocked by Urlacher who JUST DOESN'T GET IT!

Operators are standing by. Call Now!

I called. Milt answered.

Try a different extension, then!

I got Michael Holley's voicemail.