mike piazza and jeff garcia.  what do these guys have in
common?  these are two guys who both had their sexuality
questioned in the past, and are currently now in relationships with
former playboy playmates. 

WANTED--Sexy Female Companion for Lebron James Vs. Warriors - $120

Date: 2005-01-21, 6:44PM PST

I know this is NOT the best way to find a date, but it looks
like I may be stuck! I have 2 off-the-hook seats for the Cavaliers vs.
Warriors game tomorrow night (Sat. 1/22) @the Oakland Arena. I'm
selling 1 of them. They're located in Section #102, 11 rows up behind
the Cavaliers bench, on the aisle (I believe #1&2) closer to center
court. You can go to Warriors.com to see the actual section too. These
are the best seats I've had for a live game in the past couple of
years.

It turns out a couple of my fellas can't go; some of the girls I know
aren't worth the admission price, etc. You get the idea. Anyone I know
now may want more, or may expect more with tickets like that! Why not
share this experience with someone lovely, lively, and new?

I'm looking for an attractive, sexy woman who would love some
company and fun and a night of great basketball. Basketball knowledge
and appreciation not needed, but obviously a plus, since Lebron James
is the NBA's main attraction.

Don't trip---I'll take care of the drinks, concessions, but I've
got to get the $120 for the ticket. I know that's not cheap, but we can
make up for that shortcoming in other ways.

I'm a 34yr. old, black professional from L.A. (4yrs. removed). Let me
know if that works for you. Send me an email &/or a photo to
latrev@hotmail.com or latrev1@yahoo.com. I can find a picture somehow
and send it back to you. If that doesn't work for you, maybe you can
let me know if anyone else would like to buy the ticket. Girls please,
but if one of your homeboys wants to go that may be cool too. In that
case no romance, just hoops!!! Seriously, let me know. Time is getting
away from me. I've got about 24 hrs.

HOLY CRAP!: from the hardee's website

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when is this coming to carl's?

saints over the knights.  a sad loss for the palo alto knights in
the jr pee wee super bowl 31-8 to the norfolk saints on saturday. 
damn pacificism!

woo hoo!  can we play arizona every week?

as of now, the palo alto knights, our pee wee football team, are at
least the 2nd best football team in the country.  they will be in
the pee wee super bowl for the FOURTH time in SIX years!  how is
that possible?  palo alto is completely loaded with white and
asian kids.  we must be doing recruiting in EPA.

well, i was pretty accurate in my prediction last week, aside from the
winning team.  both teams scored defensive TDs and barlow and
rattay were ineffective, but battle didn't do much and the dolphins
ended up winning.  well here comes the #1 pick, or more
accurately, the players and draft picks that will be received after
trading it away.

yes, leinhart and/or rodgers could come out for the draft and rattay
has looked bad as of late, but you're not 1 or 2 players away from
contention if you're 1-10.  9ers need a DE, LT, DT, CB, S, QB, OG,
C.  the 9ers generated some nice pass rush today but they can
really only do that when they blitz, which leaves their corners
vulnerable.  plummer and rumph are injured, so the 2ndary is
horrible right now, but even with them in, always bringing the blitz
leaves you're CBs isolated one on one.  if they could draft a good
DE to replace engelberger, that would be huge.  then it would be
carter, rookie DE, engelberger, williams, and whiting.  not bad.

kwame isn't a LT, he's a RT.  and kosier is definitely not a
tackle, but a versatile backup guard.  rattay my not be as bad as
he's played, but you can't tell when he has no pocket and is getting
sacked 7-8 times a game and is hitting the turf 10 or more times. 
he's a little slow with his decision making, but he's still young and
the coaches must like what they see in practice (or hate what they see
from dorsey and pickett).  get more protection for him, and he
might 'improve' greatly.  with that much pass rush in your face,
it's hard to be successful.  hopefully having a true LT will
improve the running game, but i blame that more on barlow than on the
O-line; if hicks can find the holes, barlow should, too.  a
running game slows the pass rush and might allow rattay to perform
better.  the 9ers also need another G and C to fill in behind
smiley, heitmann, newberry, and kosier, but those can be taken later in
the draft.

DT would help the run stuffing and create more push to collapse the
pocket on passes.  BY is playing his best ball in years, but he's
getting up there and the wear will be evident in a couple years. 
adams is alright, but doesn't really bring much.  sapoaga is
massive, but supposedly very inexperienced and it didn't help that he
was injured all year.  i would get another young DT to help out in
the rotation.  the 9ers give up huge chunks of yards on 1st down
runs making it easier for their opponents to do whatever they want on
2nd and 3rd downs.

plummer and rumph might have been alright this year if they had played,
but it's clear that the 9ers don't have any depth at CB.  jimmy
williams is ok for nickel but i'd prefer him as a dime back, hanson is
a practice squad player, and carpenter is much more of a S than a
CB.  i think spencer will make a good nickel CB, but he's young
and just needs more time.  i don't know what happened to parrish
this year, but i'd chalk it up to a bad season.  he's been awesome
up to this year, and maybe it's just b/c he's had to worry about the
young CBs, although he played poorly in the 1st game also.  heard
seems to to be alright, and keith lewis could be decent some day, but
when the 2ndary is that bad, you have to pick up somebody.

and finally QB.  i don't really like rattay or dorsey, but they
are young and you have to give them time to develop.  all i know
is that they are definitely not druckenmillers.  maybe
grbacs?  who knows, but you got to give them time.  the
reason i say draft a QB is that it's never a bad idea to give such a
critical position a look in the draft, and with the expanded practice
squads, you can hide a 4th QB there during the year.

RB - barlow sucks this year, but he could bounce back, and i like what i see out of hicks.
FB - this season isn't beasley's fault.
TE - EJ is awesome and aaron walker will be better.
WR - lloyd, woods, battle.  those are my top 3 receivers for next
year.  they are all kids and they could all be good.  in
addition there is hamilton and they can always sign another conway type
to help out the youngsters.  let wilson go.  he's good and
steady, but he's not franchise.  with so many younger players
behind him, it's alright to let him walk.
LB - even if peterson loses a step after coming back from the achilles
tear, he'll still be an excellent player.  plus there's smith,
winborn, ulbrich, ziegler, moore, and rasheed.  plenty of depth
and good play here.
P - he'll be good and i saw him punt some monsters at practice one day.
K - they have bigger problems than their K

i know donahue wants about 10 picks this year.  hopefully it's 3
DL, 3 CB/S, a LT, a QB, a OG, and a C.  if they only drafted one
CB and one safety, that's alright, but i'd hope they take a flyer on a
RB b/c like QBs, you can't have too many of those either.  and
then sign every freakin rookie FA available.

after watching the dolphins and the 9ers today, it seems like they
share a lot of similarities.  aside from both being terrible, they
both have quarterbacks that are "just good enough to lose".  how
many times has rattay thrown a freakin interception in the 4th
quarter?  and how many of those have been huge?  then look at
freakin feely today.  he throws a pick with about a minute left
and the game tied 17-17.  they were almost within range for mare,
but instead the throws a blind intereception that gets returned for a
TD.  then on the next drive he fumbles in the ball away. 
hmm, that's eerily similar to rattay.

luckily for fans of both teams, they play each other next week for the
#1 draft pick.  i'd rather see a freakin win than get the #1 pick,
especially since we'll likely trade it for extra picks anyway. 
prediction 17-14 9ers, i gotta keep the faith.  both teams score
defensive touchdowns, yes the defense of both teams account for nearly
50% of the pts, battle returns a punt for a td, and no, neither barlow
or rattay help in the scoring.

btw, freakin put the kids in erickson.  hicks, give that kid 15
touches a game.  and play woods, he's our first round pick and had
the only decent reception all game today.

and finally, rattay, quit freakin checking down to the RB.  throw
the jumpball fade to the outside shoulder.  if the receiver can't
get it it goes out of bounds, but at least you tested the defense and
had a chance for a big play.  these 1-2 yard dump offs aren't
doing jack.  i'd rather see a 40 yard interception than 3 check
downs for a total of 5 yards.  the pick is just as good as a punt
with the benefit of possibly having a big play.

freakin 9ers.

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