I hate the Patriots.
I hate Tom Brady.
That is all.


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So on Saturday, Collin & I went to the theatre to see Walk Hard (which is so funny I laughed til I cried) and we were the first people there. Shortly afterwards another couple came and sat way in the back. Shortly after that a group of three people (a mother and her two kids who were in their 20's) came in and although there were oodles of open seats they sat directly behind us.

They got settled then the man got up to go get snacks and whacked the back of my chair so hard it made my teeth rattle. I didn't say anything - accidents can happen. But then he came back and kicked it again. Then one more time as he was handing out popcorn and soda. I finally turned around and said, "Seriously, are you done kicking my seat now?" He ignored me but his sister and mom looked right at me. Undeterred, I said louder, "If you kick my seat again, I'll have to go get someone." And his reply?

"Get over yourself."

WTF??? Get over myself? I'm supposed to let this asshole kick the back of my head and seat whenever he feels like it?? Shocked beyond rational thinking capability I shot back "Fuck you." His mother went ballistic! "You said a bad word at my son! You said a bad word at my son!"

Oh, my God!

"Look, I got whacked in the back of the head 4 times (slight exaggeration) by him and I just wanna make sure it's not gonna happen again."

"I had to get through," he snarled at me.

"But you didn't have to hit the back of my head every time!"

"How does it feel to be a bitch?" Oh, good Christ! So now because I don't want to be whacked, I'm a bitch.

"Feels fine, thank you, fucker." That set his mother off all over again.

"We have to move, we have to move away from this nasty disgusting girl."

Oh, my God! Guess how far they moved? 2 seats. It was stupid! Yet during the movie when Dewey Cox said, "What the fuck did he just say?" they laughed. And laughed. So apparently it's not nasty & disgusting unless it's directed at her dickless son.

That's my rant for the week. I hope you all have a wonderful New Year and a prosperous 2008! And don't forget to check out the Top Men of 2007 that Christina & I put together!

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I've been doing so well lately keeping up with my posts and suddenly I've hit a brick wall. So I'm going to post a picture that I found that I thought was cute:

I'm so happy for Peyton & the Colts...if it couldn't be the Broncos, it might as well have been Manning & Indy!!

Hope you all have a fine Monday! Oh, my GOD! I'm writing like Derek now!!!

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My post yesterday generated some fun comments and since I'm at work without web access, that means that I couldn't reply to those comments. (I email my posts to Collin and he posts them for me. He's such a nice guy!) So, I thought I would use today's post to answer my comments!

Here we go - keep your hands in the car at all times and have fun!

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John Elway. Pfff.

Andy K.

-Andy's not a Bronco fan, can you tell? Andy, you have to at least admit that Elway was better than Brister! :)
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Tony Lilly? Good LORD what a blast from the past!

I was at that game in San Diego. The first quarter was great! Then I
had to memorize the words to "Hail to the Redskins."

My friend Bill and I like to play a game where we try to name
irrelevant Broncos that we still actually remember!

Top 10 Irrelevant Broncos:

1) Jack Dolbin
2) Butler By'Not'e
3) Larry Canada
4) Bobby Humphrey
5) Kenny Walker (remember the deaf kid from NE? We all did silent
clapping when he made a play!)
6) Le-Lo Lang
7) Craig Penrose
8) Rick Parros
9) Scott Stankavage
10) Sam Graddy

Do you remember any???

BTW, I LOVE Broncos posts - YAY!!!

Pat Angello

Pat - There were names on there that I haven't heard for years!! Let's see...obscure or irrelevant Broncos...KC Clark, Jeremiah Castille, Mike Harden, Gerald Willhite, David Treadwell...
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Scotty Stankavage...What an arm! He could fling that pigskin 60, 70
yards. Of course, it was always into the waiting arms of a
defender...(3rd string QB, 1980's, played behind the legendary Elway
and the capable Kubiak). - I thought Stankavage was cute. So was Kubiak.

Kenny Walker: had a sign-language interpreter with him at all times

Sam Graddy was irrelevant? I beg to differ, friend.

Le-Lo Lang? Ha, that's funny. I remember him.

Bobby Humphrey...He coulda been a contenda'!

WHAT ABOUT DARREN DROZDOV? MIKE CROEL?
Derek
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K.C. CLARK! KEN BELL! - Hey!! You mentioned KC Clark! I should have read farther down before writing my replies! Remember when he smacked that ref in the face for calling back an interception that he had made? I loved that!!
Derek
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Gaston Green! Luke Prestridge! Norris Weese! Gene Lang! Rob Lytle!
Riley Odoms!

Stop me before Drozdov pukes again!

Bill Purdy

- I'm going through flashback o.d.! Oh my God!! Drozdov...he became a professional wrestler and broke his neck and was paralyzed.
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Dear Lord, NORRIS WEESE!

If you say that name, GOBLINS WILL COME OUT!

Derek

- No! Not the goblins!!!
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Um. Go Broncos!

Collin

- You betcha, baby!! GO BRONCOS!


That was fun. It got me racking my brain for old Broncos.

Remember Rich Karlis and his bare foot? Mom & I met him at Chapel Hills Mall one time...some charity he supported had put out a Broncos calendar and he signed it for us. Shanon loved him - when he went to play for The Vikings (whom I hated at the time because during a Monday night game one of the Vikes had broken Gerald Willhite's leg and he was one of my faves! I held a grudge against them until they drafted Daunte Culpepper.) she became a Minnesota fan. I was so disappointed in her. And him.

Mark Jackson & Vance Johnson & Ricky Nattiel - we went to the Citadel Mall around Christmas time to meet The Three Amigos. We stood in line for 3 hours!! But they were all so nice, even after all that time they had been there. Mark Jackson was singing "I've Been In Love Before" by the Cutting Crew while he was signing our poster. That poster hung on Mom & Dad's bedroom door for years! I also met Vance Johnson at the Citadel when I had my broken thumb and he signed my cast. I still have it in a plastic bag in a box. I don't care how bad it stinks - The Vance signed it!!

What was the name of the white receiver we had during The Three Amigos reign? They called him The Gringo. Rick Massey?

Rick Upchurch - he called my friend's house one day looking for relatives. Her mom was so excited that she had talked to thee Rick Upchurch!!

Gerald Willhite and his backflip, Sammy Winder and the Mississippi Mud Walk....

While I tell people right now that Trevor Pryce is my favorite player, my all time favorites will always be Randy Gradishar, Simon Fletcher, Dennis Smith & Steve Atwater. I still get chills watching Atwater lay that hit on Christian Okaye and then standing up and yelling....yeah, getting chills now...

Pat - if you love Bronco posts, you should check out the first week of my archives...there's a story about my Mom & I stole her seat from the old Mile High after the last game there. It's probably my best story!

I could talk all day about The Broncos...I better not. I have work to do!

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Collin & I watched Donnie Darko Saturday. There's a scene where Donnie's father is watching the Super Bowl. It's the one where the Washington Redskins beat the Denver Broncos - XXIII, I think. It's obvious that the characters are Bronco fans cuz the dad throws something at the TV in disgust and then says, "We need a quarterback." The other guy says, "No, we need to pick up a safety." YARGH!!!!

I think I missed most of the next scene because I was yelling my thoughts at Collin...poor Collin, he was really pretty much trapped. Here are my thoughts in a more calm & collected manner:

1) We did NOT need a quarterback. We had John Elway. Sadly, he was being coached by Dan Reeves who didn't know how to coach a team to win the Super Bowl. Elway also did not have a running game. He had great receivers but no running backs. What happened when we got Mike Shanahan and Terrell Davis? We won 2 Super Bowls...back to back, nonetheless! Thank you very much whoever wrote Donnie Darko!

2) As for the safety situation, we had Dennis Smith! There's no getting any better than that! We also had Tony Lilly...oh, my, he was cute!! CUTE!! He also was not the best safety to ever grace the Broncos roster. But he was cute. The more I think about the line, "We need to pick up a safety" I realize that he's probably talking about Tony Lilly. Uh! I know he was only interested in getting that cute mug on TV but, did they have to pick on him in a major motion picture?? Did I mention he was really cute?

I have to wonder why the writer picked that year to set the movie and why even show the Super Bowl? To annoy Bronco fans? To remind us of the Super Bowls that we lost? To get a dig in at Elway? Or Tony "Cutest Bronco Ever" Lilly? Out of everything that the movie was about, that's what sticks in my mind. Odd.

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