Because I know Stilladog didn't have any today...I took a picture of the famous family Green Jello salad complete with carrots and pineapple pieces. It's a tradition for it to be present at the big turkey day meal. I don't crave it during the year but I eat it for symbolic reasons. The Gen X'ers refuse to prepare the dish so one of the "elder" statesmen of the family usually brings it. It was Still A Dad's mom's go-to dessert dish for pot luck meals. Here... Read Full Story

What are you thankful for this Thanksgiving? I'm thankful that I'll be spending it with my daughter at my sister's house in NH. In fact 5 sets of parents will be there with their healthy children. Wouldn't it suck if your child was in the hospital for the holiday? Wouldn't it suck if your child was in the hospital period? I know mine likes to play Wizard 101 online and Stardoll and mess around with Alice and play her Wii and kick my tushie at every game she has and then beat me at some Ninten... Read Full Story

Dog's Team! It's taken me a few days since our ass-whipping at the hands of the KC Chiefs to collect my thoughts and make an an attempt at rationality in this post.It's not Thanksgiving yet so I'm going to give the Stillers at least one more game before I throw in the towel on the season. But it's Judgement Day in Baltimore on Sunday night in so many ways.First of all the team seems utterly lethargic ever since the win on Monday Night Football in Denver. No energy, no ambition, no sense of u... Read Full Story

Why is it that we can put a man on the moon, but we can't make a fountain soda dispenser that doesn't spray syrup and water like we're trying to reach the far corners of our lawn with it? The damn things also continue to run far too long after releasing the dispense lever! The easy answer is to not use them, but my God man, build a better freaking mousetrap!Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry Read Full Story

This is the kind of game I hate. We lost to the Bungles last week and are feeling down. Troy is out and our record without him resembles the Lions of Detroit. We're playing at Kansas City which is a tough place to play even when their teams aren't that strong. Larry Johnson is gone so we don't have to gameplan for him. I have no idea what to make of today's game. It's way too easy to say we should manhandle this team as the current World Champions. This is a yardstick gam... Read Full Story

We went out to dinner last night and then headed to the mall to pickup a few things. We had dinner at a German restaurant and I was the only one who ordered something authentic. I had a sausage sampler which had one veal, one pork and one beef "link". They were so big I "Brat" some home. Poor joke, sorry. German potato salad and spaetzle rounded out the meal which started off with a roasted red pepper filled with goat cheese and drizzled with vinegar. To top it off we shared a slice of black ... Read Full Story

I gave blood today. I've been giving pretty regularly for the past 10 years or so. It makes me feel good the rest of the day, like I did my good deed. It always amazes me that the questions continue to change. I used to get a kick out of the verbal question "Have you ever paid for sex or traded sex for drugs, even once?" or something to that effect. I used to say "Does buying my wife dinner count?" and I would get a polite chuckle. That question has since been moved to the open laptop portion... Read Full Story

After yesterday's debacle at Heinz Field and other similar occurrences throughout NFL stadiums I am reminded of why I always say, "You never know what you have until Thanksgiving." Really what I'm saying is that you don't have a clear picture of what kind of team you have until at least all the bye weeks are finished and every team has more than ten games under their belt. So let's not be so quick to evaluate. What do we have in the Stillers? It's still not clear. Can we beat a quality oppo... Read Full Story

I hardly have an opinion on the game yesterday. I would rather watch paint dry then to rehash the game. There were many things I didn't particularly like. I wasn't even going to post - but it's still killing me. Why did they have to go for so much so soon when they started their last possession? Is it just me thinking that? I've seen Ben in this situation countless times before and he typically has to get in rhythm before throwing deepish. You live off WR screens all year where you can usuall... Read Full Story

So here we go again.... another NFL week acting like the Colts and Patriots are the only two teams playing. I get really sick of it. Manning is on the cover of SI so Peter King can suck from his teet. Picking who I want to win this game is easy, the Pats. Should the Steelers make the AFC Championship game and it's not a home game which is a very likely scenario, I'd much rather play at New England than go to the sissy, sterile, noise added dome. As for actually rooting for the Pats to win, ai... Read Full Story