Archives---December, 2007

December 31, 2007

...Time once again for the great cosmic odometer to rollover as we embark on yet another lap around the sun.  New Year's Eve 2007 also finds Suttle World Headquarters under construction---leading to yet another abbreviated update.  At this writing the usually bustling HQ consists of only the world famous 14 ton Suttle World desk, a meticulously brown paper covered floor and only the gear essential to affect today's update.  Still to come is a second coat of paint and the trim work.  Backhoes are on standby---awaiting the signal to begin returning "stuff" to the room that was evacuated by the wheelbarrow full yesterday morning before the rehab began.  Needless to say, many of the projects promised to be competed by year's end will take a back seat to the current remodeling project.  Regular business conditions are expected to return in the next 48 hours as will the "year in review."  Yes, there will be a quiz.

...At least Suttle World got the important one right---the Redskins play in Seattle next week in the first round of the NFL playoffs with a decisive win over the evil Cowboys yesterday evening in DC.  A bit too decisive actually, as the beat down broke up the Suttle World teaser play of the week.  A complete rundown of the NFL post season that begins Saturday is here for the clicking.  Early lines are here.

...Things were looking up at the Vatican after the slumping papacy of Benedict finally got a hit with the pronouncement in the last couple weeks that cold hard science should determine any actions (or lack thereof) with regard to alleged global warming.  Fun while it lasted.  (The Daily Mail) - "The Pope has ordered his bishops to set up exorcism squads to tackle the rise of Satanism...The initiative was revealed by 82-year-old Father Gabriele Amorth, the Vatican "exorcistinchief," to the online Catholic news service Petrus."  What!????

...The aforementioned suburban renewal notwithstanding, Suttle World intends to bring in the new year in its traditional manner---asleep.  The gentle surfer who insists on being a player on amateur night are reminded to please vomit in designated areas.

December 30, 2007

...A rare very late arising results in a short and rather late update on New Year's Eve eve.  Props to the small crowd that assembled at stately Roberts/Suttle Manor last night for the informal holiday event hosted by the lady of the Manor and cuzin Bill.  Of special note, was the attendance of expatriate neighbor Cindy---in town for a few days over the holiday.  A good time had by all.  No small animals found injured as of this writing, and there is no recollection of any law enforcement intervention.  What's not to like?

...The Patriots.  Regardless of their particular medication regime, any gentle surfer who knows a tight end from a first down never doubted that New England could and would prevail last night.  Well done, and Suttle World salutes both the perfect season, and rejoices in the end of the Dolphin geezer ho down---wondering as to whose sphincter currently surrounds the champagne bottle.  Now on to the life and death situations that confront four teams jockeying for the final two playoff spots on the final day of the 2007 NFL season.  The ATL is blacked out for the 1:00 games.  This is a blessing in that the hideous spectacle that is the Falcons will not have to be witnessed, but also prohibits taking in the 49ers at Cleveland game that actually means something.  Much more importantly, Suttle World's beloved Redskins will be on the air come 4:00---THE game that really matters.  Given the vagaries of the final week of the season, the wagering window looks a lot less attractive, but since Gene, the Caucasian, is way ahead on the year why not offer a regular season ending three team, six point teaser (net) SF +18 @ CLE; DAL +15 @ WAS; IND +11 v. TEN.  Pays 9:5.  Yes, the Colts are 5 point underdogs at home!---see aforementioned vagaries. Washington and Cleveland get in.  Minnesota and Tennessee go home.

December 29, 2007

...A few more random thoughts as a third day of the Pakistani "crisis" unfolds...first, it is truly a tragedy.  Benazir Bhutto was the epitome of the heroic "strong woman" in the political arena, and doubly so in her highly matriarchal culture.  This is not to be confused with the "strong woman" with which the US (especially fellow testosterone based units) is terrified.  Show Suttle World a wall with Hillary gear affixed, and Suttle World will show the gentle surfer a wall vacant of any depictions of Lady Thatcher, Libby Dole, Jeanne Kirkpatrick, Phyllis Schlafly, Condi Rice or even Ayn Rand for that matter. The vital difference, of course, is that "strong woman" means "liberal woman" in American speak. Second, as every gentle surfer knows, "these things always happen in threes."  First, Tom Murphy, then Benazir Bhutto. Who's next?  Third, and this is a dead horse upon which Suttle World has not beat in some time, it continues to be the considered opinion of Suttle World that our focus should shift to this Stan guy.  Pakistan, Afghanistan, Kurdistan, et al.  Who the hell is Stan, and does it not make sense to have a long chat with Stan? Finally, if there is a problem to be fixed in Pakistan, the gentle surfer learned the solution yesterday:  "Let China Do It."  You take out trash now!  You want eat more veg-able?  You fix Stan. (The Pakistani and Asian Anti-Defamation Leagues may contact Suttle World via email here for info as to where Suttle World will accept service.  Protestors are asked to please be mindful of the shrubbery surrounding stately Roberts/Suttle Manor).

...Objections that the Texas Bowl doesn't really count notwithstanding, TCU has now won three straight bowl appearances with a 20-13 victory over Houston last night.  It gets stranger.  The Meineke Bowl kicks off this afternoon featuring Connecticut versus Wake Forest.  Meanwhile, Ohio State is nearing the end of the back stretch in their 51 day layoff before playing in a "national championship" game they don't deserve to be in.  A complete run down of the ATL sports TV schedule is here for the clicking.  Its a schedule that features the mighty fighting Colonials of George Washington University traveling to Tuscaloosa to take on Alabama (6:00 CSS)

...Media reports have sky boxes going for $25,000+ at the Meadowlands tonight for what may well be the littlest big game in the history of modern sports.

...From the don't look now department come the Atlanta Hawks, who tip it off this afternoon (1:00 SPSO) in Dallas, looking to improve their record to 16-12!

December 28, 2007

...Take a sip of coffee and clear the old throat boys and girls, because this is a sing-along.  And because sing-alongs cannot suck enough, the gentle surfer's part is short and easy to remember.  Its gonna be the hip mantra for all you crazy moon dogs in '08, so let's give it a try:  "Let China Do It" (thunder literally rumbles followed by the first torrent of rain in six months with the mashing of the last quotation mark.  Suttle World may really be on to something here).  Sure, there was a cold war and a third of the world's population was enslaved under the Soviets, but the trains ran on time and shit wasn't blowing up everywhere.  Well, the Soviets crashed and burned, and its former spheres of influence shit's been blowing up like its on sale ever since. So, now we...(this is the part where the gentle surfer chimes in---its OK, you'll get the hang of it in no time) "Let China Do It!"  Its the 21st century Monroe Doctrine:  we get our half, and its now China's turn to get its half.  Take Pakistan, please.  Politicos are assassinated and shit blows up.  Pakistan is a shelp and a half from here, and we don't really care anyway, so...that's right, "Let China Do It."  Not only do we get a break in policing the entire world department, and..."Let China Do It," there are very few cold war side effects.  China may be a lot of things (huge, growing and vicious immediately come to mind), but dumb isn't among them.  China, 1.3 billion strong and growing, needs help building strong bodies twelve ways cause only 13% of their land mass is arable.  Seems to Suttle World that the US literally has the carrot, and the stick comes in the form of a really good record in the arms race game.  So, let the word go forth from this time and place, to friend and foe alike..."Let China Do It!"  Thank you, and now for the three legged race.

...We may be getting tired, but we're keeping up:  "As our nation prepares to ring in the new year, the U.S. Census Bureau today projected the Jan. 1, 2008, population will be 303,146,284 -- up 2,842,103 or 0.9 percent from New Year’s Day 2007.   In January, the United States is expected to register one birth every eight seconds and one death every 11 seconds.   Meanwhile, net international migration is expected to add one person every 30 seconds. The result is an increase in the total U.S. population of one person every 13 seconds."  Suttle World is long in the leaf blower sector.

...From the you just can't make it up department comes word from our friends at Breitbart.com:  "Seven people were injured on Thursday when Greek Orthodox and Armenian priests came to blows in a dispute over how to clean the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem."  For those keeping score at home, Janitor in a Drum won a split decision.

..." SAN DIEGO (AP) -- As wacky plays go, this one certainly earned a spot in Holiday Bowl lore."  Suttle World believes no further comment is necessary following a lead of such stellar quality, and is down right giddy over the potential lore of the Champs Bowl that may be written this evening.

...Genius, Theodore Dalrymple, of our friends at the London based City Journal weighs in with his latest piece titled simple "Separation Anxiety."

December 27, 2007

...From mystery game to State of the Union status in one swell poop.  Various media reports have the Patriots attempt to complete the first ever perfect 16-0 season Saturday night against the Giants to have moved from the hidden NFL Network to being "the first game simulcast by three television networks."  Wrong, pig bladder breath.  Super Bowl I was televised by NBC, CBS and ABC.  Historical errors notwithstanding, Suttle World is comforted to know the entire nation can now tune in for the answer of a trivia question(s) 20 years hence.  Again, 16-0* is impressive (*-even if six of the wins were against the Bills, Jets and Dolphins), but mere trivia if the count doesn't end at 19-0.

..."Kauai, HI (SPX) - The Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force successfully flight tested its first Raytheon Company (NYSE: RTN)-built Standard Missile-3. The SM-3 Block IA missile engaged and destroyed a medium-range ballistic missile target more than 60 miles above the Pacific Ocean. Personnel at the U.S. Navy's Pacific Missile Range Facility on Kauai launched the ballistic missile target while the crew of the Japanese destroyer JS KONGO (DDG-173) fired the intercepting missile."  Despite diplomatic complaints from Moscow and Beijing, the Japanese government said it was committed to continue with its space based Godzilla defense system.

...Yes, that is a little gray around the temples the gentle surfer has noticed on Sir McCartney, and now the scientific community weighs in.  "(LiveScience.com) - New research hints that modern-day versions of beetles are far older than any tyrannosaur that trod the Earth."  There should be a good T Rex line in here somewhere, but there ought to be a cure for cancer too.

...This just in: "(AP) RAWALPINDI, Pakistan - Pakistan opposition leader Benazir Bhutto was assassinated Thursday in a suicide bombing that also killed at least 20 others at a campaign rally, a party aide and a military official said."  Market futures have turned on a dime with the news, and rightly so, given GE earnings have always been closely tied to Pakistani political stability.

December 26, 2007

...Recollections of all the sensory perceptions would indicate that it was indeed Christmas.  Physical evidence, in the form of the drop dead/industry standard test, is expected to confirm the recollection at daybreak when the 12 cubic yards of garbage with a total mass less than a gallon of goat's milk is weighed and measured in the waste disposal center of stately Roberts/Suttle Manor.  The celebrations began at mid morning as copious packages were opened by all the denizens of the Manor as they feasted on Roger Clemens' sized Wolfermam's Cinnamon Buns (Wolferman---the official bun and muffin of stately Roberts/Suttle Manor).  Suttle World shall omit the who, what and from whoms, understanding that it would read with all the excitement of a Bloomingdale's bridal registry.  Suffice to say heap nice things were exchanged and greatly enjoyed by all.  The afternoon festivities were similar to the second cycle of "lather, rinse, repeat" excepting lovely Leslie (Leslie---the official nephew Ridge girlfriend of stately Roberts/Suttle Manor) joined the fray, and the cast of characters took the show on the road to lovely Dunwoody where another round of copious package opening, followed by a Roger Clemens' sized smorgasbord (Roger Clemens---the official punk ass Michelin Man of stately Roberts/Suttle Manor) of tasty offerings were indulged in by a party that had now swelled to a dozen in size.  Late afternoon saw a return to stately Roberts/Suttle Manor, and a need for immediate rest form the aforementioned festivities.  Now bring on the Motor City Bowl.

...(Breitbart.com) "French President Nicolas Sarkozy flew in to the Egyptian city of Luxor on Tuesday aboard a private jet accompanied by his new love, ex-supermodel Carla Bruni, to spend Christmas on the banks of the Nile.  French billionaire Vincent Bollore provided the plane that brought Sarkozy, Bruni and nine others from Paris to the pharaonic splendor of Luxor, where the recently divorced Sarkozy will relax for a few days ahead of an official visit on December 30...Bruni, who turned 39 on Sunday, [is] heiress to a tire fortune whose former boyfriends include rock stars Mick Jagger and Eric Clapton."  Suttle World speculates the Frogs may have stumbled onto a winner here in Sarkozy---a more reasonable chap who spends Christmas nailing a model who has the juice to get really good ducats for hot shows.  General de Gaulle would be proud.

...(AP) "STEELE, N.D. - Paul Smokov doesn't need radar or other high-tech equipment to forecast a major snowstorm on the prairie. He consults pig spleens."  Hey, its a little slow out there right now.  When does the Motor City Bowl start again?

...Pundit Charles Krauthammer grades the Bush administration and its efforts six years after having identified the "axis of evil."

...A little tape, good rub down and some warm up with the heavy bag, and Suttle World should be ready to face boxing day.

December 25, 2007 - Christmas Day

...And a merry Christmas morning 2007 to the gentle surfer.  Holiday festivities have yet to bust loose at stately Roberts/Suttle Manor, but word on the street reports of a quiet and most pleasant Christmas Eve around the Manor---highlighted by a splendid repast and an always welcome special guest appearance by cuzin Bill and Ed Ames.  A few of the other luminaries featured Burl Ives, Jimmy Stewart and Andy Williams who quickly downed 8 shots of tequila, tore off his sweater and proceeded to ram his Buick into a utility pole.  Johnny Beckman reports from the Suttle World team, color Pin-Head Meteorological Department that 37 sleet pellets fell in a festive fashion in and around stately Roberts/Suttle Manor Christmas Morning shortly after daybreak.

...Ladies and germs. presenting your 2007 DUFFLE Bowl Champion and soon to be holder of the coveted DUFFLE Cup:  The Great Falconi, owned and operated by Duesenberg resident and lifetime league veteran Eric Lovvorn who captured his first ever title over the weekend with an impressive 91-51 win over Suttle World's entry.  The sixth season saw expansion of teams and prize money with the winner's share approaching a record $450.

...Not wishing to be a holiday buzz kill, Suttle World cannot help but noting that another Christmas Day without a Blue-Gray Classic from Mobile is going to pass today; and like an empty chair at the table, its just terribly wrong.

...Finally, to end the Christmas update on a more positive note, cuzin Matt pinches off a Yule log in the form of his second of a trilogy of installments that currently occupy Bruner's Texas Takes                 >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

December 24, 2007 - Christmas Eve

...The gentle surfer is reminded that Bob Cratchit was begrudgingly allowed early leave from his duties at Scrooge & Marley on Christmas Eve, and that he was granted Christmas Day as a holiday by the miserly Ebenezer.  Meanwhile, Suttle World tosses another lump of coal into the fireplace, and carries forth with its endeavors.  "For the children..."

...At this writing, our friends at Yahoo are having some technical issues akin to the on the field issues experienced by Suttle World's impotent DUFFLE Bowl VI roster.  It is believed that The Great Falconi holds a commanding 88-23 lead going into tonight's Monday night contest where Suttle World still has three players to go (just five Philip Rivers to Vincent Jackson touchdown passes tonight, and its in the bag).  The sound heard in the distance by the gentle surfer is not that of Jingle Bells, rather a fat lady warming up her voice.  Alas, it was a better than deserved run this year that should net Suttle World around $70 after it picks up the tab for its fees and those of the other denizens of stately Roberts/Suttle Manor---from where Elvis will once again leave the building.  The only saving grace from yesterday's NFL action would appear to have been the Redskins most impressive win over the Vikings on the road last night.

...A stately Roberts/Suttle Manor re-screening of Rock and Roll High School (1979) courtesy of our friends at Netflix left Suttle World first struck with recalling exactly how awful the flick is, and that its title could have easily been Weekend at Dee-Dee's---dude was just this side of a medically induced coma in the few drooling cameos made in the scenes from which he was not edited.  It is amazing he made it another 25 years.  When Keith Richards suggests you might want to slow down...

...For the gentle surfer keeping score at home, the good folks at NORAD continue to provide a really nifty Santa tracking tool.  Suttle World remains of the opinion that the old guy would have gladly consented to a GPS unit being stuck on the sleigh, instead of the tranquilizer gun and ear tag method employed.  On the other hand, Suttle World is inclined to defer to NORAD's expertise.

..."WASHINGTON (AP) -- Wynton Witherspoon had 19 points and reserve Damian Hollis had 11 points and 11 rebounds as George Washington overcame a 13-point deficit to beat Longwood 63-54 on Sunday."  Suttle World believes the operative term to be "rebuilding year."

...Excepting the obligatory Christmas Eve foray into the retail world, all is bought and readied at stately Roberts/Suttle Manor.  Call it a wrap---the Suttle World Christmas Wrap:

For a little while now, I'm gonna back off the pipe
Cause I all my stuff, and I gotta get it right.
Got bling and rocks for my homies and bitches
And some Zim's Crack Cream for grandma's itches.
Now there's only one thing do to with all this crap,
And that's to start the Suttle Christmas wrap.
(Get down and real funky here)
Where's the scissors?
I need the cutter.
Where's the damn tape?
Gotta wrap these suckers...

December 23, 2007

...A somewhat disappointing night for Suttle World's entry in DUFFLE Bowl VI, as Jason Witten and Patrick Crayton combine for a mere 5 points headed into Sunday's action.  At this writing, the Great Falconi is riding Ben Roethlisberger's performance Thursday night to to a 23-5 lead.  Suttle World also confesses to having added the NFL Network to the programming lineup at stately Roberts/Suttle Manor following last month's radical cable reduction procedure.  Hey, $5/month for four months a year...  Today's schedule provides a big steaming bowl of tedious affairs (including the federally mandated airing of the Falcons/Cardinals "contest" at 4:00), and remains that way until the Sunday night game that captures the interest of both Suttle World's heart and wallet, when the beloved Redskins take on the Vikings and Adrian Peterson who has carried Suttle World's DUFFLE team on his back to the championship game.  At the wagering window, its a much more exciting environment.  There are some opportunities on the board from where Suttle World stands, so why not accentuate with the tried and true three team, six point teaser (net):  ARZ -4 v. ATL; NE -16 v. MIA; and SD -2.5 v. DEN.  Pays 9:5.

...For the gentle surfer's YouTubing pleasure this morning comes this Bowling For Dollars excerpt from an episode produced at WTAE/Pittsburgh. circa 1976.

...(AP) "Taipei - Some 50,000 people holding illuminating objects formed a human Christmas tree in what is believed to be a world record effort."  Suttle World finds it most appropriate that the world's largest human Christmas tree to be made in Taiwan.

...Eggnog  tastes worse than it sounds, and eggnog sounds like a term invented by a pro-bulimia group.

December 22, 2007

...Props on steroids go out this morning to Connecticut cuzin Karen.  In yesterday's mailbag was a hot off the press copy of The Official Punk Rock Book of Lists penned by list making maven Amy Wallace and one Handsome Dick Manitoba, including a personalized inscription from the King of Men and illustrator Cliff Mott.  Ms. Karen's note is equally prized, and now all that is left is to read the tome, and find it a proper place of import to display inside stately Roberts/Suttle Manor.

..."BURNSVILLE, Minn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--AAA estimates that 65.2 million Americans will travel 50 miles or more from home during the Christmas-New Year’s holiday period..."  Memo to the gentle surfers among the 65 million who have yet to embark on their journey:  STOP!  You don't want to go, and they don't want you there.  Lose the plane tickets, shoot out your tires, fake an aneurism---just do whatever is necessary not to bump around with the 65 million other pilgrims, and actually enjoy your Christmas.  Suttle World speculates that if  the crush of travelers had been the same some 2000 years ago, that Joseph, being the sharp fellow he was, would have just filed an extension for his 1040, and ixnayed the Bethlehem roadie altogether.  Speaking of which, Biblical scholars have recently reported that they have found evidence that Joseph was an ardent supporter of the Fair Tax.  They can't prove it conclusively, but have found remnants of CATS sticker on the rusted bumper of a Chrysler near Nazareth, registered to a "Joseph," and thought to be of that period.  

..."(Blumberg.com) - Texas has artificial turf at 18 percent of its high school football stadiums, according to Web site Texasbob.com. It also has an [sic] MRSA infection rate among players that is 16 times higher than the estimated national average, according to three studies by the Texas Department of State Health Services."  Memo to Texas football:  the operative words in MRSA are myosin resistant, not Clorox resistant.  Wal-Mart is ready when you are.  Gives a whole new meaning to the term:  "just rub a little artificial dirt on it, son---just not on an open wound, or if you are immune compromised by HIV or an organ transplant.  In some rare cases, players have experienced nausea, headache, shin splints and erections lasting more than four hours."  Talk to your doctor to see if MRSA is right for you.

..."(WKBT-TV.com) - A 52-year-old Wauzeka [WI] man has been arrested after he attacked Crawford County sheriff's deputies with an ax and then barricaded himself in his home.  When deputies knocked on the door, the man suddenly appeared at the door, naked, holding a double-bitted ax. The man began to come outside, but then went back inside the house and swung the ax. The ax went through the door, but did not hit any deputies."  Authorities are investigating as to whether alcohol was a factor in the incident.

...Suttle World welcomes winter that arrived around 2:00 this morning at stately Roberts/Suttle Manor.  Beats the hell out of August, but so would a cattle prod colonoscopy.

...OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper: "I met the Dalai Lama in my office, but I meet everyone in my office. I don't know why I would sneak off to a hotel room just to meet the Dalai Lama. You know, he's not a call girl."  Suttle World thought brain freeze was caused by drinking a Slurpie too fast.

...#4 Georgetown at #2 Memphis (noon-ESPN) is far and away the marquee televised sporting event of  a rather bleak weekend broadcast schedule that is here for the clicking.  Still to come:  Suttle World's Ode to the Blue/Gray Classic.

December 21, 2007

...The good news is that Ben Roethlisberger collected but a single point in the second half for Suttle World's DUFFLE Bowl VI opponent last night as Pittsburgh routed St. Louis in the first mystery NFL game of the week.  That bad news for Suttle World fans is that Ben put up 22 big Cat points in the first thirty minutes.  Such a scenario is unlikely to be found in the first chapter of How To Win Your Fantasy League, but Suttle World takes comfort in that it was probably the Falconi's best matchup among his roster of 10 players.  Fear not.  Suttle World shall not go meekly into the early darkness of late December.  Instead it counterpunches.  Think the Rams defense sucks?  Philip, secret agent man, Rivers will show the gentle surfer some all American, Rocky Mountain, old man Oreck would be proud suck in the form of the Bronco's secondary come Sunday.  This matter is not settled.  Memo to the Vikings:  give the ball to Adrian!

..."(AP) WOLFEBORO, N.H. - Former President Clinton says his wife is a "world-class genius" when it comes to improving the lives of others."  The President went on to explain that despite being 61 years old, that he can still dodge ashtrays, china and other sundry projectiles thrown at him from a close distance at a high rate of speed, and that he owes it all to his world-class genius wife.  Suttle World speculates that many a formally attached/ring wearing testosterone based gentle surfer would consider their wife to be a world-class genius if she kept punching their Wilt Chamberlain card every  few years.  Suttle World also appreciates that being a world-class genius to be a demanding position, but Suttle World truly hopes a little down time for reflection during the holidays will give the world-class genius the chance to figure out exactly how the Rose Law Firm billing records under subpoena for two years mysteriously appeared in the living quarters of the White House.  Suttle world also reminds the world-class genius to not forget Vince Foster's family or former White House travel office employees while finishing up that last minute world-class genius Christmas shopping.

...This just in:  drizzle follows substantial overnight rain in the Friday darkness before the get away, Christmas traffic day rush hour; and yes, it could be a prescription for a motoring disaster.  WSB-TV traffic dude Mark Arum:  "As you know, I-285 holds rain like a bed pan."  What !!?????????  It is obvious to Suttle World that Dan Rather is a scab, picking up some extra bucks during the writer's strike.

...This day in history:  December 21, 1958 - Dirk Bremen becomes the last American to chortle at a printed comic strip---a Peanuts piece where Charlie Brown beats the crap out of Snoopy with a rolled up newspaper for peeing on the carpet.  Its been a very long time.

...If a 3-point winning buzzer beater in overtime is the gentle surfer's idea of a good ballgame, then Pitt's win over Duke last night worked out much as Suttle World speculated in yesterday's update.

..."KAMPALA (Reuters) - Local authorities have arrested at least 100 Ugandans for failing to build toilets in their homes in the midst of a cholera epidemic that has killed 8 people and infected 164, state media reported Wednesday."  And Suttle World thought taking the garbage out was an ordeal.

...Belated and ongoing props to cuzin Bill whose music blog (http://anaphoramusic.com/blog/) has a real big league look.

December 20, 2007

...Bill Parcel's snubbing of the Falcons yesterday may be the best thing to happen to the franchise in many a moon.  Nice resume, but all Tuna all the time would make for excruciating tedium.  Other names Suttle World hears being tossed around for the Falcon's vacancy include Dan Reeves and Marty Schottenheimer.  Suttle World's sources also indicate that if not for prior commitments that Vince Lombardi and Tom Landry would also be under consideration.  It is a daunting job.

...Something like the earliest ever meeting of two ranked schools with ten wins each or some such.  Regardless, Duke and Pitt in the Garden tonight should be more than worthwhile watching (7:00 ESPN).

...DUFFLE Bowl VI gets underway tonight as Pittsburgh travels to St. Louis in a both literally and figuratively unwatchable game (Suttle World enjoyed the new and improved cable bill much more than losing access to the NFL Channel and Korean Dog Grooming Network).  The number one seeded Great Falconi has Ben Roethlisberger going tonight against a woeful St. Louis defense.  Memo to Jessica Simpson:  meet me in St. Louis, Louis.

...Suttle World Headquarters has decked its halls in a festive manor that would give the window dressers at Saks a good run for the money

..."(Wall Street Journal) - WASHINGTON -- Two weeks before the Iowa caucus, the race for president, while tightening among Democrats, is wide open on the Republican side, highlighting the unusual fluidity of the first campaign for the White House in over a half-century that doesn't include an incumbent president or vice president."  Just for giggles, Suttle World wonders once again if this is the type of environment in which a late to the party Newt like figure could emerge---putting a little energy into the marathon doldrums that are now the nomination process?

...Last minute stocking stuffer (so to speak) idea from the gentle surfer's favorite big hair, cod piece wearing, heavy metal band of renown .  For the headbanger who has everything, this year why not give the gift of barnyard animal protection with your very own ManOWar condoms?  Fudge not included.  Your mileage may vary.  Batting cage location still undetermined.  Skank sold separately.  "No wonder---you got the ugliest one in the flock."

..."(The London Telegraph) - Motorists caught using a hand-held mobile phone while driving could be jailed for two years under tough new guidelines issued today by prosecutors."  Its a start.  Suttle World would also like to see being beat senseless prior to incarceration added to the sentencing process.  Yes, libertarian Suttle World is on record favoring Draconian sanctions against motorists who "drive" and yammer on the phone simultaneously.  Memo to dialing drivers:  if it doesn't involve the immediate need for a donor organ or nuclear launch codes, your phone call isn't important.  Suttle World's life and limb is.  Shut up and drive!

...Last, but far from least, its time for yet another fine piece from Texas correspondent Matt with another installment of Bruner's Texas Takes. Cuzin Matthew offers as to how this is the first of a trilogy on this here particular subject matter. 

December 19, 2007

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...It is worthwhile to remind the gentle surfer from time to time that there is rarely (maybe 2%) any rhyme or reason behind any given SOTD.  Good (almost always), bad or indifferent, the ditty d jour is an independent idle whim.  Today is no different, excepting that Suttle World pauses to remind the gentle surfer that Gladys Knight is THE greatest musical gift this city has ever shared with the rest of the world.  Few, if any, have ever had better pipes to go along with a class act that is the making of a big time heavyweight champion (like Aretha Franklin, so to speak).

...Another passing notion of naiveté.  Aside from a common border and ever increasing degree of hostility, there would seem to be little else shared by the citizenry of Mexico and the United States (the good, old fashioned, Bill O'Reilly/Lou Dobbs/snow blindingly white US of A).  Well, there is a very large shared spirituality.  Suttle World vaguely understands this particular faith (in its various sizes, shapes and funky candles) to be largely premised upon something about loving one's neighbor.  Its at this point that Suttle World politely raises its hand to ask for any gentle surfer to explain exactly what the immigration problem is.  Oh, political pandering on this side and an incredibly corrupt government on the other.  Got it---faith proof barriers to a peaceful and prosperous shared existence.  Again, just a naive notion during the holiday season.

...Just in case the gentle surfer has missed it, Mike Huckabee, the Republican presidential hopeful (damn, I'm funny) who has garnered so much attention in the past month, is the only candidate in either party to fully embrace the Fair Tax.

...See, hockey has been dead for over two months now, and the gentle surfer is already moving ahead with its life.  Once again Suttle World is proved to be right---this time with its confidence in the gentle surfer's perseverance.  This is not to say Suttle World gloats over the game's grave---far from it.  Is it not Suttle World who has been one of the planet's foremost advocates of duckpin bowling?  Is it not Suttle World that attended the Putt Putt US Open?  Isn't it Suttle World that simultaneously saved (or at least had the business model) women's professional soccer and bowling?  But Suttle World digresses.  Props to the gentle surfer for moving efficiently through the grieving process necessitated by hockey's demise.  Meanwhile, word on the street is that the gentle surfer can get one hell of a deal on a Zamboni these days.

...Belated props to Suttle World who on Monday afternoon had a hole-in-one on the par three, 175 yard, 4th hole of the Wii course.  As is the case with most aces, the shot fell into the "the ball's gotta go somewhere" category, but Suttle World must admit to being disappointed that the machine didn't make a bigger deal of it.  Sure, there was a hearty congratulation, but Suttle World expected the game to pause, and a personalized message from Bob Barker to be delivered, followed by a simple affair (light Hors D’oeuvres and cash bar) to commemorate the event.  Alas, and it was no doubt this disappointment that caused Suttle World to commence to choke the round away, finishing at +1/37, a stroke off the Suttle World all time best mark of an even par 36.

...Only one more day until toe meets leather to begin the long awaited Poinsettia Bowl in San Diego as Navy takes on Utah, and the bowl season is officially underway.  Meanwhile, coming off a loss to Binghamton, the not so mighty fighting Colonials of George Washington (3-5, 0-0) look to improve their lot Saturday against powerhouse Longwood.  Duke/Pitt Thursday night is a game that should definitely be penciled in on the gentle surfer's radar screen.

December 18, 2007

...A sincerely respectful "siny die" to Speaker Tom Murphy who gaveled himself from this mortal coil overnight after suffering a stroke.  He was 83.  While not in the same league with the likes of Louisiana, the history of the state of Georgia is littered with more than its fair share of heavyweight political demigods, but none were more iconoclastic than Murphy who ran the state house with an iron fist for 28 years only to be taken down by the Bremen High School debate program.  He was a giant.  The family has made no announcement regarding final arrangements, but Suttle World's sources indicate that Foghorn Leghorn is expected to deliver the eulogy.  Infuriating at times (see:  two time Governor Slow Frank Harris), Murphy easily passes the drop the kids off at the Speaker's house on a Saturday without hesitation test.

...ADRIAN!!!  Suttle World's ambivalence about beating cuzin Bill is quickly extinguished by the dreams of about 450 big ones dancing in its head---the take for the winner of DUFFLE Bowl VI that commences with the two secret Thursday night games (PIT @ STL and DAL @ CAR---both at 8:15 on the same hidden network---Suttle World is confused; is the NHL still on the lumberjack channel?).  Suttle World gets a big night from Adrian Peterson and advances to the championship game for the first time in the league's six year history.  Neighbor Eric is the opponent by virtue of his win over Florida neighbor Cindy.  Let the battle for the coveted DUFFLE Cup begin.

...Memo to Iran:  Build it, and we will come (or at least send in the Israelis).

..."HAVANA (Reuters) - Ailing Cuban leader Fidel Castro, who has not been seen in public for 16 months, suggested on Monday he might give up his formal leadership posts -- the first time he has spoken of his possible retirement."  Yes, a chance for Fidel to kick back and take it easy---hey, enslaving an entire island nation for nearly 50 years is hard work.  If the gentle surfer had Suttle World's imagination it too could easily envision Castro crawling ashore on Miami Beach after falling off a raft made of scrap wood and empty milk jugs. 

...Damn the fiscal responsibility.  Full shopping ahead.  The Senate takes up a half TRILLION dollar spending bill today, so what could a few more hundred on the old credit cards hurt?

..."CHICAGO (Reuters) - Monkeys performed about as well as college students at mental addition, U.S. researchers said on Monday..."  The researchers went on to report that the monkeys also vomited less after massive beer consumption, and reported fewer incidents of premature ejaculation than did the college student study group.  It is with great anticipation that Suttle World awaits Monkeys Gone Wild:  Spring Break 2008.

December 17, 2007

...Just a plain weird NFL Week 15 Sunday.  The teaser loses, the Dolphins win and Suttle World and cuzin Bill engage in some good old fashioned slow motion fantasy football, with Suttle World leading their DUFFLE semi-final game 39-38 going into Monday night.  Search dogs in Cleveland continue to look for survivors and points following a scintillating 8-0 Bills road win.

...Seasonal atmospheric conditions have returned to stately Roberts/Suttle Manor and its surrounds as would appear to be the case for most of the east coast.  It was a greatly chagrined Suttle World that engineered the control panel for the Manor's indoor environmental control system into the "on" position yesterday.  At this writing, said system quietly whirls in the background, sounding vaguely like the Leaky Sphincter Johnson and the Incontinentals classic:   Forced Air Heat Blues.

...Had Suttle World attended an august Ivy League institution of higher learning, it would no doubt be able to makes sense of the fact that a mere 20% of only this year's return on the investment that is Harvard's $34 BILLION endowment would pay the tuition of every undergraduate student at the school FOR FOUR YEARS!  No doubt, Harvard is not the Lone Ranger in this particular most peculiar state of affairs (what the hell is a non-profit school going to do with $34 BILLION?), and Suttle World has little doubt that the first to be shrugged from Atlas' shoulders will the denizens of college campuses.

...(AP) "CHARLESTON, W.Va. - Clark Haynes is hoping for a wet spring and more money from Congress. If both fail to materialize, the assistant director for the state Department of Agriculture's forest health protection programs says next year's gypsy moth season could be the state's worst."  Suttle World agrees that this is an issue on which to get an early start.  Its not that the gypsy moths cause any real crop or property damage---its banging those little tambourines together all night that really drives folks nuts.

...A sad AMF to sappy singer/songwriter Dan Fogelberg who picked and grinned his way from this mortal coil Sunday.  Fogelberg lost a two year battle with advanced prostate cancer.  He was a much younger 56 than Suttle World would have guessed.

...Suttle World speculates that many a gentle surfer could turn one of this week's endless "just one more errand" into to one that involved a detour to drop off a pint of blood.  To avoid confusion during the hectic holidays, Suttle World reminds the gentle surfer that the Salvation Army takes money in its bucket.  The Red Cross are the blood folks---just trying to save that awkward moment that can be experienced by the well intended gentle surfer opening a vein in front of a Wal-Mart bell ringer.

...Another Sunday of talking heads yammering about Mike Huckabee, and still not a single mention about the Fair Tax.  One more time:  the Fair Tax is not a Star Trek convention as is the case with a large segment of the Libertarian party with which Suttle World has been loosely associated for a number of years.  It is the most intensely studied tax policy in history---not to be confused with the status quo:  the most idiotic tax system in history---a code now more than 5 times the length of the Bible.

...Though banks, schools and government offices closed to commemorate the Suttle World December 7th celebrations, the record will show that today officially marks the 30 year anniversary of the first date deal when the then young couple watched the first ever flight by the Wright Brothers at Kitty Hawk on the very same day.  December 17, 1977 also marked the first appearance by Elvis Costello on Saturday Night Live.   Suttle World takes some comfort in the knowledge that those born on that date have not been practicing neuro-surgery on their own for very long---what with a 6-8 residency and all.

December 16, 2007

...The "news:"  Cincinnati dropped an awful game on the road in Frisco last night 20-13. The Nielson overnights are in, and if the gentle surfer took the number of viewers of the NFL's secret Saturday broadcast being over the audience for re-runs of Emeril  Live, you loose!

...Its 2007 DUFFLE Cup Semi-Final Sunday!  Presently our scoreboard looks as follows (with (x/10) being the number of players/10 still playing or to play):
#1 The Great Falconi    15    (8/10)            #2 The Dictators    0    (10/10)
#4 Prancing Nougats     0     (10/10)           #3 Dollar Bills        0    (9/10)
Suttle World catches a much needed break in cuzin Bill's Rudi Johnson failing to get anything on the board in last night's aforementioned awful contest.   Now Suttle World must decide between a marginal Philip Rivers with a banged up knee or Eli, even my dick is shorter, Manning playing in 30 MPH winds tonight as a quarterback.  At the wagering window, Gene, the Caucasian, offers the usual three team, six point teaser (net):  BAL +2.5 @ MIA (getting points against Dolphins good); WAS @ NYG under 42; and yes, as Stiv Bator so aptly put the "Gonna knock down the next old man I see/Maybe I'll knock down you," pissed off, straight razor totin' Atlanta Falcons +18.5 @ TB.  Pays 9:5.  Another quick wagering reminder is that the gentle surfer can currently get Hawaii +9 v. Georgia in the Sugar Bowl.  Suttle World doesn't advise running to the window, as the good old boy big money may come in later and inflate the spread that much more, but if in the neighborhood, 9 points would seem to be a pretty good bargain.

...Belated props to Montpelier's Kaitlin Waring who follows up her Vermont HS state soccer title with the all time great annual Waring Holiday Newsletter.  Suttle World has gone on record as designating Kaitlin to be the household poet laureate so that others may enjoy her musings on a more regular basis.

...Props to Valdosta State and the denizens of Winnersville, USA as the Blazers (Suttle World knows not if their mascot is Daniel Boone, a jacket or pyromaniac) win their second NCAA Division II title in four years with a last minute 25-20 victory over Northwest Missouri State in beautiful downtown Florence, AL.  This on the same day that neighboring Lowndes County HS wins yet another Georgia AAAAA state football title---routing North Gwinnett 34-6.

...From correspondent cuzin Matt comes this belated story from our whacky friends in Indo-China.  News.com.au - "  A DRUNKEN man urinating through a fence got a nasty surprise when a playful puppy in the adjoining lot latched onto his member.  Kann Veasna took a break from drinking wine at a street stall to relieve himself through a hole in a fence, according to news agency DPA.  However a puppy spotted the Mr Veasna's appendage as it poked through and apparently thinking it was a toy latched on, newspaper Rasmei Kampuchea reported.  Suffering lacerations Mr Veasna fronted up to a hospital in Phnom Penh for treatment and was forced to tell the embarrassing story of injuries.  "It's undoubtedly sore now, but luckily it should still be useful to him in the future,'' a doctor was quoted as saying by DPA."

December 15, 2007

...The 74 million American homes that will not have access to tonight's Bengals/49ers thriller will simply have to make do with less.  The league couldn't get people to watch this game on a Saturday night this time of year with a subpoena if it were projected onto the night sky.  Suttle World finds this to be very strange behavior on the part of a typically savvy NFL.

...Presented for the gentle surfer's enjoyment this weekend, before the weekend, before the long, God please make it go away Christmas holiday,  is another stellar edition from cuzin Matt, and his now world famous >>>>>>>>>>>>>

...Props to Appalachian State that most befittingly captured an unprecedented third consecutive NCAA Division I-AA football championship with a 49-21 thumping of Delaware last night in Chattanooga.  The gentle surfer who watched now knows the answer, the gentle surfer that did not has a great trivia question over which to riddle.  The longest run of consecutive "national titles" in Division I---who? how many? when?

December 14, 2007

...The Mitchell Report.  Suttle World remains dubious as to whether names should have been disclosed based upon hearsay investigation, but as was the take yesterday, nothing truly surprising was disclosed by the Roid Report released Thursday.  Clemens took roids?  Suttle World is shocked!  Shocked!  Hall of Fame pitcher, yes.  Hall of Fame punk, yes!  Regardless of success, anyone who regularly throws at the heads of others (and then hides behind the skirt that is the DH) is a bush league punk.  The data is pretty clear that punks have a much higher propensity to take performance enhancing drugs than the population at large, hence...  In the bigger picture, baseball will survive just as it survived the Black Sox, the juiced ball of the Depression (the 1930 Phillies scored over 900 runs in 154 games, and finished last in the National League!), the "war era," and the 70's when everyone looks skinny on the grainy video because they were all chasing bennies with Billy Dee Williams autographed cans of Colt 45---"works every time."  Finally, this Friday morning, as was the case at this time yesterday morning, Henry Aaron remains the greatest player to ever pick up a bat and glove.

...The current issue of JAMA chronicles the apparent success of the world's first face transplant, performed by French surgeons two years ago.  Suttle World is, of course, pleased with the medical advancement, but, perhaps due to spatial reasoning impairment, Suttle World still finds the procedure to be mysterious.  Suttle World gets a heart transplant (out goes the bad heart; in goes the good heart), but has trouble wrapping its head around the notion of a face transplant (damn, I'm funny).

..."(AP) CONCORD, N.H. - A top campaign adviser to Hillary Clinton resigned, a day after suggesting Democrats should be wary of nominating  Barack Obama because his teenage drug use could make it hard for him to win the presidency."  The Suttle World long promised coming of the White Snakesque pyrotechnic display that will be the Hillary implosion is approaching.

...For most of the country that forgot, the Houston Texans routed Denver last night 31-13, and in doing so, The Great Falconi posts 15 big Cat points---the first of any of this weekend's 2007 DUFFLE Cup semi-finalists.

...Unreported from Tuesday evening was the pleasure enjoyed by Suttle World in re-viewing its favorite all-time History Channel episode---Modern Marvels:  The History of the Shovel. 

...Major props to Vifill---the official Suttle World cool kid of the day. "REYKJAVIK (Reuters) - A teen-ager says he convinced the White House he was Iceland's president and managed to schedule a call with George W. Bush but was found out before he got to talk to the U.S. president.  "My call was transferred around a few times until I got hold of Bush's secretary and managed to book a call meeting with Bush the following Monday evening," Vifill Atlason, 16, told Reuters."  Suttle World notes that there's no charge for long distance with the stately Roberts/Suttle Manor Vonage service... "That's right, Mitch Industries..."

...Pretty good ball game at a pretty crappy time tonight as the Mountaineers of Appalachian State (the team that cast the chaos theory of physics into full motion with a win at Michigan to begin the year; and the alma mater of paternal grandmother of Suttle World) take on former perennial second tier collegiate powerhouse, the Fightin' Blue Hens of the University of Delaware for the now Division I-AA NCAA football championship.  Kickoff is 8:00 on ESPN2.  As to how these "lesser" athletes from "lesser" programs are able to carry forward with the onus of a playoff system remains a mystery to Suttle World.  A complete rundown of the ATL weekend sports TV viewing schedule is here for the clicking.

December 13, 2007

...Major props to Connecticut correspondent Karen, webmistress of thedictators.com, who alerts Suttle World of The Jackson Five's tour coming to beautiful downtown Tucker on New Year's Eve/within a mile of stately Roberts/Suttle Manor.  The news, about which Suttle World remains dubious, was broken yesterday morning on a major ATL media outlet.  Link here.  The venue, Club 72, may be found easily by the gentle surfer.  Its right between the Dollar General store and the Laundromat. 

...To paraphrase the great Ernie Johnson, "this big guy was way overdue."  The Daily Mail - "Pope Benedict XVI has launched a surprise attack on climate change prophets of doom, warning them that any solutions to global warming must be based on firm evidence and not on dubious ideology."  Having been ohfer his papacy, Benedict goes yard.  Could be the start of a hot streak.  Gandhi may still be inducted into Heaven by the old timers committee.

...Given Suttle World has long stipulated the accusations of Conseco and others that upwards of 75% of MLB was juiced on some form of performance enhancing drug (that may or may not have been prohibited at the time), Suttle World has difficulty imagining it will be shocked in any way by anything in the George Mitchell report (yes, Suttle World thought he was dead too) to be released later today.

...High tech idiocy.  "WASHINGTON (AP) -- A key member of Congress has expressed concern in a letter to Attorney General Michael B. Mukasey that the Justice Department may "rush through" an approval of Sirius Satellite Radio Inc.'s $5 billion purchase of its rival XM Satellite Radio Holdings Inc."  It was only last Friday that Suttle World and its warm close personal friend Darryl Rhodes were discussing the relative merits of the two providers, and that a merger was probably necessary for either to survive.  Monopolistic concerns are easily solved by the market, and are akin to the following scenario:  there is no satellite radio, so Suttle World decides to launch a venture, and seeks permission from the imperial federal government to commence operations.  "No can do," says the FTC.  "You don't have any competition."  This is a tough illogical loop to escape, but could be accomplished Washington style by creating a competitor and then subsidizing same with taxpayer dollars to not broadcast satellite radio signals, much as farmers are paid to not grow rutabagas.   Meanwhile, Suttle World continues travel plans to visit the Lawrence Welk Museum next summer in Escondido.

...AMF to Ike Turner, who shall funk no more.  Ike was an alarming 76 years old.  It remains Suttle World's contention that it was running from Ike in heels that gave Tina the Hall of Fame legs that would hold up well into her 60s.

December 12, 2007

...A more in depth, Brit review of the Zeppelin reunion, including video clips and a set list is to be found here courtesy of our friends at The Sun.

...Suttle World had it right before getting it wrong---DUFFLE Playoff wise that is.  The real deal---honest go God, Yahoo verified brackets are here for the looking.  Updates as the results begin to appear.

...For the gentle surfer who had any doubts about the bullshit that is the notion of man made global warming, climatologists without a political agenda to advance would like to provide a little insight.

...Streak still intact:  "Car Bomb Attack In Lebanon Kills 3" reads today's lead on Yahoo News.

..."(Suttle World Dec.3, 2007) Memo to Tech:  there's a guy down the street named Bobby.  He's got a pretty decent college resume, and word on the street is that he's in a situation for which he didn't intend to involve himself.  Call 770-965-3115.  Ask for Arthur if you're interested in pursuing the matter."  Strike the telephone instructions.  Petrino is on the market, having stepped down from his head coaching position with the Falcons last night.  The direction taken by the Falcons through the 2008 draft will be most revealing as to Art's ability to run an NFL franchise.  Making fans happy, and winning ball games are not necessarily congruous.  See:  Yankee Stadium.

...Seems only fitting.  Suttle World is currently working on a recent Thomas Sowell book, and provides this link to Sowell's latest column with his book giving suggestions for the holidays.

December 11, 2007

...Suttle World understands the nature of the beast is to always be awkward when taking its first steps, be it first ever steps or the first of an elder following hibernation.  That being said, its been well over a week now, and Imus is still stumbling around like a drunk frat girl in the Girls Gone Burro-Spring Break Tijuana, 2005 video.  Lose the stand-ups, shut up about the "ugly incident" (everyone knows---most don't care, and the other few have made up their minds), and get on with providing some AM drive entertainment that doesn't force one to choose between Good Morning America and swinging from the shower curtain.  Memo to Imus:  eating well, exercising and not smoking or abusing other drugs is about all we need to know about maintaining health from you unless you're taking new patients.  Judicial notice served.  Move on.

...Was it the ever inept staff that dragged the dead horse up from the cellar of stately Roberts/Suttle Manor upon which Suttle World  to beat again with this morning's second take?  Of course not, so after a little tidying...What happened was not unusual---a firearm is used in an act of self defense an estimated 2 MILLION times a year.  What is unusual in the  New Life Church in Colorado Springs tragedy, is that it is one of the rare instances in which one of those firearms is discharged; and in this case, saving an untold number of innocent lives.  An estimated 7,000 were on the church campus, and deranged dude had over 1,000 rounds for various guns.  So, major props to big league heroine Jeanne Assam, and sincere condolences for her having to be a player in such a disturbing affair.  The bigger picture, of course, is that of the title of John Lott's book More Guns Less Crime (University of Chicago Press, 2000).  Suttle World again adds the admonition that it has not discharged a firearm in well over 35 years.

...Cuzin Moke may be onto something, having pontificated last week that a replay of the great ice storm of 1973 might be in the ATL's more immediate future.  Yesterday's high temperature set an all time record for the date at 77°, breaking the old mark of 74° recorded on December 10, 1972---or almost exactly four weeks prior to the great ice storm of 1973.  Said storm of yore was great for Suttle World on a number of levels, as opposed to most of then 1 million person metro Atlanta without power for the better part of two weeks.  35 years after the fact, and the elderly Suttle World will take the creature comfort of heat over street hockey .  Suttle World also readily admits that waxing nostalgic regarding '73 is much easier having lived in one of a few thousand domiciles that didn't lose its juice BITD---perhaps Dirt Square's greatest achievement.  This much is certain.  If its December, and the Suttle World climate control system is set in the "off" position, Suttle World is  much happier.

...Watch out Cal Ripken, Jr.  By Suttle World's count, today marks the 1500th consecutive day that the lead on Yahoo News has involved something or somebody blowing up somewhere.

...Dog bites man.  "(AP) LAS VEGAS - The death last month of Kevin Dubrow, lead singer for the 1980s heavy metal band Quiet Riot, has been ruled an accidental cocaine overdose. Clark County coroner spokeswoman Samantha Charles confirmed the cause Monday after toxicology results were received Monday.  Dubrow was found dead Nov. 25 at his Las Vegas home. He was 52."  Back away from the bump, Grandpa!  In the silver lining department, Dubrow's address change would seem to put a real dent in any reunion efforts.  

...And while in the reunion aisle, Suttle World had/has serious doubts about the Led Zeppelin deal, but Chris Lehourites of the Associated Press gives a rave review of last night's London performance---the band's first in nearly three decades.

...Never mind.  Suttle World's math was bad per usual, and Suttle World's DUFFLE entry ends the season atop the standings with the only 10-4 record of the year---having erroneously believed neighbor Eric had taken the top seed in the final weekend.  So, while the participants are the same, the matchups/seedings are different than put forward in yesterday's tedious narrative.  Here's the real deal:

DUFFLE Semi-Finals Dec. 13,16-17 [Amended]

#3 The Great Falconi                 
                                                                                                   
#4 Prancing Nougats                          DUFFLE Bowl VI

#2 The Dictators                                     12/20, 22-24
                                                                                                   
#2 Dollar Bills                            

...LONDON (Reuters) - A retired Scottish school teacher was recovering on Monday after spending nearly four days trapped inside a men's toilet with no food or mobile phone.  David Leggat was locked inside the bathroom at a lawn bowling club near the Scottish city of Aberdeen after the door jammed and the handle on the outside fell off."  Leggat told reporters that the ordeal would not been nearly as harrowing if it weren't for Larry Craig constantly tapping his toes in one of the stalls.

December 10, 2007

..."(AJC) - Washington — Congress this week is likely to put up enough money to keep Georgia's PeachCare program running through most of 2008, but plans to dramatically expand the program that provides health insurance to low-income children are dead."  Just for giggles, Suttle World would point out that the monthly cost of the typical private health insurance policy for a pre-teen is roughly equivalent to that of a monthly cell phone or cable television bill.

...The good news for Patriot fans is that the perfect season of 16-0 seems to be all but a certainty.  The bad news for Patriot fans is that 16-0 is a footnote, while 19-0 will be required to cause the casting of new rings to wear.  Given that Suttle World is not a big Pats backer, the burden of 19-0 is not a cause for angst as must be the case for, say, a few New England nattering nabobs of negativity known networking non-novel nuances of nevermore.  Suttle World is staying off the bandwagon, but is enjoying the run.  Props to the Dolphins and their roster assembled several hours before kickoff in the parking lot of a Home Depot near Ralph Wilson Stadium in Buffalo.  For the record, Suttle World fervently volunteers to lube up the bottle of champagne, but the old farts in Miami will have to take it from there. Finally, Gene, the Caucasian's, streak ends at three with Tennessee requiring a hell of a lot more than 15 points against a Colts team that would seem to have returned to form as well.

...Regretfully for Suttle World, DUFFLE got crazy Sunday, and though the regular season will not officially end until the final gun of tonight's game, the playoff schedule is set.  Suttle World's entry drops the fourth out of its final five to finish at 10-4, and is leapfrogged by yesterday's opponent, founding 5 year veteran, neighbor Eric, who captured the top seed by virtue of his win over Suttle World and the stunning defeat of previously second place cuzin Bill who had 119 points put up against him by the non playoff bound Rats and Mice.  Suttle World's Dictators will meet the aforementioned Dollar Bills (9-5) in the semi final round this coming week, while the aforementioned now number one seed Great Falconi (10-4) will meet former neighbor Cindy's Prancing Nougats (9-5) in the other semi-final round, with the Nougats securing the fourth and final position the old fashioned, make Vince Lombardi proud,  win and your in perseverance that was their victory yesterday over the last place Window Lickers.  Yolanda's defending and two time champion Mother Tuckers finish off a disappointing season at 5-9.  Postseason page to come. Promise.

...Two weeks/14 shopping days remain before Christmas, and the it shows above the fold on most every news organ to be searched.  Iowa looms on the distant horizon, but Suttle World's sources indicate a campaign fatigue setting in as the holiday cheer emerges; and aside from an anticipated rate cut by the Fed on Tuesday, its mighty quiet out there Slim.  Too quiet.

December 9, 2007

...Unmentioned to date, but worthy of note is the TV appearance of the George Washington Colonials (3-3,0-0) as they travel to Blacksburg to take on the Hokies of Virginia Tech (4-3,0-0).  Tip off is at 5:00 (a brilliant marketing move) this evening on the Fox Sports and NFL Networks.

...Aside from exhausting the hostess, stately Roberts/Suttle Manor is apparently no worse for the wear following yesterday's re-enactment of Invasion of the Cookie Makers, as the oldest two of the younger brood of nieces and nephews came calling to engage in sundry holiday related endeavors.  7 year old Gwyneth and brother Max (two years her junior) dutifully completed the requisite activities planned by Aunt Yo in record speed so they could get back to bowling on the newly discovered Wii.

...Floyd Mayweather's 10 round TKO over undefeated Ricky Hatton to retain his welterweight title was evidently quite a fight last night, but Suttle World seriously doubts it was $55 worth of quite a fight.

...With the Falcons and Saints infesting the old coax Monday night, the gentle surfer in the ATL has two 1:00 games this Sunday followed by the New England/Pittsburg match up.  As an aside, it happened again this week, and involving a game in which Suttle World had definite interests.  The NFL Network only Redskins/Bears game was known to Suttle World to have been scheduled for last Thursday night, but it was not until Friday evening that Suttle World heard a score (and remembered that it had been played).  Memo to NFL:  out of sight; out of mind.  In an effort to make it four straight, Gene, the Caucasian, offers this week's three team, six point teaser (net):  DET +16.5 v. DAL; BAL +15 v. IND; and JAX -4.5 v. CAR.  Pays 9:5.  Finally on the pro gridiron, week 14 of the NFL season marks the final regular season week for DUFFLE.  Suttle World's entry currently stands atop the league at 10-3.  Three of four playoff slots are filled.  First round playoffs are next week, followed by DUFFLE Bowl VI that will be in the books when the Monday night game ends Christmas eve.

Oh wow, I'm peaking, man.  Well not quite yet..."(space.com) - What could be the best meteor display of the year will reach its peak on the night of Dec. 13-14...[during] the annual Geminid Meteor Shower...The Geminid Meteors are usually the most satisfying of all the annual showers, even surpassing the famous Perseids of August...British meteor astronomer, Alastair McBeath, has categorized 2007 as a "great year..." According to McBeath, the Geminids are predicted to reach peak activity on Dec. 14 at 16:45 GMT [11:45 EST]."  Suttle World speculates that it must be one hell of a show to be visible from stately Roberts/Suttle Manor at high noon this coming Friday.

December 8, 2007

...Suttle World is pleased to announce the official end to anniversary week; but the big-time show biz experience of yesterday evening is worthy of note regardless of its motivations.  First up was Suttle World's first encounter with the Buckhead Diner, that it found to be a highly civilized affair in warmer than expected surroundings, featuring an exactness of appropriate attentive service.  The kitchen held up its end of the bargain as well, and presented a succession of perfectly prepared plates.  Even the insufferable valet parking parking went as well as could be expected, with dude at least acting  appreciative for the $3 pittance.  The clock worked in our favor as well---rolling up on the Punchline at 10:00 sharp, proceeding to be shown to our ringside seats before logging a good 10 minutes of schmooze time with Darryl Rhoades prior to the evening's second show getting underway.  He looked well, and was, as always, most engaging in waxing nostalgic as well as discussing current doings.  Good set, followed by another pretty decent effort from the headliner, Killer Beaz---an "adult" Foxworthyesque shtick of some renown.  Good show, and great job by the Punchline crew---not the easiest demeanor to pull off for the 10:00 show.  Rhoades appears again tonight with three shows at 7, 9 & 11 (tickets/reservations available through the above link).

..."(Newsweek) - The most dramatic result to come out of the poll [released today], which is based on telephone interviews with 1,408 registered Iowa voters on Dec. 5 and 6, is Huckabee's emergence from the shadows of the GOP race into the front runner's spot in just two months...The ordained Southern Baptist minister now leads Romney by a two-to-one margin, 39 percent to 17 percent, among likely GOP caucus-goers."  The online piece this morning goes on to explain the mysterious Huckabee surge without a single mention of the Fair Tax.

..."DUNCANVILLE, Texas (AP) - The most popular address on Cedar Ridge Drive is Jim Trulock's split- level home, which has a group sex room and attracts as many as 100 people to swinger parties featuring "Naked Twister" nights.  But the festivities could soon be over in response to neighbors' complaints..."  no doubt complaints from ugly neighbors who were not invited.

...Immediately prior to last night's festivities, Suttle World belatedly turned the TV dial to the ATL PBS station that televises the 10 state semi-final football games, played over a Friday and Saturday each year at the Georgia Dome.  It was belated, in that the undefeated Tucker Tigers had a 6:00 kickoff against Northside of Warner Robbins.  Suttle World tuned in just in time to see the vaunted Tiger defense pop a ball lose, and carry it into the end zone to take a 28-7 lead.  Halftime ensued, and departure on the big evening followed.  It was not until retrieving nephew Ridge this morning that Suttle World was advised of the final score: Northside 31  Tucker 28.  And so ends a stellar season for the home town ball club in their attempt to go Florida and hold both Georgia AAAA football and basketball titles simultaneously.  Five more games on tap today, and the remainder of a slow/non-college football broadcast sports Saturday for the ATL is here for the clicking.

..."(AP) NEW YORK - A grocery store in Manhattan made a food faux pas, advertising hams as "Delicious for Chanukah."  This ditty has been well chronicled, and fodder for the casual holiday guffaw, but what Suttle World finds striking is the locale.  Birmingham?, stupid, but...  Suttle World would not expect such an error on that magical mystical island they call Manhattan.

December 7, 2007

...It was thirty years ago today,
That they tried to see a band to play
They've been going in and out of style
But they're guaranteed to raise a smile
So may I introduce to you
The act you've known for all these years
You know, the weird couple down the street with the funky front yard

...Yes boys and girls, twas a fully amortized mortgage ago that true love burgeoned beneath the glow of the flashing blue light of a now dead and rotten, but not forgotten, K Mart at I-85 and Clairmont Road.  It was returned for a full refund some time later, and then picked up again on clearance a few years back.  Still the passing of three decades, five presidents, seven [too many] Olympic Games and 29 World Series does give one pause for consideration.  Consideration of what---Suttle World has no idea.  And what better way to celebrate such a glorious event than to be re-united with Darryl Rhoades?  Atlanta's all-time most underappreciated musical talent brings his non-stop stand up tour home for a rare Atlanta appearance---opening this weekend for Killer Beaz at the world famous Punchline in Sandy Springs.  Dinner is courtesy of our friends at the Buckhead Life Group (yes, there is an insufferability factor (IF) involved, but is more than offset by consistently doing a pretty damn good job (GJ..."$5, Father, same as in town.").  A good time will be had by all.

...It was 66 years ago today that Imperial Japan launched an unprovoked attack on the United States' territory of Hawaii, and murdered over 2400 Americans in their vicious act at Pearl Harbor.  This gives Suttle World the opportunity to bid an inexcusably much belated AMF to Col. Paul Tibbets who settled the argument with his courageous mission as commander of the Enola Gay several years later.  Colonel Tibbets ceased coming down for breakfast in November, and died of being 91 years of age. You started it.  We ended it.  That's that.

...Major props to cuzin Moke for the heads up, and more importantly follow up email, leading Suttle World to what most of Western Civilization is evidently already aware---hillarynutcracker.com.  Some very smart folks with an obvious marketing expertise make this as admirably genius as it is just damn funny.  Suttle World is confident that the Hillary nutcracker is the product of either the writer's strike and/or some really good (insert the gentle surfer's preferred violation of its state's controlled substances act here), man.  Still time to order for Christmas.

...And while dwelling in the global internet commerce aisle, Suttle World is proud to announce today that "I am somebody."  As the gentle surfer may or may not be aware, Suttle World is a wholly owned subsidiary of Mit)h Industries (a/k/a Mitch Industries).  Its been disclosed from day one on the Suttle World home page.  Mit)h Industries is a conglomerate of diverse holdings that include Suttle World, the Hillbilly Dictators Jihad and the Suttle World Senators just to name a few.  Anyway, Mit)h Industries announced yesterday that it was now officially in the big leagues by virtue of being solicited via mail for its very own First Equity Platinum Business Card.  The announcement came after the close of the markets so as to not effect trading.  The terms aint bad either.  Updates as they happen---a good business law class project too.  How many 50" flat screens could I charge before the corporate veil could be pierced?

...According to almost every talking head of almost every stripe, Mitt Romney did a pretty decent job yesterday in his Kennedyesque speech/running away from being Mormon, in a desperate attempt to recapture the ever important, incredibly large evangelical Christian Republican vote that the talking heads insist is so vital for Republican's in the upcoming Iowa caucuses.  Not unusually, Charles Krauthammer had the most salient take, expressing interest that it was an issue, given Mo Udall, a real contender in days gone by, was Mormon as are five current members of the Senate, and no mention was/has ever been made.  Nice shot Mitt, but its not gonna stave off Huckabee, who is garnering great interest not only from the Jesus crew, but also those genuinely interested in the Fair Tax.  The media refuses to acknowledge this factor, but should Mike become unavoidable, as appears to be the case, the Fair Tax train will have to be given some due.

December 6, 2007

...It is duly noted that correspondent, cuzin Jim (Suttle World stipulates that it just runs with Jim, as opposed to the more formal/appropriate James---finding "Coach James" sounding a tad monarchal/ papal.  Speaking of which, the King James Hitting Bible should be delivered to stately Roberts/Suttle Manor any day now), from the Suttle World Richmond office busts Suttle World in its misidentification of Hajji with Clutch Cargo as opposed to the appropriate Johnny Quest---correcting a reference made by Suttle World earlier this week.

...There may only be 18 shopping days left, but there's plenty of time to write idiotic prose.  The above sentence/paragraph has now officially been nominated for the 2007 lame, inane, never ending sentence  award.  In fact, more about the 2007 Suttle World Bozo Memorial Prizes to come in the next week or so.  As an aside, its during these special holiday times that Suttle World and many a gentle surfer truly miss Pinto Colvig, the original Bozo who passed 40 years ago; but we also take comfort in knowing that Don Kennedy a/k/a Officer Don is still with us (Suttle World thinks).   No doubt the ever insufferable Don will email Suttle World today with an admonition about Speed Racer, along with a treatise on his being the most underappreciated force in Atlanta broadcasting for five decades.

...Though poorly written, what follows may be one of the all time great Suttle World takes.  Memo to the White House:  here's how you get the tax cuts made permanent.  Do some real good old fashion, LBJesque horse-trading  when it comes to getting this last minute budget passed.  Give Democrats a cap on ARM escalation in exchange for the tax law.  Everyone wins.  Idiot borrowers who will soon be in over their heads win by being protected from themselves.  Democrats win by being able to claim to have gone to the matt to protect idiot borrowers from themselves.  The markets win by greatly lessening the uncertainty created by the sub-prime "issue."  And the big winners are the various financial institutions and other entities that are actually holding the paper on these soon to escalate loans.  The last thing the aforementioned paper holders want is real estate in lieu of a decent return on investment---real estate they're gonna get if the loans escalate as contractually mandated.  A cap gives both certainty that the loans will continue to be paid (albeit at a lower than anticipated rate that beats the hell out of no payments)---a logical business move that the private sector could not do without the fear of exposing themselves to lots of litigation.  So they win, and get to complain about undue government interference in the process.  Sure, its an improper function of government, but when did that get in the way of either party pimping most anything? (Rhetorical---circa 1920---when we lost the Constitution, not when Joseph Smith found the plates---see below)

...The George Washington Colonials ended a 3 game slide against perennial whipping boy Maryland Eastern Shore 78-39 last night.  The much needed win gets GW back to .500 with Virginia Tech up next and a trip to Alabama on tap for later in the month.  Can't claim they're not playing folks anymore.  Can't claim they're beating many folks anymore either, with losses to UCLA, Auburn and University of Maryland Baltimore County.  3-3 is the worst start in the now seven year tenure of Karl Hobbs.

...Later today Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney will explain to the gentle surfer how a person's faith is of little, if any, consequence in selecting a president.  Despite the fact that Romney will most likely be making the speech in his Mormon underwear, Suttle World would tend to agree; and instead prefer to probe the governor's thoughts on what its like to have spent a small fortune for an adrift campaign that has no hope of winning the nomination.  Suttle World also wonders whether in an era of uncertainty, if Iowa, New Hampshire and South Carolina are won by different Republicans, could Newt step in and "rescue the party."  Less than a month til Iowa, and Suttle World fervently hopes the BCS has set the standard for the upcoming political action.  Let the fusterclucking begin.

December 5, 2007

...Despite arriving fashionably late for the lighting of the almost great tree, a good time was had by all the denizens of stately Roberts/Suttle Manor and official nephew Ridge girlfriend Leslie at the annual festive Tucker Night---held mostly on the north side of the railroad tracks on Main Street in beautiful downtown Tucker.  The number, variety and pedigree of merchants continues to grow, and is only a couple of liquor licenses shy of becoming a truly vibrant, Deacaturesque area---a most welcome state of affairs for the accounting department of the Manor.

...Morning duties and a dearth of worldly material makes for an abbreviated update this morning, but not without a lost installment from cuzin Matt that he forwarded while on the road a couple of months back finally being added to the every popular...

December 4, 2007

...With an effort to spare the gentle surfer the sappy minutiae, the record will show that as of approximately 10:15 this morning four years ago, duly appointed Magistrate Wren of Hanover County of the Commonwealth of Virginia, executed the duties to which he was empowered by the Code of Virginia § 20-25, and by doing so Suttle World was entered into blissful matrimony during what then morphed into the Honeymoon Hajj, 2003 (Suttle World has long since altered syntax to use the word "hajj" as opposed to the original usage of "haj," truly believing it to be the preferred spelling.  Hey the little brown dude on Clutch Cargo was named Haji, right?  Check that, the staff advises it was in fact Hajji.  Anyway, Suttle World's bad, and corrections will be made here and there as they are encountered).  And so four years down for this time down the road that leads to  promised/threatened eternity as the sun rises on ANOTHER day.  Actually, its working out pretty well/damn good.  Celebratory behavior is anticipated to be subdued---deferred until Friday that shall mark the 30th anniversary of the now elderly couple's first date when they will commemorate the event by fulfilling a long overdue promise of catching Darryl Rhoades doing stand-up (helps that he's making a rare Atlanta appearance---warming up at the Punchline).  Suttle World investigated revisiting the nostalgia---re-living the event, and renting a horse and buggy for transportation, but has tabled the notion, with the automobile gaining support.

...One week to go in DUFFLE's regular season, and, as promised, the current standings are published below.  Three of four playoff slots are now secured, and the Prancing Nougats can punch their own dance card with a win this weekend over the last place Window Lickers.  The winner's share of Duffle Bowl VI is now expected to be in the $450 range, with runner the runner up's take exceeding Benjamin status.

December 3, 2007

...Venezuela es muy macho!  The voters of Caracas and the Venezuelan hinterland reaffirm Suttle World's fledgling faith in the future of self rule, with 70% of those eligible to vote turning out to send a clear mandate:  Bite me you little bastard, Hugo, you!   Nobel Peace Prize winner Al Gore my ass!  Suttle World regains its demeanor by recalling that the aforementioned "honor" has long been a dubious distinction.  Though it cannot begin for several days, it is obvious to Suttle World that the planet is in desperate need of some real awards---those of substance, legitimacy and greatness. Given that scholarly duties are drawing to a close, completion of Christmas shopping is but a few more clicks away, and the fact that White Castle remains so stupefied by the Joel DeCaro/Suttle World entry of The Dictators for induction into the Sliders Hall of Fame that they won't announce the Class of 2007, Suttle World shall go forward before year's end with the Suttle World Annual Bozo Memorial Prizes (including the famed 2007 Suttle World Mit)h Award).  The Venezuelan electorate is gonna be a big winners, and Suttle World would also suggest summarily awarding the country the next World Cup.  It'd be really cool for them, and spare the rest of us the tedium.

...Two word memo to the BCS and Ohio State:  spare me.  Here's the bottom line:  by virtue of getting a birth in the Allstate We Don't Suck As Much As You Championship Bowl against LSU, the BCS is saying there is only one team in the country that could beat the Buckeyes.  Its far from the most outrageous argument in the room, its just one that doesn't prevail.  Memo to Dawg nation:  shut up.  Don't even start.  You weren't in your own conference championship game by virtue of losing to South Carolina at home and Tennessee.  Alas, Suttle World takes comfort in knowing that there will be some decent ball games to watch, and that the negotiations on a playoff system may be well underway before Ohio State comes off a 51 day layoff for their next loss at the Aseptic Dome, January 7th.

...Belated props to Tucker High School who advanced to play in the annual two day, 10 game semi-final superfest at the Georgia Dome Friday by virtue of winning their AAAA quarterfinal matchup 34-7 over Bainbridge last Friday night.  The Tigers, who Suttle World has seen drop a semi-final game in the Dome against Marist several years back, will face Northside of Warner Robbins (a true Suttle World favorite), with kickoff set for 6:00 Friday evening (the winner will face the winner of the Thomas County Central/Ware County semi for all the marbles the weekend of the 11th).  Unfortunately, Suttle World will be unable to attend this year's event due to prior commitments, about which more is to come as the week progresses.

...Suttle World welcomes Don Imus back to the airwaves, and is pleasantly surprised that the WABC streaming was still available shortly after the 6:00 start (would've thought there would be too much traffic this morning).  Twenty minutes of circle jerk later, and Suttle World is still of the opinion that once up and running for a while that there again will be some sort of morning drive info-tainment worthy of the gentle surfer's precious time.  Suttle World is unfamiliar with the radio syndication, but is certain that it will roll out in force in short order.  The TV simulcast is on RFD TV---a cable channel not currently piped, nor likely to be, into stately Roberts/Suttle Manor.

...Off to the NFL, and a rather dull December Sunday offered up by the league whose marquee game was already in the record books, having been blacked out to 90% of the country Thursday night.  Yes, the Falcons have now lost 27 consecutive games in which they have trailed entering the fourth quarter (quite an achievement---much like the road losing streak of several years (and years and years) back).  That being said, Suttle World sends out its props to the ballclub that could have easily mailed it in when the final 15 minutes began and down 21-3.  Instead, the team rallied, and gave themselves a puncher's chance of getting back in the ballgame.  Four weeks to go in the regular season, and it is becoming evident that the final NFC wild card team will probably have eight wins/.500---meaning that any team now 5-7 still has a legitimate shot at getting in.  In DUFFLE action, the Suttle World entry would appear to be breezing to a much needed win---ending a 3 game slide, and guaranteeing The Dictators a playoff spot by reaching 10-3.  The long promised DUFFLE page has yet to materialize, but at least standings will be published at the end of Week XIII action/tomorrow.  One week remaining in the regular season, with DUFFLE Bowl VI to be played out over the pre-Christmas weekend.

...One last thing (and is Suttle World the only entity to ponder this notion?)---lots of names have been tossed around as a replacement at Tech, following the dismissal of Chan Gailey.  Memo to Tech:  there's a guy down the street named Bobby.  He's got a pretty decent college resume, and word on the street is that he's in a situation for which he didn't intend to involve himself.  Call 770-965-3115.  Ask for Arthur if you're interested in pursuing the matter.

December 2, 2007

...OK---here's the deal with the display, especially as it may apply to the home page (where the gentle surfer is always advised to begin any visit to Suttle World in the event of added features or breaking news): First, there's a high degree of indifference on the part of Suttle World as it relates to the subject; second, the monitor in Suttle World headquarters is an impressive 14 inch CRT that is roughly akin an '80s shoe box sized cell phone.  Third, Suttle World works with Firefox/Mozilla (the superior PC browser in Suttle World's experience) browser, and FrontPage/Microsoft web publication.  Combine these variables with a high level of incompetence on the part of the ever inept Suttle World staff, and well, congratulations:  WYSIWYG!

...Off to the college gridiron---Suttle World has arrived at the promised land---a place where one can love the smell of old fat men in ugly sports coats openly weeping!  First we pause to administer major props to Gene, the Caucasian, who nailed his third straight teaser.  Putting a Benji on each would have left the gentle surfer with a $540 profit with which to do its Christmas shopping.  The gentle surfer is no doubt already familiar with the particulars of Saturday (Hawaii beat Washington in the game that started last night at 11:30 (EST), to get to 12-0), and simply is in eager anticipation of Suttle World's take on the bigger picture.  That take mirrors the morning Yahoo Sports headline:  "Now what?"  Suttle World sees the only sure thing being a "title" game that will piss off everyone due to its arbitrary and capricious nature.  Yes, boys and girls, prepare for the Bowl Championship Series, We Don't Suck As Much As You Game, Monday, January 7 from the allegedly de-turdified New Orleans Super Dome.  Probably a deserving LSU and an undeserving Ohio State (beat 3 ranked teams---none above #23).  Logically, Georgia should move up by not playing in their own conference's championship game yesterday, but its that sort of "reasoning" that leaves a landscape that resembles the aftermath of Gettysburg.   Having to choose two, Suttle World would pick Hawaii.  Yes, their strength of schedule is something like 100 out of 118, but they're undefeated---having dispensed with a second Pac 10 team last night.  And the really big picture Suttle World take is that this debacle will be the genesis of the playoff system  for which 99.8% of the population has pined for low these many years.  The irony is that in this particular year, that will create the playoff system, would be an atypical season in which the arguments of which 8 get in would be legitimately heated.  More to come when the poll is released this evening.  Finally, props to Les Miles. Bobbie Cremins would be proud.

...And they're off...No reports have reached Suttle World Headquarters at this writing as to the mood of Venezuela this morning.  Easy to do from the comfort of stately Roberts/Suttle Manor, but Suttle World stands in solidarity with its South American brothers and sisters who have the courage to go to the polls and vote against the little despot/Fidel, Jr./Chavez.

...Shout out to visiting niece Jessica and buddy Hogan who have graced stately Roberts/Suttle Manor with their presence off and on over the past day.  The jet setting senior is scheduled to return to hum-drum Savannah and more traditional studies at Armstrong Atlantic State University shortly following a 6 week tour of duty/study in Italia during the fall.

...Major props to Montpelier High School---ranked the fifth best among all public high schools nationally in an exhaustive study published in the current edition of US News and World Report.  Onward mighty Solons!

...First, the set up question at the "town hall meeting," then the planted question in the Republican YouTube "debate..."  Suttle World wonders what the chances are that the nut in New Hampshire was also a plant to allow Hillary to cancel her schedule, rush to the scene and appear very presidential in a "crisis."  And one other thing that perhaps the gentle surfer can help with:  is the Mike Huckabee that has garnered so much attention (i.e. now leading in most polls in Iowa) the same Mike Huckabee that Suttle World forecast as the eventual '08 Republican nominee 10 months ago?

December 1, 2007

...The gentle surfer is welcomed to the now traditional spruced up holiday Suttle World; and, of course, the gentle surfer is welcome to stir up a mug of Swiss Miss and gather the family around the glow of the PC display to enjoy the warmth of the season that is so well captured on the Suttle World home page.  This is not to be confused with stately Roberts/Suttle Manor with the now nearly completed Sak's window looking interior---decorated by the same crazy woman who will soon be adorning the grounds of the Manor with a panache that would be the pride of the finest home in the best upper class neighborhood Tijuana has to offer.  Pics to come.  The traditions...the memories...who could forget the affectionate mechanical reindeer from a Christmas event of yore---an incident that authorities continue to investigate as to whether alcohol was a factor.

...AMF to Evil Knievel who successfully cleared 23 flaming busses yesterday to leap from this mortal coil.  He was 69.  Suttle World has very vivd memories of Knievel in midst of his true "glory days,"---didn't get it then, still don't.  Nonetheless, dude made a goodly chunk of change and was most adept at accomplishing his apparent mission of garnering attention. (Supra)

...Unfortunately timing is everything, but Suttle World believes dude was at least in the right place.  If one is certifiably, howling at the moon, crazy, and desirous of more medical care, it seems quite logical to Suttle World for one to seek out Hillary.   

...Conference Championship Saturday has arrived, and just for the hell of it Gene, the Caucasian, will violate its policy of recommending wagering on 19 year olds/NCAA action and offer the following three team, six point teaser (net):  LSU -1.5 v. Tennessee; Oklahoma +3 v. Missouri; and Virginia Tech +1.5 v. BC.  Suttle World is confident about the first two on the merits, and the last on the fact that the old fat guys in the ugly Orange Bowl jackets will use snipers, if necessary, to get the Hokies to Miami in lieu of the poor traveling, small northeastern school.   Hell, they'd prefer Clemson or even Carolina if the rules allowed---two schools that travel with a vengeance.  Regardless, the last two teasers have paid, and like the others, this one pays 9:5.  ATL TV weekend sports schedule is here for the clicking.

"KATHMANDU (Reuters) - A U.S.-based television channel investigating the existence of the legendary Yeti in Nepal has found footprints similar to those said to be that of the abominable snowman, the company said on Friday."  This follows some extensive field research in the past couple years in and around Mount Saint Helen's by some well credentialed, sober minded academics who have found/observed circumstantial evidence of his North American cousin, Bigfoot, that does give the reasonable gentle surfer some pause for consideration.  Suttle World has had fair amount of fun at Bigfoot's expense over the years, and would very much like to meet him to apologize in person.  Nobody seems to address Suttle World's nagging question about baby Bigfoots(feet?), but there are, no doubt, a lot of theories regarding same of which Suttle World is unaware.  To simplify the process, Bigfoot is encouraged to just bump off an email to Suttle World here, and a press conference can be arranged on the Yeti's own terms.

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