Dan:

maybe, but Michigan certainly didn't get "killed by the spread" as he said. ANd they looked just as fast as UF in that game.

I'm guessing you missed the Capital One Bowl? Remember, the one where Michigan was fast enough and prepared enough to beat Florida's spread?

Any time I've ever tried to discuss this topic it ends up exactly as it has here, with metal vs blues and rock. The fact is, it's really up to the listener. Guitar styles are different and their difficulty varies, but each genre has its masters that are highly skilled. It's useless to debate all this because it's all subjective.... My list would include: Robert Johnson Muddy Waters Son House Otis Rush SRV Eric Clapton Jimmy Page Jimi Hendrix EVH BB King Mississippi Fred McDowell Buddy Guy Johnny Winter John Lee Hooker Warren Haynes Joe Satriani Steve Vai Lightnin' Hopkins and more that I can't think of right now...

Personal preference. I always spit. That don't sound good anyway you type it!! This is a loaded question!! ;D ;D ;D is it like dip spit? I tried Camel Snus once and it was terrible, it was completely unsatisfying.

It says you don't have to spit with the Oliver Twist stuff...is that true?

I will if it happens again. I didn't know it was you at the time. I only knew when you posted the picture of a fish the next day, the same picture you showed me and my buddy at the lake on your camera.

why would the man on the boat be Michael? Didn't Locke say that Michael told him to kill the parachute girl? btw, just watch the show, you'll see how they have guns..

Yeah, LSU vs. D2 would be absolutely ridiculous. Div. 1 AA is not so far of a stretch. App State can play on a very, very high level, but come on, we're talking about LSU...

is that a mann's c4? Nice looking crank. I believe the one time I saw you without knowing it, you had caught a fish on the opposite side of the dam with a similar bait...

Have you tried putting the baits in the water? That is pretty important. I'm just kidding with you though, work on finding the fish. If you are fishing where the fish are, you should be able to get bit, but if you aren't, maybe you aren't on the fish. Try reading up on fish location and habitat, that may help.

I haven't tried them, but they are supposed to float, yes. They look pretty interesting.

like the "Skip n' Pop"?

I like flukes, but my favorite has to be Case Sinkin' Salty Shads. They are a little less buoyant than a fluke, and sink just a bit quicker, which is usually what I need to fish in rivers with currents... But definitely flukes over gulp.

Seems like basic deductive reasoning to me. Federal law prevents felons from owning firearms. Being a policeman requires the use of firearms: Therefore, felons can't be policemen. At least as long as the current rules exist.

people do stuff like this all the time. It clearly says that it's only for a link though, anyone who falls for it needs to be banned from ebay...

that's pretty awesome, man. I've met GW Bush before, and I have to say, when you meet a political celebrity, it doesn't really matter what party you are, it's still pretty cool. although I wouldn't call Ron Paul a "major contender"

yes, they are only available at Academy, and no, they do not sell online.

yeah but it takes that long to learn how to use it....

holy cow! where is that?

ok, awesome.

5BL, thanks a ton, I've been trying to see these lures for a while but have only found a few pics. They look pretty good.

LBH, I tried to do some stuff in illustrator, the best I can do is to trace the shapes of the images, I can't figure out how to mimic the 3d effect of the bevel. I could produce you with vectors of the basic image (the shapes, text, etc...) which can be resized to any size without distortion as long as they aren't too complex, but you would have to apply the effects (bevel in the case of the first one) to each resized version in whatever editing program you used (fireworks, photoshop, etc) Sorry I couldn't be more help, but I use illustrator for the flat style graphics it produces so I haven't really explored the ways to make 3d effects with it.

I saw a guy land a 25lber off the pier at Fountainhead last year. He also had quite a few large crappie. He was using corn. Good luck, i would come but i'm at school.

Russ, do a google search for: convert gif to vector There are some informative results there. One has a link to a download for a program called Delineate which apparently converts .jpg and .gif to raster file types. Try those, if they don't work, I MAY be able to do it in Illustrator for you. I know for sure I could outline the stuff, but it looks like the one logo is embossed, and I'm not quite sure if I can mimic that.

can you really be surprised at Belicheck's lack of class? What a friggin' crybaby.