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Around SBN: Raiders' GM Begins The Purge

Remain Calm, Proceed to the Nearest Exit

The transition between winter and spring does not come linearly. 55 degrees one day, snowing the next. I don't know whether to walk out of the house each morning in gloves and a hat or short sleeves. There is a benefit to the bipolar weather, though, at least in regions that get snow. For two or three days a year, a day of snow precedes a day of blue skies and sunshine and those are breathtakingly gorgeous (and blinding, but that's just bah humbuggery). Combination sunny / snowy / warm days are like finding a rerun of a Seinfeld episode that I've somehow never seen before: rare, magical, temporarily transformative, fleeting. I feel a different person on those days, prodded to run outdoors and perhaps in possession of a more effervescent aura. 


Humans react to stimulus. It's only natural, and we're wired to do it. Literally. The internet has brought about a revolution in the speed and dispersion of information. We all know that has consequences, but could all use a reminder now and again. Not to pick on NFP, but one of their writers confused Raven Dwan for Raven Dawan and created a temporary but unnecessary ripple. A butterfly flaps its wings and a hurricane brews, chaos theory incarnate.  The network of nodes bringing information to us contains so many potential points of alteration and amplification that striking up the band for each piece of maybe-news will only lead to insanity. Especially so during this portion of the offseason, when these nodes try to make a name for themselves by being the first, the fastest. Conjecture becomes rumor and rumor gives the impression of weight. 

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We're all pretty big fans

Can we help it if what’s headed our way is shit?

by B.B.Finnegan on Mar 5, 2010 11:22 AM PST reply actions  

If a butterfly can cause a hurricane by flapping its wings

then we should kill all the butterflies, just to be sure.

by lemonverbena on Mar 5, 2010 11:44 AM PST reply actions   1 recs

THE SKY IS FALLING!

AHHHHHH!

Now with more lemon bars!

by Fear on Mar 5, 2010 12:33 PM PST reply actions  

I realize I'm a complete asshole for saying this

but you’ve been reading too much John Morgan. Free your style.

inside of a dog it's too dark to read.

by shams on Mar 5, 2010 12:51 PM PST reply actions  

If we lose tapp...

I will lose my cool a tad.

by paul2 on Mar 5, 2010 1:22 PM PST via mobile reply actions  

That's not what I'm talking about at all. If something actually happens, go bonkers.

If you see someone say that they think they heard that Tapp may get signed elsewhere, exercise patience.

by abender20 on Mar 5, 2010 1:36 PM PST up reply actions  

Am I in the lone here

as the only one who wants Marshall? Talk about putting our new QB in a position to succeed. I’ve read that it was the 14th and not the 6th.

by SPENCEMAN on Mar 5, 2010 4:09 PM PST reply actions  

The reports are all speculation

We won’t know anything until at least next week, and that is pretty much what this post is about. Until there is actually a deal in place, there is no point in freaking out over news that you read or hear.

by seattle_since_81 on Mar 5, 2010 6:01 PM PST up reply actions  

Well said.
Combination sunny / snowy / warm days are like finding a rerun of a Seinfeld episode that I’ve somehow never seen before

Or like logging into Field Gulls and finding a front page post from Abender.

by Nate Dogg on Mar 5, 2010 10:13 PM PST reply actions  

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