Friday Thought Plus Pimpage

Remember when you were a teen-ager and waited breathlessly for a phone call, be it from your buddies with the Friday night party plans or from that cute girl in biology? You'd sit and stare at the rotary phone willing it to ring. When it wouldn't, you did the most desperate thing one could do. You lifted the receiver to make sure there was a dial tone. And you felt dirty. Pathetic.

The 21st century version of that move is checking the Junk E-mail folder.

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Today is AJ's birthday!

Head on over to Offsprung for that and more. The site is really evolving into something fun. A lot of sharp people over there and the comment threads regularly teeter into hilarity. If you act now, in several years, you can say you were there at the beginning, sorta like bragging about how you saw Nirvana in a dingy club before they hit it big.

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Do you know what's happening on Sunday? Steelers v. Saints! Hall of Fame Game! Here comes football!

We've already begun Fan Training Camp at Speaker Manor. Lots of braut grilling drills, keg stand exercises and head butting. You've got to be prepared for the NFL. But this year, there's a new reason to get pumped.

Fantasy Football at Fantasy Sports Live. Baseball is in the dog days and still profitable for the savvy player. But I know, and you know, the kids love getting action on the pigskin. Now's a good time to sign up and get familiar with the interface before Week 1.

Bonus code "Speaker" gets you free money. Free! Money!