Recent content by ericstratton

Syracuse is a hellhole. We used to have a house on Skaneateles Lake about 40 minutes south of Syracuse, so you got the news up there from Syracuse TV stations. Shootings every night, the city is about the ugliest I have ever seen, gang warfare, terrible weather unless you like shoveling snow...

Anyone watching the State/UVA game. Color guy is drunk.

Boys, boys, boys. I see how these posts get out of line. I've been guilty myself. But we are all, I hope, Wake fans. We snatch defeat from the jaws of victory, that is our lot. Never the less we cling to hope. Our only hope of remaining a sports player in the big leagues was that the ACC...

Farther.

Well done, Sir. Our nation turns its lonely eyes to you. Meant sincerely, not sarcastically, as the tone of posts can sometimes be misinterpreted.

The young ladies seem to be gritty competitors. All respect and admiration from me, and, I think, all of us here who irrationally love our Deacs. I can't play golf worth a darn, so I look at the Wake women with more than a little wonder. Fighting the good fight, and, whatever the outcome...

The CBS website now projects Wake to play Penn State in the Orange Bowl. If that pans out the game would be Friday, Dec. 30 at 7:30 pm. That would make for a fun trip for the Deacon faithful and, for me personally, would make up for having to miss my 40th reunion earlier this year. Also...

CBS has WF rocketing up from 22 to 19. Assholes.

I'm sure that I'm just being dense, but I don't understand this tournament format at all. Can someone smarter than I am please explain? I would appreciate the effort. But, I agree with the other posters that the level of competition is pathetic. Boy we are well away from the years of the...

Yeah, I grew up in Maryland (Severna Park, just north of Annapolis) and went to Wake (class of '82--Yup, I'm old). Was always a Terp fan until I went to Wake, but after that they were still my second favorite ACC team. Never occurred to me that the Terps would leave the ACC. They don't feel...

Thanks Sailor. Very much appreciated. You are a great American.

Just had my yearly physical. 12% body fat. But sure, come on by to give me instructions on what to eat. I am always eager to hear advice freely given and intended to help. And PH (ooh look, my screen name includes my graduate degree), I didn't threaten anyone, just explained why I have never...

Please tell me, Tobacco, how "white" ignorance is different from any other kind. My goodness. As for explaining to Tobacco that he has no relevant knowledge of history, I merely explained that Sweden in 1920 was no paradise, and the incentive to find a better life was a matter of life and...

Fucking moron. My ancestors came here from Sweden because they were starving. Literally starving. I sat at Axel and Olga's knees and heard the stories, and they were pretty bad. My dad back in the day (yes, I am old, old old) was 6' 3" and 110 pounds when he got here. Successful and happy...

Shitty history, PH? Please tell us all which nation's history you find preferable. Germany (I am the widower of a nice Jewish girl, so don't get me started)? Japan (ask the Koreans how fondly they recall being ruled by them)? China (millions killed during the "cultural revolution" and...