It all started before the 2009 season. Albert Haynesworth was introduced as the latest in a long line of high-profile free agent acquisitions by the Snyder/Cerrato team, with a contract worth up to $100 million dollars. Shortly after that, it was revealed that Haynesworth was charged with two misdemeanors for something or other in Tennessee.
Author: tracy
Shout Out to Rolls ‘n Rice
I gotta give a lot of kudos to my new (well, newish) favorite sushi joint, Rolls n’ Rice (Congressional Plaza, Rockville). I come in a lot for lunch during the week, but a few weeks ago I brought my entire family there for dinner. My 5 year old son is easy; he loves sushi already and had no problem chowing down on avocado and New York rolls. But my 2 year old daughter is a bit more picky. She only likes things that are sweet or deep-fried, and preferably both at the same time. But I asked the waiter if they could make some chicken tempura, not normally on the menu, and they did for a very reasonable price. Both Sammy and Sasha loved it.
“I’d Go At Him Every Time”
Dear citizens of Chicago, Illinois:
Fire Cutler now!
You will never win with him, as evidenced by yesterday’s 17-14 loss to the Washington Redskins. His arrogance stands between your team and any real success.
Using Time in Your WordPress Plugin
I just had a rather frustrating experience trying to use a timestamp in a plugin I’m writing. Even though I have my timezone dutifully set in my php.ini file, as all good PHP 5.3.* developers should, the timestamp that WordPress was giving me in the admin section was for UTC instead of America/New_York.
Your Money or Your House
Okay, I get it. It’s tough times financially for governments as well as people. And for whatever reason, Gene Cranick of rural Obion County, TN didn’t pay the requisite $75 to the city of South Fulton to allow South Fulton firefighters to save his home. (No one was hurt, fortunately, but four pets were killed in the fire.)
Stupid iPhone Tricks
Hitting the “screen off” button during a call while having my headphones plugged in = screen locked.
Hitting the “screen off” button during a call while not having my headphones plugged in = disconnected call.
WTF?
An Icy Morning
Oh, Mike Shanahan, looketh what thou hast wrought.
The first time I ever saw a coach “ice” an opposing kicker, the Denver Broncos were doing it to the Raiders’ Sebastian Janikowski. A split second before the snap on a potentially-game winning field goal, Broncos coach Shanahan called a time out. Janikowski’s first kick went through. The kick that counted bounced off the upright.
Dare We Admit? Snyder Got This Right
The important thing to note in the Redskins 13-7 victory last night is that it was the kind of game we’re not used to winning. A game in which the Redskins were able to capitalize on their opponent’s mistakes and not commit too many of our own. Yes, the punting in the second half was abysmal, and the offense didn’t actually score, but the bigger sins were committed by the Cowboys’ offense, and in the end that’s what made the difference.
DON’T PANIC
Where are the large, friendly letters when you really need them?
After a decisive preseason victory over the pathetic Buffalo Bills, the Redskins fared significantly worse against a team with higher prospects, the Baltimore Ravens. On the surface, there’s more than just the 23-3 score to panic over: there was the utter lack of performance of Larry Johnson, just one of the three thirty-or-almost-thirty running backs on the roster. There were the six dropped catches — on the offense alone. And there were the injuries: Kareem Moore, Mike Sellers, and even Stephen Strasburg all ended their nights with injuries. Strasburg’s was particularly shocking given that it was in another sport, 130 miles away.
And then, as always, there’s the Albert Haynesworth saga, which is turning into a bizarre cross between a soap opera and an episode of “House.” (Exactly what is the differential on failing a conditioning test, having a sore knee, dehydration, headaches, and being a general pain in the ass?)
But relax, it was only a preseason game, which means exactly nothing, except to the “lifelong” Ravens fans taunting you at work this morning. Above all, DON’T PANIC.
(Well, maybe just a little.)
Stupid IE7 Tricks
How’s this for stupid IE7 tricks?
I have a <legend> inside a <fieldset> inside a <div> that is made a modal via jQuery. Said <legend> disappears when it is italic AND the modal is set to non resizable. If either of those conditions is false, the <legend> displays fine.
And this is only happening in IE7 (as opposed to Firefox, Chrome, etc. I’m not testing in other versions of IE).
Aargh!