From: ddrewc@verizonSPAMBEGONE.net   
      
   On 2007-02-28 11:26 p.m., Joseph Nebus verbated:   
   > 	- Don't miss a second of Double Letter Week, isn't that right,   
   > ChewbaCCa?  Two C's, Wookie Style!   
      
   Actually, there are two E's in Wookiee, and that pair combined with the   
   pair of O's make it a double double-letter word, like Gyllenhaal. (My eye   
   for spotting misspellings collided with my Star Wars geekiness. Here are   
   two more double-letter Star Wars terms: Tatooine and Alderaan.)   
      
   > 	+ This was a wonderfully good, silly bit.   
   Yes, although I think it's the kind of humor that quickly loses its   
   funniness if repeated too often. Call it "one-off comedy." I'm still   
   wondering why they keep dragging out "If They Mated" every few weeks.   
      
   > Vanity and Narcissism are on the rise in College Students:   
   > 	- Get over it.  You're not as special, as genius, as almost   
   > divine as Conan.  The More You Know.   
      
   Is it just me, or is Conan's ego much healthier now than it was back in the   
   '90s? I don't think he would have done a self-aggrandizing joke like this   
   ten years ago. While he still makes deprecating remarks about his pale,   
   skinny Irishness, among other things, he also seems to engage in a decent   
   amount of mock narcissism, such as when he asks, "Late Night with WHO?"   
      
   It might be nothing. But self-effacing, insecure Conan works much better   
   for me than big-headed, large-and-in-charge Conan. Egocentric humor quickly   
   gets old; people would rather laugh at the underdog (as well as root for him).   
      
   > Lance Armstrong:   
   > 	- He didn't mean to stare at other cyclists while competing.  He   
   > was looking back down the road to see the situation.  It was taken to be   
   > him staring this guy down.  It was cool, for him anyway.  Angered Laup   
   > Duez (?), whome he defeated four times ... five ... six ... 45 times.   
   > Must appear in Jan's nightmares every night.   
      
   I'm no cycling maven, but I know enough about the Tour to clarify what was   
   being discussed here. L'Alpe d'Huez is the most difficult hill stage in the   
   Tour de France; the winner of this stage often wins the whole shebang. Jan   
   Ullrich was a German rider (he retired on Monday) who was one of   
   Armstrong's chief rivals during Lance's seven-Tour winning streak and was   
   the recipient of "The Look" on the final climb of L'Alpe d'Huez in 2001.   
      
   > 	- Some gentility, like waiting for a fallen rider.  But now with   
   > 50 or 60 or 70 very competitive guys the gentleman's code is falling   
   > away and it's becoming much more cutthroat, much more international.   
   > But people slow down so another can go to the bathroom, or the like.   
      
   Does this really happen, or was Lance joking? I've heard of cyclists   
   slowing down when the leader accidentally takes a spill, but not when he   
   has to go to the bathroom.   
      
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