>>>>It was raining hard in Frisco
>>>>Needed one more fare to make my night
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>>>> -- Harry Chapin, "Taxi"
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>>>>Two classics in as many weeks at Candlestick.
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>>>Marshal alluded to that line, too, as we watched the game. We were big Chapin fans, saw him in concert many times (pretty much every time he came to town), and cried when he died.
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>>Wow. Yeah, he was a good one. It was the era of singer/songwriters who wore their hearts on their sleeves. Now it all sounds like anger.
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>Yeah, lots of good stuff. As a father of daughters, check out "Tangled Up Puppet."
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>>I was kind of cheering for the Niners but am not disappointed that the Giants won. My dad is a huge Giants fan (for unexplainable reasons) so if they win I will be happy along with him. This is a guy who grew up a Yankees fan in Red Sox country. He said people literally would not talk to him all winter because the Yankees had won the pennant over the Red Sox. Small town Maine, depression era.
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>I was rooting for the Bengals and the Niners, so not a good day. (To my mind, rooting for the Pats is like rooting for the Yankees--which I guess fits your father. <s>) Both endings were pretty tough for the losers.
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It has been a rough playoff season for me. The two teams I was cheering for, the Packers and Saints, both went out early, and the Patriots, who I can't stand, are in the Super Bowl. Go Giants!
UPDATE: I do like Rob Gronkowski, who is a breath of fresh air on that Nazi team.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fDWC-MbGFv4
