'Tis a Happy Valley

Russ Rose is once again the mayor of Happy Valley! Meaning it's someone else's turn to be the messageboard punching bag in a vicious circle of ridiculousness. Enjoy!

The Convention, or Things I Learned in Sacramento
- Karch is in much better shape than I'll ever be. Plus, he's an avid fan of banter. Just ask Rangel.
- If you're ever running a setting seminar, have Nicole Vargas be your demonstrator.
- "Reasonable serves" has a lot more shelf-life as a catchphrase than I thought.
- Rose acknowledged the varying interpretations of "brief" and believes if you want to be pinched, the convention is as good a place as any to get it accomplished.
- Everyone wants the All-American speeches to come back, at least for the First Team.
- Debby Colberg is not waiting for a bus, even if it appears that way.
- Cecile Reynaud should host the Emmys, but only after learning how to pronounce "Schatzle."
- Stone and Collier had solid analysis, but I wanted to see them mix it up some more, go mano-a-mano like Kornheiser and Wilbon. You decide who would be Kornheiser and who would be Wilbon.

The Match
What can you say? It all comes down to Glass improvising in game 5 like John Coltrane live at Birdland. Props to Price for pulling aside D'Errico and Holehouse before game 5. We imagine the conversation was something along the lines of "REMAIN CALM! ALL IS WELL!"