17-14 SF at halftime...still anybody's ballgame.

Unfortunately, the 49ers offense has stalled.

ANOTHER TURNOVER! 49ers defense is really impressing me today.

Told ya'...here come the Saints.

Another poor series of plays by SF...3-and-out is not the way to beat the Saints. If Saints go down and score, it's 17-14 and New Orleans is back in the game.

Great catch by Graham...don't count the Saints out yet.

Haha, that 94 game is a verboten subject with my Cowboy-loving brothers...as is the 81 Dwight Clark game.

That call is coming back...he was down. Saints will keep the ball.

Terrible plays by SF...when you play the Saints you gotta score TOUCHDOWNS when you have the opportunity. This game is far from over, but the Saints need to step it up...they need to match the 49ers intensity.

San Francisco CAME TO PLAY...Harbaugh has this game the way he wants it...a MUGGING!

Ok 14-0...but there's still a lot of game left. And with the spread, SF is actually up 18-0.

Yes it is...hope everyone's got plenty of cold ones on ice! INTERCEPTION SF!!! HOLY SHIT!

TOUCHDOWN SF!!! WOW!

I think the 49ers need to get at least 2 turnovers. SACK!!! Down goes Brees.

I know you put real money down so I wish you luck on your picks. First bit of luck for the Saints...it looks like a beautiful day at SF...sunny with little wind.

We welcome one and all, Ledzepfvr, all genders and creeds...and none of us are really "experts". I'm cheering for New Orleans and New England, too...which is why I didn't bet this week. I hate betting against teams I want to win...it's the old head versus heart thing. Betting at cross-purposes always makes the game tougher to watch. ONE MORE HOUR to go til GAME TIME!

^^^Haha, yeah, that'd be fun...but I think there's only about 4 or 5 of us football fans here on the site: you, me, Walter, LedZeppFan77, jabe, dazedcat...am I missing someone? Yes I missed a couple more...Rock Historian and Ally.

Who's ready for some football?!? First up on the docket...New Orleans @ San Francisco 1:30PST. Here's the weather forecast for all four games: http://www.accuweather.com/en/outdoor-articles/outdoor-living/from-wind-to-warmth-nfl-divisi-1/60221

How about Pina Bausch? Or Mark Morris?

Sheesh, did Keith steal your girlfriend or something? You seem to really have it in for old Keef.

+1 That was my favourite scene of the film, too!

I'll keep an eye out for that Mats documentary, Jahfin, as it sounds promising and I loved the band back then. But I'm sorry, an Archers of Loaf documentary? I think I'll pass. Just came home from seeing the fifth and final Golden Globe nominee for Best Foreign Film. The American Cinematheque screened each of the five nominess this past week, and so I was able to see the three that I hadn't seen yet(I already saw Pedro Almadovar's "The Skin I Live In" and Angelina Jolie's "In the Land of Blood and Honey" last month). Wednesday was the Iranian film "A Separation", directed by Asghar Farhadi. Excellent film about a couple who divorce and the repurcussions that accidentally ensue when the husband has to hire outside help to watch his Alzheimer-inflicted father. Thursday was the Dardenne brothers' "The Kid With A Bike", a Belgian film about a boy who looks for the father who abandoned him. This, along with "A Separation", were my favourites of the 5 nominees. Tonight(Friday) was Zhang Yimou's "The Flowers of War", set during the Rape of Nanjing in 1937 during the Sino-Japanese War. As such, there's some harsh scenes as it deals with brutal events. The most recognizable star is Christian Bale...the film is about evenly split between English and Mandarin and Japanese. But this was not as good as past Zhang films like "Raise the Red Lantern" and "Hero"...considering the subject matter, the film didn't grab me emotionally like it should. It's a trifle too long and Bale's character was a little off-putting...or maybe it was his performance. As I said, I previously saw the other two nominees, and if I were to rank them in order of preference, it would go like this: 1. (tie) "A Separation"/ "The Kid With a Bike" 2. "The Skin I Live In" 3. "The Flowers of War" 4. "In the Land of Blood and Honey" As usual, the American Cinematheque is hosting a free symposium tomorrow with all the directors of the nominated films. I won't be going, as since Angelina Jolie will be there, it's going to be a zoo. Oh, I've seen some turkeys recently, too...they don't deserve the time and space writing about them, but I will just name them so you can be forewarned and not waste your money or time seeing this schlock: "Jack and Jill" (the people responsible for greenlighting this should rot in hell) "War Horse" "My Week with Marilyn" "I Melt With You" "Apollo 18" "New Year's Eve"(coming soon from schlock-meister Gary Marshall: President's Day, Secretary Day, Veterans Day, and the eagerly anticipated Sadie Hawkins Day) And I'm sure there were plenty more, but apparently in the interest of preserving my sanity, my brain seems to have erased them from my memory. I know there were a couple of recent rom-coms that sucked...this was a particularly bad year for romantic-comedies.

Did you actually bet these picks, jabe? Good luck.

No I didn't...read my post above.

Is it safe? This scene from 1976's "Marathon Man" scared many people off dentists for life. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YC6jzQpfflI&feature=youtube_gdata_player