TED talk

[Anti-Polar Bear]

I guess each person makes their own mind up on that. I would say to contribute as best one can until death is the purpose of life.

That's so Marxist. Welcome to the far left, Harrell. It's an awesome place to be, and never stop fighting the good fight. lol

[mraynrand]

I guess each person makes their own mind up on that. I would say to contribute as best one can until death is the purpose of life.

Every movie in every cinema is about death. Death sells.

[Zool]

I bet he sells star destroyer parts for it too.

Undrafted RB? One quarter portion

[3irty1]

Still waters run deep - sometimes anyway. Quiet weirdos are sometimes interested and interesting people.

When I saw Ted on sidelines looking a little spacey, I had this sick thought that maybe he really has gone batshit crazy. So they made him a "scout". His phone is not actually connected. The video he is "reviewing" is from the 1970s. Everybody greets him in the hallway, " Morning, Scout", with a little salute.

I won't take being an interesting guy away from Ted.

I actually find the thought comforting that folks at the Packers would care enough to conspire against Ted like that. He'd get to spend the rest of his time in the comfort of the familiar with a sense of purpose, however illusory.

I had a great uncle who never had kids and outlived his wife. He spent his last 10 years in a home. He wandered off at one point so they moved him into this lockdown wing. He became a natural experiment on the effects of no stimulus on the aging mind. Nurses said he'd never even turned on his TV. When I visited him, he'd be lost for the first half hour or so. Then slowly you could tell parts of his brain would start coming online. By the end of a visit he'd be talking about experiences in WWII, he'd be talking about the details of his investments, talking about the ballistics of different rifle cartridges, explaining how to machine tricky parts, etc. Really seems like his last 10 years didn't have to be like that. Wish someone would have given him a fake job.

[Radagast]

I remember TT talking about a couple sport/muscle cars and an Escalade. I think he once owned a crappy green Ford Maverick. Our family had one of those way back. I think that thing was made with rust.

My 1st car was a Gold 1970 Ford Maverick. It was a 6 cyl. and had a 3 speed column shifter. It served me well in my Junior / Senior High School years and through my first year of college. I never knew about the fuel tank danger until years after I had sold the car. I still hold fond memories of that car as it was in it that I became a man. Every vehicle I owned after that was made by GM.

[mraynrand]

Todd sells plastic?

(Btw: Paul McBeth is a damn good disc golfer. Dude shot 18 under during an 18-holes tournament round a few weeks ago, which was showcased on Sportscenter! And if anyone thinks throwing Frisbee is easy, I dare you to go buy a disc and see if you could throw it further than the GAB can throw a football!)

I can. I was so dominant at one point that they originally called Brodie Smith the ‘next MrAynRand’

[3irty1]

Btw, Todd might be egoless, the antithesis of Ayn Rand, but he certainly has sacrificed personal happiness for professional gain. In a society in which a man is measured by his wealth, and in a league in which Michael Sam was discarded faster than the speed of light, it's understandable that the Polar Bear did what he did. But still, isn't true happiness the object of the human life?

I wouldn't say that Ted sacrificed personal happiness. Happiness is a not just comfort and pleasure for most people; otherwise we'd all be aspiring heroin addicts. Happiness has a great deal to do with the story you tell yourself about how your life has gone. Ted has plenty to be satisfied with.

[Anti-Polar Bear]

I can. I was so dominant at one point that they originally called Brodie Smith the ‘next MrAynRand’

You don't run as much, but disc golf is more difficult than ultimate football.

[Anti-Polar Bear]

I wouldn't say that Ted sacrificed personal happiness. Happiness is a not just comfort and pleasure for most people; otherwise we'd all be aspiring heroin addicts. Happiness has a great deal to do with the story you tell yourself about how your life has gone. Ted has plenty to be satisfied with.

Chris Cornell had a successful career. Didn't prevent ole Suicide from catching ole Chris. Unhappiness? Mental disorder?

Regardless, I don't know too many folks hiding in a closet who are truly happy.

[Anti-Polar Bear]

I won't take being an interesting guy away from Ted.

I actually find the thought comforting that folks at the Packers would care enough to conspire against Ted like that. He'd get to spend the rest of his time in the comfort of the familiar with a sense of purpose, however illusory.

I had a great uncle who never had kids and outlived his wife. He spent his last 10 years in a home. He wandered off at one point so they moved him into this lockdown wing. He became a natural experiment on the effects of no stimulus on the aging mind. Nurses said he'd never even turned on his TV. When I visited him, he'd be lost for the first half hour or so. Then slowly you could tell parts of his brain would start coming online. By the end of a visit he'd be talking about experiences in WWII, he'd be talking about the details of his investments, talking about the ballistics of different rifle cartridges, explaining how to machine tricky parts, etc. Really seems like his last 10 years didn't have to be like that. Wish someone would have given him a fake job.

Sometimes I ponder whether it's nobler to die young and robust than gray and impotent.

[3irty1]

Chris Cornell had a successful career. Didn't prevent ole Suicide from catching ole Chris. Unhappiness? Mental disorder?

Regardless, I don't know too many folks hiding in a closet who are truly happy.

Folks who are hiding in a closet are by definition hard to know. Whether through family and relationships or through one's oeuvre, we're all trying to gain some degree of immortality by ensuring we're remembered. When we say we've achieved happiness or not, most of what we're talking about is the state of our legacy and Ted's has been secure for some time. Now he can stare unblinkingly at college athletes while nursing a bottle of water.

[Radagast]

Folks who are hiding in a closet are by definition hard to know. Whether through family and relationships or through one's oeuvre, we're all trying to gain some degree of immortality by ensuring we're remembered. When we say we've achieved happiness or not, most of what we're talking about is the state of our legacy and Ted's has been secure for some time. Now he can stare unblinkingly at college athletes while nursing a bottle of water.

Not all seek immortality or a legacy. As for getting old, the lucky among us live to achieve senior status and see the advances as well as the tragedies while time marches on. As for those of us that could use a friend, I say be a friend.

[call_me_ishmael]

if you're looking for a surprise, the Packers could be it. While the coaching staff may tinker after the season, including possibly OC Edgar Bennett likely getting head coach interviews, it is expected to have minimal changes. The front office, however, is a different story. GM Ted Thompson is under contract through 2018, but this could be the year he steps aside and becomes a senior scouting adviser. If Green Bay has success in the playoffs, that possibility increases. There are a few reasons why: First of all, Director of Football Operations Eliot Wolf is coveted and he'll have opportunities to interview as a GM elsewhere. The organization could risk losing him if he's not promoted. Second of all, CEO Mark Murphy still hasn't hired his own guy, and he's been around the organization much more this year as he studies things from the inside. There are plenty of talented people in the Packers front office -- VP Russ Ball, Director of Player Personnel Brian Gutekunst and Senior Personnel Executive Alonzo Highsmith among them. And this could be the year Thompson steps aside to make way for them.

Jan 1st, 2017. So a year before he transitioned to the new role, Rapoport basically called it. Sure seems like the plan all along.

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