Yahoo! Sports - NFL - Robert Smith tells his story:

"Open about how much he misses the feeling of breaking a long run on an NFL game day -- 'Just that feeling of the wind racing by your helmet; that feeling like you're gliding'' -- Smith doesn't pine for the rest of his NFL experience. Especially the adulation and celebrity that came his way, many times undeservedly.

'It was odd sometimes for me to be at the hospital on a Tuesday, doing community work, and to have people come up to me and say, 'This is really fantastic,' '' Smith said. 'I haven't seen my son smile like this in a long time. Thank you.'

'And I'm dealing with the fact that I'm just a person, a grown man, and a single man at that. Being a single guy, I'm out the night before at a bar or a strip club or something like that. You know all the skeletons in your closet, and you feel almost embarrassed to have people admire you so much when you know all those things about yourself.''"

Robert Smith, former NFL running back, graduate of The Ohio State University.

MSNBC - Senate heads toward marriage vote

“If the vote were today, it probably would not get two-thirds,” said Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist, R-Tenn., two weeks ago. “The reason for bringing it up is to elevate an issue which defines us as a society. The institution of marriage constitutes the fabric of our society. … That fabric is being torn apart by activist judges.”

I love it when Republicans say dumb shit like this. I cannot wait until 20 years from now when statements like that are used to chase assholes like Frist out of office.

Are these "activist judges" similar to the ones who opposed "states rights" when that phrase meant "white power"? Perhaps they are the activitst judges in Las Vegas that grant no fault quickie divorces, or maybe they are the activist judges who allow first allowed blacks and whites to intermarry. Perhaps they are the activist judges that sanctioned the marriages produced by shows like "Who Wants to Marry a Millionaire". I'm not sure.

MSNBC - Brother of shark victim pleads for creature's life

“I don’t believe that the shark should be killed just for the sake of what’s happened in this situation,” Stephen Smith told reporters on Sunday. “I don’t believe that Brad can be revenged by killing a shark.”

Damn. Now that's hardcore.