Regarding your hard earned scratch

If we're ever going to get us a David Beckham of our own, we're going to need to scare up a little cash. Sadly, due to the inexplicable evaporating nature of money, club coffers are at a their usual low levels, and it's time for you to top them up again by paying your dues.

As usual you may pay your dues online, and I shall steer you in the direction of this well worn post so that you may do so. Despite the war, the rising price of oil, weak consumer confidence and my need to find a way to pay for an iPhone, the club is able to hold dues steady again at $100 for a season's worth of fun. Heck, I can't even remember the last time dues went up.

How do we do it, you ask? Well...through a combination of conservative fiscal policy, prudent financial management and by changing the Treasurer every year so that none of them get uppity and start demanding more money.

Just a reminder that returning players are expected to cough up the full Benjamin, but should you find yourself new to the club, without a job, in college or all three, some accomodations can be made. If you fit in to any of those categories and have some playing experience, then just $50 of your birthday money will set you straight. Should you be entirely new to the sport as well as the club, then good for you, and have this first season on us.

In addition to paying your debt to the club, you also have to register yourself again as a sex rugby offender with USA Rugby. You can do that right online through this nifty link.

Once you've got both of those things taken care of, you may then consider yourself a fine upstanding member of the club, and can resume your whining with a clear conscience.

Comments take a vacation

As a vocal proponent of the open-Comment feature on the site, it pains me to say that the responsibility of rejecting your anonymous hate mail has pushed me over the edge, so it's time for a rethink.

It was an interesting exercise in democracy, and I'd love to find a way to retain the best of your humor, but I can do without the rest, and cleary it just pisses you off that I won't publish it.