Let Mr. I 'engage in dialogue' with you

Idle Thoughts, while waiting for the high school football playoffs, ESPN4 and for the Giants to punt to DeSean Jackson again:

Mr. Idle, Mr. I to his close friends, isn't so sure about having a hip hop DJ at UConn women's basketball games to rile up the crowd.

Doesn't this, you know, miss the target audience?

(Sigh).

Half of them probably think "R. Kelly" is the guy the Yankees once traded for "P. O'Neill."

Mr. I chuckled at New London mayor-elect Finizio's line during his announcement of Chief Ackley's (and Chief Samul's) return:

"We've engaged in extended dialogue since the election," Finizio began.

Engaged in dialogue.

Remember back in the days when people simply "talked?"

It got Mr. I to wonder what would happen if you substituted "engage in dialogue" for "talk" in everyday life:

Joe Jones' 1960 hit would have been "You Engage In Dialogue Too Much."

We'd all be warned that if you want to engage in dialogue the engage in dialogue, you better walk the walk.

Lee Elci would be the star of News Engage In Dialogue 980 WXLM.

Now engage in dialogue among yourselves.

If you follow Mr. I on Facebook and really, who doesn't you'd know that after watching another punt to DeSean Jackson the other night, Mr. I has made a huge decision on behalf of Little I, his 16-month-old son.

Little I will not grow up a Giants fan. Mr. I does not endorse child abuse.

If Liv Tyler married former 76ers guard World B. Free, divorced him for former Syracuse basketball great Louis Orr, divorced him and finally settled on former Auburn football coach Pat Dye, she would be a state slogan.

(Liv Free Orr Dye).

Heh, heh, heh.

According to the Stanford women's basketball press notes, Tara VanDerveer is not the coach of the team.

She is the "Setsuko Ishiyama Director of Women's Basketball."

No, really.

Mr. I moves to make Geno the "Sammy The Bull Godfather of the UConn Huskies."

Just what ! we need: more baseball playoff teams.

The Sox pretty much have to make it next year, right?

And maybe win their first playoff game since Oct. 18, 2008?

Note to local football coaches:

After watching football officiating in other state outposts recently Leave our guys alone.

So NFA grad/Holy Cross basketball player R.J. Evans threw down a rather decisive dunk against the Mr. I's poor, downtrodden BC Eagles the other night. No more positive press for you, mister.

Amos Alonzo Harbaugh out there in San Francisco looks a little too impressed with himself.

Just sayin.'

Coast Guard basketball player Eli Sponseller hails from North Pole, Alaska.

"He's very busy this time of year," Mr. I correspondent Richie Conover says.

And while we're talking Coast Guard, you should go watch this kid David Anderson play basketball.

High school football playoffs Tuesday. Games at Ledyard, New London and Valley Regional.

Make sure you support the kids.

This is the opinion of Day sports columnist Mike DiMauro.