Lost Time Is Not Found Again is what the MPS blog crew has been reading today. Maybe.

+ Oregon Trail meets Temco Bowl. {FirstCuts.}

+ Brian Skinner — and his beard — back with the Clippers. {Hooped Up.}

+ Rex Ryan, ladies and gentlemen. {KSK.}

+ Speaking of Rex Ryan, here’s his voicemail to fans. {Larry Brown Sports.}

+ Non-sports: A cool look at a revamped Craig’s List. {Subtraction.} Obama the Jedi Knight. {Kottke.}

Quotable:

“This is the City of Broad Shoulders, not the city of People Bitching About Body Language. This is the City That Works, not the City That Whines About Facial Expressions and Voice Inflections, which is why we should keep the focus on what Cutler does instead of how he acts and what he says.

One week into the season, don’t we have enough reasons to be critical without manufacturing any?

Frustration is understandable. First, the baseball season ended on the North and South sides. Now, with the mid-September sun burning bright and the leaves starting to curl, the Bears’ season has ended as well, or that’s how it felt after Cutler threw four picks and Brian Urlacher required season-ending wrist surgery.

The seven days between games becomes an eternity during weeks like this because vultures not only circle but land and pick the corpse clean. That’s not the intent here. I’m not here to make excuses for Cutler, either. I’m just surprised that in a town known for tough talk and meaty fists his postgame quotes and pouty face would offend some as much as his performance on the field.” – Neil Hayes, straight killin’ it