Gift cards for teenagers (or anyone) for Christmas; a chicken's way out of gift giving, or giving them the freedom to shop for what they want?

I gave my wife a handful of them last year.   Called it "The Gift of Shopping".    Asked my female customers beforehand to see how it might go over.   They thought it was a great idea as did my wife.  Feel free to steal my labeling but go for it.   Women love to shop(I'm assuming your teenage daughters will be the recipients).

I'm on your side.

How do you convince a strong, opinionated woman otherwise? Or, is that a dumb question since most men die never finding the answer?

How many men die every day trying to understand a woman?

You don't.  But you can do it anyway and say "It's done.  Now we can argue about it until you think you've proven whatever point you think you need to make or we can move on and enjoy the holidays.  Let me know."   If she's strong, opinionated AND smart, she'll drop a couple of lines and move forward.

Very few.  Most of us just don't care as long as they cook us some food and give us some sex. 

not in that order though, right?

No, I don't think the order matters.

Tom Brady: is he really as good as his career numbers indicate, or is he the product of a "perfect storm" of QB, coach and system?

He's good and I think he'd do well in any system(assuming the OL could keep him upright because he hates to get hit) but his numbers are product of the system.  Cassel put up Brady-like numbers(excluding the monster year with 50 TDs) in his absence.

I'm pretty sure I know how you'll answer, but I'll ask anyway:

"Ruby Tuesday" by the Rolling Stones, "Tuesday's Gone" by Lynyrd Skynyrd, or "Tuesday Afternoon" by the Moody Blues?

Yeah, I was going to internet kick you in the nuts if you didn't include "Tuesday's Gone".   Quite possibly the best song by Skynyrd.

Would it surprise you to learn that I would have left it off (just to **** you off) had I been able to find another "Tuesday" song that I recognized?

No, not at all. 

Especially if he thought of "Voices Carry" by Til Tuesday?

Sure.