Samson's Flow

Very excite. The prospect of a Sabres-Leafs game in March that means something, and the prospect of being surrounded by strangers I met on the Internet? What more can you ask for? Come to think of it, the second part sounds like the premise of the next Chris Hanson show... :unsure:

Eleven had my response. There are numerous countries that have multi-party systems, and they don't seem to be unstable/ineffective. Heck, our neighbors to the north seem to do a pretty okay job with thier government. My perception is that the bigoted stances of the deep south republicans represent a minority of the opinion of the general populous, (as supported by polls published regarding LGBTQ rights, etc.) yet because a lot of these views are attached to the Republican platform on the economic side, they continue to perpetuate in our elected representatives. The same can be said for more of the liberal leanings on the Democrat side. Ultimately my point is there needs to be more options for the people that fall in the middle, the fiscally conservative/socially liberal citizens or vice versa. There is more nuance in stances than Far-left raging liberal and bible-thumping conservative. I would argue that in the past we have done quite well, but the last decade or so have seen the most partisan congress and house that we have ever experienced. Our representatives now vote almost exclusively by party lines. In the early 20th century, there were far more instances of Repubs supporting Democratic bills and vice versa, i.e. congress voted on issues instead of party lines.

But i'm sure he's making up for that with every other game featuring the Penguins and Crosby...

This is exactly why we had a 100 page thread that lasted multiple years on trading Drew Stafford. He was the last player left from the Darcy Regier core and we as a fan base was sick of mediocrity and was ready for a rebuild. Little did we know how painful the rebuild would be.

I think it might be an advantage facing a goalie that used to play for us. You know the Sabres players have multiple hours worth of practice against Mr. Enroth and know all the tendencies.

Come on - you can't honestly expect that proper spelling be a qualification of the presidential candidate? :nana:

I should have emphasized that I had a mountain bike. Don't know where it ended up in my move to four different apartments/live with both parents post-college phase. Don't know about getting into a new one now, but by the pictures you post it sure looks appealing. It's the time that is the biggest deterrent.

We really need to hang out. Between the whisky and the bbq/smoker I don't think I could complain.

But how does the current two party serve us when it comes to voting for bills and getting things done in congress. there is far too much "us against them" in US politics instead of what will benefit the general public. Is it possible that multiple parties wouldn't be so dug in against the other parties and actually work to vote on proposals and bills based on the merit of the discussion instead of voting along party lines? The two party system has been anything but stable this election year.

Any Vesey news? No? didn't think so... :thumbsup:

I guess I never had a good enough quality bike to enjoy cycling. Riding a thick wheeled mountain bike over long distances isn't exactly pleasant.

Edit: wow I didn't realize the poll would be so... drastic.

I for one would love if the Sabres went back to the original royal blue and gold. The red & black goathead jerseys were tied to the most successful teams I got to watch in my lifetime, but I would much rather have seen those same teams in the original colors. My biggest pet peeve is the banners in the arena that seem to be a hodgepodge of all different colors and designs. It looks very... cheap. Not even mentioning that we have far fewer than other buildings, but having various colors and designs doesn't unify the building like it should.

I am constantly in awe of you all and your long distance biking/running abilities. As a collegiate athlete in men's volleyball, I was always in pretty good shape, but I made a point early on to choose sports that I could use my athletic ability without all the running and endurance type activities. I could never really get into running for "fun". :(

Thanks! What I would really like to see is a multiple party system that is more representative of the views of the general public. There is much more nuance in Americans beliefs than what can be captured by the current rigid two party system. How to best accomplish that goal does not appear clear to me, hence my struggle.

I get all my Sabres (and Bills) news from Sabrespace. Quicker news, higher quality, and much better personalities. I too really liked Tyler Dunne. Tis a shame that his seemingly quality reporting was dorwned out by the Sully/Buckys of the world.

I'm really torn in this election season. I know for sure that Trump is not the answer for my vote, but I am almost equally concerned at Hilary's lack of trustworthiness and the old-blood nature of having Clinton/Bush dominate our political landscape for the nearly 30 years. I assume a large number of my fellow twenty-somethings feel similarly in the wake of the post Bernie debates. I know voting third party is essentially a "wasted" vote, but I feel like I have to vote my convictions first and foremost.

Hey all, What good timing to check back in on Sabrespace during the offseason! Depending on how many tickets are left, I would be willing to take one (if you all deem me worthy) as long as I would not be taking one from our friend Neo. Either way - this is an awesome idea to get everyone from Sabrespace together and bring our little community even closer together. I promise to be more active but work and the new job has been quite a b#### lately. WC - let me know what the deal is either way.

Holy college thesis batman can we get a tl:dr?

So much is happening my head is spinning! /sarcasm

As part of my contact purge above I deleted a close family friend that dies ~2 years ago. It was strange to delete that one and I did pause for a moment, but it's not like the number is very useful now y'know?

You've motivated me - i'm doing it right now. I had 426 contacts. I just deleted 96 of them as people I will never see again. Took about 15 minutes.

Now that you mention it, my phone contacts are probably at least 50% filled with people from college that I will never see again. Only reason they are still in there is I am too lazy to spend the time deleting them all.

I have a feeling a lot of Sabres fans expecting big things today are going to be sorely disappointed. After last year's remake of the whole roster in the few weeks around deadline day, today I'm thinking all we will see is trading away UFA's like Chad Johnson and McGinn for a few picks. Nothing to see here.

Thanks TrueBlue. I was just glad I was able to execute the rare double air quotes comment in my original post. :thumbsup: