MattPie

I listened to Tommy in it's entirety for the first time this week (youtube is amazing, even if I feel a little dirty about it). That is an incredible album for 1969. I cannot imagine listening to it at the time; almost nothing like that album at that point. I'm not sure I'd listen to it all the time, but holy moly. Youtube was on point earlier: Chemical Brothers "Dig your own hole" album into Massive Attack "Mezzanine"; it's like they had a record of what was in the 10-disc changer in the trunk of my car in 1998. It didn't go to KMFDM next, so I guess youtube isn't a total creeper.

I had the same thing happen to me the a few days before my wedding reception. Had a nice woman at a salon in East Aurora fix it to the point where it wasn't bad, to the point that it tends to the be my normal now. MrsPie cuts with the clippers. She doesn't do a perfect job, but the price is right.

I've been working with a network hardware vendor on some network stuff for over a year. We need it to do a set of things, which have been pretty stable since January (after a long evolution of changes and uncertainty). Our customer has been nudging us for the entire year that they had concerns about the design working, and we kept on verifying with the hardware vendor that we're OK and the vendor agreed (along with some of our other in-house network people). Tuesday at 6PM, the hw vendor sends us a note that the hardware probably doesn't do what we need and we need to use something else. We have to present this to the customer Monday. The design documents are already sent. The presentations were mostly ready. We invited the hardware rep to the crow buffet, all we can eat.

SHEBOT, HEBOT, and WEBOT. IBOT, UYBOT, and THEYBOT BBOT, BBOT a LUBOT; Oh, JBOT JBOT.

Bungalow? Rooftop Deck? Gazebo?

Two for two!

I don't see Kane being a quick decision unless GMTBD wants deal him at the draft. There's the early summer to sign or trade him. I'm not sure I'd wait until mid-season though; if he gets that close to UFA, he may take it or it'll cost a lot more.

Ooh, good hot take. Here's mine: Somewhere, Marty Biron is talking. :)

Linky?

"In a world where the Buffalo Bills win the Superbowl, one man is on a quest... hah hah hah, I can't even get through that line". Nope, he's doomed.

My guess? Natural effect like a gust of wind. Even when cameras pick up Bill Parcell's son shooing Flamingos in the end zone Sean Connery Indiana Jones-style.

My favorite is where Norwood kicks it square down the middle but it hits an errant flamingo and drops in the endzone. The flamingo was unharmed.

If they're looking for D for some reason, then they'd be the logical choice unless LV wants Bogo. I get Pi's point though; protect Bogo and the next two most attractive vets are Moulson and Ennis. Leave them unprotected and protect some of the depth guys (Larsson, Girgs, etc.) and force LV to take them. Lehner Risto McCabe ??? I don't think Guhle needs protection, so if not Bogo I guess Austin/Falk/Fedun? Antipin (TBD)? Okposo Kane ROR Carrier Foligno Larrson Girgensons I think that's my list, although I'm a rube at this stuff. I don't think LV would deep enough to pluck Bailey or one of the other AHL Forwards rather than Moulson or Ennis, or Gorges. I'm probably forgetting someone.

It'd be better if they were identical twins, but I think our resident stats and bio people can factor that in.

You don't have some emergency stash in the toilet tank or under the bed?

And he needs to be on a good team. I don't think many Norris candidates play on non-playoff teams; call it either bias or no player's raw numbers look good on bad teams.

Yeah right, Eichel's got that locked up.

I believe Vegas is required to select one, and only one, player from each team. Besides, LV does have to build an actual team so while they will apparently make deals with teams to not pick a particular guy, I'd bet you'll see more cases of LV picking a prospect in exchange for a pick rather than taking out some other team's garbage. For instance, LV could tell Buffalo "we're taking Zemgus unless you throw us a pick and we'll take Falk instead" (NOTE: I'm just throwing names in there, please don't eval that particular trade-off). He did say TWO of those three.

That's not fair, I suggest you look up the endless videos of guys long hair and/or beards playing LOTR songs on the recorder. :)

XGMTM picked the consensus best center in the draft. You can't really argue with that in hindsight. They're also very young, it'll be interesting to see who has the better career over the long term.

It largely depends on who GMTBD brings in as head coach, assistant, and head massage therapist. I'm (perhaps naively) betting on "breath of fresh air" like when the coach is fired mid-season and the team goes on a run. Pitts went from 4th in the Metrosexual division to 2nd the season after they fired HHDCRGDDB. Anyone know how that data extrapolates out? The Sabres could jump from 8th in the Atlantic or 6th (two spots) or from 8th to 4th (halfway to 1st).

He hasn't posted a good GDT in month.

There's a bunch or research showing that brains go through phases as the age and things are easily learned during that phase. Language skills are generally from 2-6 years old where learning a second (or third) is relatively easy. 12-14 years old is another one with random stuff; I still remember repetitive things from back then even though they have no basis in my current life. Not surprisingly, this mostly manifests as lyrics to chorus songs and if I still had a trombone, I'm sure I could bust out Louie Louie with reckless abandon.

There are a couple videos in the Memorable Goals threads that show what can happen when a forward plays D (hint: Alfredsson). When people talk about young D, they often talk about having to learn the angles as a way to protect against the opposing rush. I take that to mean there's a lot of subtle positioning that happens when you're skating backwards to keep the opposing player away from the net.

Interesting about the President thing; I'm sure there are a couple people that wouldn't stand for that. Fenton is apparently abrasive, I would bet he'd say no.