MattPie

Point 1: Hindsight is 20/20, but that doesn't make much of an argument. Point 2: I think Luke Adam was near the top of the NHL in scoring for awhile, I hope for your sake Scheif (can I call him Sheif?) doesn't follow the same path.

Bike counts? I've been meaning to try that; I've been walking more since I'm desperate for approval from a little electronic doo-dad, but if the bike counts too I'd rather do that.

I have one for work (you'll know the one :)) and I'll put on 1000 or so in the course of getting ready in the morning and a few 1000 more just working the day at my desk (getting up for lunch, etc, etc.) Mowing my 48x120 yard (including house) is around 5000. I'm always a bit surprised at the numbers, it seems like too many but I've watched the read-out while moving around and it seems on. My high was 17,000 something, scored on a day when I went on a short walk in the morning (2 miles) and then spent the rest of the day entertaining RosePie and the InLaws around the area.

Same here. ;)

I had a tough time with it. The first case of beer I bought in PA was a Weyerbacher mix which had 4 six-packs of Old Heathen Imperial Stout (yum), a Raspberry Imperial Stout (also yum), Merry Monk (9% Belgian), and Blithering Idiot. The BI would cause me to shudder a little when I drank it; it didn't hide the alcohol well. I figured stuff this strong and barleywine wasn't my thing until I tried Victory's V-12 and Old Horizontal. Weyerbacher's Tiny Stout is fantastic, BTW. TINY: https://www.beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/392/56274/ Old Horizontal: https://www.beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/345/1009/ V-12: https://www.beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/345/8998/

Can you explain how the federal government is involved in regards to people who have insurance? The government isn't going to be involved, it'll be the people at your Dad's insurance company that'll be deciding what they're paying for.

Can you provide a link? On the surface, I doubt Obama (or some part of the government) is doing this other than analysis; it seems like something that would be happening at insurance companies (where pre-ACA they'd deny coverage or jack up that person's rates once the equation went the wrong way).

I think you're looking for a pre-paid SIM: http://prepaid-phones.t-mobile.com/sim-card

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I know right? That GWB pulled a fast one on everyone. ;)

The walk across the bridge is fantastic. We did it in late afternoon a few years ago and the light coming through Manhattan was spectacular.

With the way Trump runs his business now, if he were president I think we'd see corruption of gilded-age proportions.

That'd have more weight if he had ever held public elected office.

Blossom's friend Six was cute.

She's just the muscle; Terry Gross pulls the strings from WHYY headquarters in downtown Philly. Why is it the Republicans job to ask the question in the first place? By asking the question in the first place, they're throwing shade to gain cheap political points.

"In 1998, Hillary and I had leading roles in that year's most talked about Political Theater production." That work for everyone?

Cowards, the lot of them.

1996: There are people on the Internet, but they all live in computer labs. 2006: Never meet up with someone on the internet, and never get into a strangers car. 2016: Hold on while I summon strangers from the internet to come give me a ride.

Presumably. ;)

I'm trying to get back into eating my "gigantic" salad each day, which was always good to fill up. A serving of spinach, carrots, and broccoli barely fits in a 3-quart bowl and costs all of 100 calories. I've since found that adding some beans (red, black, chic peas, etc.) makes it a ton more filling too and adds a bunch of protein.

Not me, I read the stuff here, and sometimes links posted here if I feel like I have time. That being said, I don't criticize either because I have absolutely no feel for their "personality" as writers (due to maybe having read a handful of articles from them in the last 10 years). This.

Every NBC game is a game I can't watch live (well, I can get NBC on the rabbit ears, but I'm usually not going to burn a weekend afternoon watching hockey). Boo.

Speaking of meetup.com and outdoorsy stuff, the Buffalo Outdoors Meetup (BOM) is a great group of folks.

I haven't been following, but if they guy was SWAT, etc., I have a really tough time believing he missed too. WTF all over this thing. I'm generally not anti-gun (or pro-gun, for that matter), but puts some perspective on the idea that amateurs wandering the streets with guns make society more safe. If the police who are trained and certified can't get this right, do I really want Bob Triggerfish making the decision to shoot or not shoot?