MattPie

Isn't the person pictured in his avatar, the avatar is his mom.

Interesting idea, but I don't think it holds water due to the way the Bills were sold. This was a once in perhaps a lifetime chance to buy the team, which I believe he expressed interest in before. Maybe he saw the market "crash" coming, and the timing did seem to work out for him, but I'm not sure he'd have done differently if he didn't see market issues on the horizon.

My Uncle Jack is really John, it's really common. Not to mention, John F./Jack Kennedy.

Depends on how you buy. which I didn't really understand when I did on Saturday. Popped $10 on, which bought me the same single set of numbers for the next 5 draws. I'm not sure what the pot reverts to when someone wins, but I'm sure it'll make massive changes in my retirement planning no matter what.

To be honest, I do it with a map in my head, just thinking of the cities themselves.

Lindy had Elite goaltending for almost all of his tenure. :ph34r: ( ;) )

I had to do it the other way, since I don't know if I could exhaustively list all the teams in the NFL. I think I have it, and checking the hint would fit my guess.

I don't see anything obvious. If nothing turns up by tonight, I'll pull it up and post something (somehow, it'll be a learning experience).

WNSA, you listen to us, we listen to you! ;)

He definitely comes off as a true-believer (and I mentioned it to him in the Politics thread); any argument that runs contrary is wrong and this is why. He's not angry or a jerk about it, though. Sad to see him go. As others have said the assist was the perfect way to go, better than actually scoring the goal himself. The one shot of Samson's face after the goal when Kane skated up said to me, "dude, I can't believe you passed up a chance to shut up the crowd" along with complete gratitude. Fine, review both. Doesn't make an elbow to the head OK.

So Myers has 18 points on the season, 8 of which are in the last 10 (10 pts. in the previous 31). The next 10 games will be the interesting ones, is 0.8 PPG a streak or has his game turned around? Armia may pan out, but the guy is what, 24 and couldn't break onto a roster than only has one other actual RW. That doesn't speak well for him, but most rosters also don't have two players out of position (Ennis and Reinhart) being useful either. It's a shame too, I was looking forward to the Armia: One (Army of One) postings in the GDTs.

Yeah, they're totally going to pass up a RW for a LW (unless the rating is greatly in Laine's favor).

It's the little things that seem simple but make this difficult. If I buy a motorcycle in the spring and then decide to sell it in the fall, do I get taxed on the income I used to buy it AND the sale? Whichever way it falls, you'll eventually put a note in the tax code to address that issue. If I sell my old bicycle for $40 at a garage sale, do I pay taxes on that sale too? How is it easier for average Joe to have to keep track of everything I sell? OK, let's put a note in there to put a lower-limit on what constitutes property sale. Then the rich folks will have a tax advisor tell them when selling their yacht, don't sell it all at once but in a series of installments just under the limit so they don't have to pay taxes on any one transaction. (I'm picking that one item in the list, but essentially that's how the tax code grows).

We were being polite. :) In all seriousness, Armia was a first-round pick that never seemed to put it together in the AHL or his very short looks in the NHL. Coming into it fresh, maybe he looks better if you have no history but Buffalo fans were going to be disappointed unless he was skating on the 1st or 2nd line and putting up 15-25 goals. I don't know much about his game or the Jets line-up, is Armia responsible enough to play 3-4 wing? Or are the Jets well-off on RW that Armia is on the 3rd line (at times) because there are two greats ahead of him? We like to joke about Stafford and he is playing well this year, but we all hoped Armia would be well ahead of Staff by now. Lemiuex is in juniors as a 19 year old (right?) in the OHL; numbers in Junior are nice but don't always predict future NHL success, especially when the player is older than most of the guys he's playing against.

The sign at the citiy limits doesn't say "Toronto". It begins and ends with that.

Someone else pointed it out, this may be the most complex system he's had to play at a high level. I admittedly don't know much about the USHL, but after that he had a year of Rolston/Cassidy in the AHL, a couple months of Rolston in the NHL, and the rest has been Nolan in the NHL and Latvia.

I think you're on to something here. I noticed it Tuesday night (and seem to remember it other times) that the D don't skate down past the goal circles very often until the third and the Sabres are down by 2+. Florida scored and suddenly Risto is skating down below the goal trying to make things happen. I suppose it could be Risto taking things into his own hands, but I have to think it's coaching.

I joke about the poop, but it's not really that bad. It doesn't really stink that bad until they're mostly on solid food, and there are far fewer blowouts by then. I'm not going to say it's all sunshine and kittens, but it has it's moments. If you're on the fence, though, think long and hard; it's the hardest thing you'll ever do. Speaking of moments:

I did loseit for awhile too. The only issue was if I did manage to come in ahead for a particular day, I'd take it as license to have a beer to get up to the calorie cap.

I think you started it. How many bowling ball shots did you have last night?

I'll plug the "Alton Brown Diet" here, I lost 70-ish lbs on it a few years ago. I've been slipping back lately, however, mostly due to the holidays and stress of always behind on time. The cool concept is it isn't really about what you shouldn't eat, but a set of things you should eat and after that, you're not *that* hungry for the other stuff. Portion control helps a lot too. Also, being single made it a lot easier too. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7RC9YqExnCk

At that age, you'd be surprised how often diapers aren't up to the task. Blowouts and Poopsplosions are common, and not awesome. What is awesome is the embarrassing your future teen daughter fodder you get out of it. RosePie will get to hear how I had to entirely change her clothes in the middle of King of Prussia Mall because she shat all over the place. I couldn't even get to a bathroom as I'd get it all over me or her stroller.

I thought it was Rhinolainen.

ProTip: if it happens again on a more permanent car, Tire Rack will sell you "shaved" tires. Measure the tread depth on the current tire and they'll cut one down to the same depth so all the tires have the same wear (and circumference). I think there's brief naughty and dangly bits in Life of Brian. When Brian opens the window and the crowd is outside, I think the chick jumps up al fresco. Probably with the express instructions that you should never drive more than 50 MPH and 150 miles on it (or something).

It really is goals. GOALS. Here in the Sabre fandom %1ers, we seem evenly divided whether a closely played 2-1 game is some great hockey or a 5-4 shootout is great hockey. The casual fan doesn't see it that way, they want to see goals, fights, and hits. If fights and hits need to be toned down for the safety of the players, there better be goals to make it up. Right now, the casual fans aren't getting any of it.