MattPie

While Pandora doesn't have a polka channel, searching for "Beer Barrel Polka" will get a pretty good selection (and some crap that sounds like it was done on a 90s Casio, but what are you going to do). So now I have this running around: (I suppose being the most racy polka I've heard, it may be NSFW)

Don't you mean Freedom Egg then?

If Zweigel doesn't make Wegman's dogs, someone is doing a very, very, accurate copy.

Or it could be that kids with the reflexes and athletic ability to excel at soccer end up playing the "American" sports where the money has been way better.

Everyone.

That's pretty awesome. Maybe I'd go with the Tech-Coexist: http://geardiary.com/2010/11/29/coexist-a-shirt-for-every-os-at-woot/ And, oddly enough, I've done Penetration Testing (heh heh heh) as well, but for a commercial company. It's something I've been thinking of doing full-time.

I have a friend that used to do the "catch behind your back" toss and variations all the time. Car keys, water bottles, beer cans, whatever was in his hands. He was pretty good at it. We were out one day at the Chili Fest in Ithaca. After tying one on at Benchwarmers (iirc), we moved to another bar. My friend proceeds to try this trick with a bottle of beer, and completely misses it. You should have seen the look on the bar staff's faces. CC companies take 1-3% of the transaction fee off the top. Some businesses don't like giving away money. I'll admit I'm annoyed by it, but I can respect their reasons for doing it.

Only by the dudes, the ladies have responded that they have them, so presumably they'd be cool with them. Neither my wife nor I have any. I'm trying to think of something that even 10 years ago would have been important enough to me that I'd still want on me, and I'm having a tough time of it. The only one that has stuck in serious consideration has been the BSD daemon. Yeah, I'm that geek. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BSD_Daemon !! Love it!

Heh, speaking of the Beligian Cafe in Philly: "From the guys who brought you Monks Cafe. The Craft Beer Bar & Restaurant for the Fairmount & Art Museum area."

Huh, and I'll be down in the city on Saturday. What a happy coincidence! I don't think I've been to Monk's for some reason. I usually end up at Eulogy or "the one on 3rd across from National Mechanics that I can never remember the name of" when I'm looking for Belgian. Or more recently, Belgian Cafe on 21st and Green. The wife likes that place since they have some good vegetarian food.

Yep. By that logic, I should go build a house in the middle of Valley Forge park, since it's public land and I'm free to use it. Idiots. If I were the Land Management folks, I'd be considering build a nice fence along Bundy's property extended a few miles in either direction. Perhaps if I were feeling particularly angry, leasing that same land to some particularly noisy industry.

Philly is like a bigger Buffalo, large parts of it are meh, but there are parts that are great. Plus there's a ton of good local beer to be had.

4 or 5 #1s seems pretty optimistic. I'd guess that 4 of them could be NHL regulars, and maybe 3 legit #1s. I just can't believe that any team drafts/acquires nothing but #1 goalies, it's just not possible.

Legions of 18-22 year olds in Buffalo are learning the phrase, "Is your older sister here in Buffalo?" in various languages.

Brooklyn and Queens (for the most part) are more like the Elmwood area in Buffalo. Houses or low apartment buildings (3-5 stories). Parts of Brooklyn are building up fast though with the influx of Hipster money.

I was thinking the same thing. Once you get away from the tourist areas, it's like most big cities. The biggest difference is with the number of people (and the massive subway system), stuff that would appeal to a small percentage of people can make a go of it because a small percentage of 10M is a lot.

I know, I know. It's just that to most people in the US, Buffalo and Lake Placid might as well be neighboring towns (an hour or so from NYC).

I'm not sure that's true, how does cap hit for a player in the AHL on the two-way vs. one-way work? Does the NHL team take the NHL-salary hit whether the player is making the NHL $800k or AHL $60k (on a two-way)?

Yes, BUFFALO will drag something out of obscurity. :)

It seems pretty unlikely that an ISP would block a range of IPs like that, but not impossible I guess. I'm trying to remember the stage name of the girl from my HS that is now a porn star, but I can't. I can barely tell it's her with all the work that's been done.

:w00t:

Best suggestion I have is to set a good example of good health and gently nudge her to join you. Swap out "let's get a pizza and 50 wings for movie night" for "let's go for a walk around the neighborhood/river/park/cellblock".

Is that how the law works though; can the sheriff or another agency require that someone turn in their guns (or confiscate them)? I think it's a pretty good idea in theory, although readily abusable if you subscribe to the idea that the government is just itching to take away your guns. "You've criticized the town supervisor, that shows your mental health is suspect".

A Major Tom? (as in turkey)