MattPie

My first day at my current job (many moons ago), my boss gave me a computer (SGI O2, which I'd never seen before and never used the OS IRIX), and said, "this is your workstation, install it and let me know if you have any questions". Took me a couple days, but I learned a lot. The only question I still have is whether he purposely gave me one with a memory issue that kept crashing. :) Complaint: Mission statements. If there's a more frivolous corporate fluff-turd, I don't know what it is.

I just look for George Costanza. (that's a JOKE!)

@260. Heart-betting Buffalo for $100 again.

So Stafford, Leino, and Weber isn't going to do it?

Donning my shiny hat, a good agent will claim that he instigated since everyone hates agents anyway. I figure we won't know for sure since we're not there, but it's at least as likely that Grigs got mad (as competitive kids are wont to do) and one way or another is back on track now. Either he figured it out on his own, or someone (Agent, Family, Friend, Teammate) read him the riot act.

I'm starting to wonder too.

I wonder if they'll fill the arena.

Betting with my heart: at 360, 100 on Buffalo.

That guy's porn name is "Joe Williams". I'd draft him on name alone.

I'm not going to go through everything, but there's a few that jumped out at me. 2 & 6: Fighting is a part of NHL hockey and its feeder leagues. There's very little fighting in other leagues and international competition. I think it's banned in several. 7: There are real hockey fans that think fighting should be banned, don't try that tactic. I'm not one of them, but they have legitimate reasons for their arguments. 8: Very few people would encourage their kids to participate in UFC-style competition. Hockey is something kids do and parents want their kids to do. I'm betting that more than a few kids weren't allowed to play hockey, however because of the fighting (that's where the moms come into play). 10 &12: I don't think attendance would suffer much. Some people wouldn't go, and for the most part their seats would be taken up by people that didn't like the fighting before. 15: Annnnd? 25: I'm guessing you missed that Emery fight earlier this season. Or the many times that a player lays out a good clean check and then has to fight because someone on the other team didn't like it. 28: I think a mandatory 5 game suspension and fines would do a pretty good job of it. Also, there's a difference between "outlawed/banned" and "illegal" that you're missing. The NHL has a semi-dictatorship over how it's games are played and what's allowed, and luckily, there's video of every game that they can go back and review. Also, using other sports as examples (pro or con) doesn't really matter since it's up to each league to determine what's best for the sport.

#1: I didn't get in on 11's thread, I'm a jerk. Sorry man. I did take your advice last night though, gave my family a big hug. #2: I haven't had a cup of tea in a few days. I know this seems like an odd one, but this is the first week I've been back in the office after working from home for the last 2.5 weeks. I got used to the relaxation of making some tea; there's a a nice process to it and settles my mind before the caffeine kicks in. I don't even have any bags here for the latter part of that equation.

Make sure to PM a picture to d4rk.

Wow, that's really F'N freaky. Don't tell the nuts. For that matter, I might get rid of the phone. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toynbee_tiles The documentary was on Netflix streaming, it's a cool watch. http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/resurrect_dead_the_mystery_of_the_toynbee_tiles/

Hello, I'm right here.

######, you beat me to it. Fixed!

Who? :)

I say "the" for the 90, 190, 33, and 290 offhand. Not "the 198" (Scajaquada) or "the 5" (Route 5). I think it's a distinction between highways. For fun, say the "Youngman Expressway" and wait for the confusion. My wife referred to US30 last night (a highway near my house) as "the 30" and it sounded really strange. :)

ur welcome.

Fixed that for you.

It's funny how that works. Remember Perkins restaurants, and how they disappeared back in the 90s? Central PA is littered with them. I thought they disappeared entirely.

To be honest, I thought it came out more like paella than jambalaya. Thinking about the recipes, they're actually similar, which wikipedia confims: "It is also a close cousin to the saffron colored paella found in Spanish cuisine.". There was a bunch of spices that approximated the andouille (thyme, marjoram, garlic, etc.), but not as strong as what seeps out of the sausage.

Vegan Jambalaya, not bad. The main problem is I really needed to use a larger pot, the 4-qt was really full by the end. The meat dish was pork tacos in the slow cooker. Cool recipe, take some peppers (jalapeno, poblano, and habanero), blend them up with onion and oil. Cook the sauce for awhile, add broth, then dump that over 4 lbs of pork shoulder in the slow cooker for 5 hours. Mmmmm.

Iroquois represent! :)

I'd avoid professing your love to Chz, that didn't go work for the last person that tried it. You'd probably have some people obsessively checking the thread with one hand though. :)

Having a small party to watch the Eagles-Saints game and cook tomorrow, that'll be fun I hope. I'm not really an Eagles fan, but it's easy to root against the Eagles natural rivals, the Giants, Redskins, and Cowboys (notice a common link between those teams?). There's almost enough snow here to really snowshoe, but it would be more like hiking with stuff on my feet.