MattPie

Great book. I've read a bunch of his other stuff. It's not as tight as Snow Crash, but generally quite good. Right now: Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court. Getting into it, just need more time. Next up: Inheritance (the fourth (and hopefully final) book in the Eragon series), just to finish it up. They're not *bad* books, but being written by a teenager they show some simpleness. The characters are generally very good or very bad.

One of these bands is not like the other ones, one of these bands in not the same.

I thought it really was a joke, although that could be because I was thinking of the show Mantis or Manhunt. :)

+1 (In all seriousness, the Chz is a great source for hockey stuff on Twitter)

Pierogies at the Polish-fest in Sloan (yesterday).

Yep. You kinda knew it would go nuclear at some point, but it went quite awhile before the condescension set in.

Yeah, I kinda knew that's what that link was going to be. I really like Chick-fil-a, but I stopped eating there a few years ago due to the management's views. So be it.

OK, maybe I don't like German beer. :)

I always thought I didn't like german beer, but it turns out I don't like beer transported from Germany. German styles brewed locally aren't bad at all.

I find the typical Brittish ales to be the same thing vs. a nice American pale ale, stout, or IPA. (Thinking Tetleys, the various RAF-named ones, etc. vs. anything from Victory Brewing) :P Now, if you're talking about the American beer that you see in England (Bud and Rolling Rock, if I recall correctly), you're completely right. The Brittish beer you get here is pretty sad as well (Newcastle, Bass, and sometimes Boddingtons for the most part). Manchester Star, though, mmmmmm.... :)

Why not? I can't imagine she gets that many.

Yes. Buffalo isn't loaded with local breweries, but I'd put some American microbrews up against anything I've had from Europe. If nothing else: http://bluemonkbflo.com/the-taps/ (they're a bad example though, since they do a lot of imports)

Now if you want to talk about some slander/libel....

Sulzer played pretty well with Ehrhoff for the weeks he was here, I'm not sure if someone would be better in that slot, but like the FES line, you don't break things that work willy-nilly.

What's the process for moving back up? I assume you been champions each year since?

Ouch, sorry!

You should have sliced off a piece, it's really good hot or cold.

I don't understand, how does this reflect badly on Lindy Ruff? ;)

I'm guessing we call him Tar-NASTY?

So who's this Agent Frenzy person and why are they locked up?

On Chara: no, it's not fair to try to figure out what was in his head at the time. At least in that case we could watch the event and discuss. The links you're making, while facts, at best make a tenuous argument that it's *possible*, more so than someone completely outside the situation would possibly know. But, in the America it's apparently completely acceptable take a couple facts and make up a story as you feel fit. It just puts you on the level of talk radio, and that's not a complement.

Your goat has been gotten friend. In this matter, Drane is either trolling you or delusional that what he said was within the realm of good taste or moral (or likely out and out illegal, as you point out). But nothing you say is going to stop this line of conversation. Drane: you're better than this, I hope it's just trolling.

They were posted (perhaps by you) on this or another thread within the last week or two.

Sometimes, the people that come in,overcome the odds, learning something about themselves. Documentary:

If you look, they're kind of working outward from Syracuse. Rochester, then Manhattan (market size, I'd think), then Troy and now Buffalo. I've been to Roch, Syracuse, and Manhattan. Mine was the only bike at the Manhattan one that evening, Wimps! Although some might say I was crazy for riding a couple hours in some rain in October for the privilege. I would tend to say they don't. :)