MattPie

I think the role of teachers is changing, but maybe not as much as it may seem. If you think back (or at least if I do), the best teachers weren't the ones that pushed a bunch of knowledge to the students, they were the ones that engaged and made kids think. That part is the same now, but there's less need for a teacher whose only skill is pushing information down and testing to see who remembered enough on a closed-book test. I really hope public schools can pivot a bit to take this new reality and help kids navigate. Having all the information available to you at all times is powerful, but you need to be able to understand and evaluate and not just memorize stuff from some "authority" and repeat it back. There are private school curriculum that do this starting at a young age and I think it makes way more sense to prepare kids for reality.

I'd buy this Multi-Cup. https://www.stanley1913.com/products/titanium-multi-cup-10-oz

I work in IT, if I ever get to the point where I don't want to learn something new I know it'll be time for be to retire. I don't think that's limited to IT, there are often new approaches to things that may work better than what we were taught. I don't blame any teachers or medical industry people for retiring early at this point. Crap conditions, crap money, and large portions of the public and politicians that love to ***** all over them. Someone above mentioned respect, that's spot on.

It's a really tough one, it's effective, but it's 100% an unnatural pose to put a body in. It's not the first time people have had to reckon with "playing this sport will damage my body", which seems like the answer is "I don't care, the sports are more important to me".

And especially with Lehner. Could be it *wasn't* entirely the Sabres staff that was the issue.

Good thing it's a coupe, if that were a sedan it might be an unwieldy length. EDIT: The interesting part is it's not *that* much bigger than a modern car, it's the weird proportions. It's 6" wider and ~30" longer than an Accord. I think we can all see where that extra 2.5 feet could be eliminated. The other interesting 5-minute fact I just found is a Ford Explorer is only 6" wider than an Accord, and roughly the same length. But maybe that's just the Accord being a big car, it's a little longer and the same width as a Subaru Outback.

I mean, the previous director, Michael Brind'Amour (no relation, apparently) has a storied career: https://www.eliteprospects.com/player/252760/michel-brind-amour (I assume that's the same person). I can understand the let-down from that pedigree.

Methinks your sarcasm detector needs calibration. 🙂

FWIW, Miller's first two years were the (awesome) scroing free-for-all of 05-06-07, right? comparing players years apart can be difficult. How was Miller compared to his peers. (Note: I don't know what quality start means, maybe that takes that into account) Ullmark's teams didn't do him any favors though, that's for sure.

Agreed. These aren't management that are like one or two levels up from the employees doing the work; the best managers I've had in that situation are the ones that did the have experience doing the work first. At the level of Ms Skinner's hire, you're managing the department heads and lawyers and public expectations. Having grunt-level experience might help here, but it's less important than being competent at working with people and politics.

I can't help but draw parallels between Comrie and Biron. Biron played 2 full seasons as the Flyers starter after the trade, and wasn't quite good enough. I could see Comrie being similar but hopefully that's the floor. Also, it shows how disconnected I was 2002-4 when I didn't pay any attention to the Sabres, I had no idea until today the Marty was the starter those years.

This is part of the reason I love cycling, you're usually moving fast enough that it's not too bad until you hit 90 F. Just keep taking on water as you ride and when you stop make sure there's nothing that'll be damaged by the sweat that'll start pouring off you now that the 'wind' is gone, lol.

At that level, which is management, pro hockey experience isn't exactly a requirement. Outsider might even be better to call the old boys on their BS. This seems like something at Hockey Canada that desperately needs doing. Well, that too. 🙂

I was there two week agos (not by choice). It wasn't much fun outside until like 10PM, and then it was too late. I was up in Buffalo over the weekend, and tried out the Clarence/Newstead/Akron rail trail network. Nice enough trails, although there were only a few "interesting" parts. Most of it an 8 ft paved lane with the trees cut back fairly far so limited shade. The part between Wherle and Clarence Park on the West Shore Line was probably the nicest, although I didn't do the Western-most part of the Peanut Line from Transit to Goodrich Rd. If you're looking for a nice, flat, paved place to ride a bike, this is your jam. https://www2.erie.gov/clarence/sites/www2.erie.gov.clarence/files/uploads/pdfs/BikePathBrochure.pdf https://www2.erie.gov/newstead/sites/www2.erie.gov.newstead/files/uploads/SKMBT_C28420071511470.pdf

Let's not be greedy. 🙂

Whose should the Sabres be looking at for their pick in the late-20s? 😉

Things are trending back to our grandparents, so might be prophetic.

Forget that, teach him to shoot right and the Sabres RHD woes are over!

It's pretty good, and it is "frell" in that universe.

Understatement.

Wasn't that Farscape too, or was that frelling?

Linky: https://www.cbc.ca/sports/football/nfl/dolphins-owner-tampering-tom-brady-nfl-1.6538739

Ouch, Miami fined their 2023 1st round and 2024 3rd pick for tampering with Tom Brady trying to lure while playing for the Pats. I'd think they should suspend Brady too for entertaining it.

1st: Maaaybbeeee. That bike was wide. I think it was something like 37-38 inches from cylinder-head to cylinder-head (BMW R1150R). I often had the BMW hard bags on it, which I think were even wider (but held plenty of stuff for 9-day camping trips). 3rd: I always liked Aprillas, cool stuff. The BMW certainly wasn't fast, but it would certainly corner past my risk-tolerance on the street. Even on track days I could hang in the corners; I remember one at Summit Point where the guys on fast bikes would fly away on the straights, but I'd reel them back in after a few corners and have to slow down. Never quite managed to pass them. 😞

My guess is the IT work (bias lens engaged) is part of it. Financial services often have a lot of compliance requirements to handle peoples money. Paychex is a very good analog in payrool; instead of have Mike and Molly the IT people, this company runs your IT in a safe-ish manner and handles all the nitty-gritty stuff you're required to do. MsPie kinda researched this (sociology is kinda a hobby for her). A lot of people who are from really wealthy families do not flaunt it. Having really fancy stuff on display is more for moderately-wealthy people that have to prove how rich they are to everyone. In my limited experience, it can go either way with the person who first makes the money, they can either keep their moderate ways (like apparently Sam Walton) or be flashy (TG and TP). The kids are often the ones that flaunt unless the parent strongly instills that same minimal approach to life.