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What'd you use for Vegas? Just curious.

I know they won't be because the NHL doesn't want the association with gambling, but they should be the Aces. That'd be awesome. Or the Craps.

Wooo! Finals sunday!

Certainly can be, especially if you want top of the line, but if I throw 700 bucks at it it'll do what I want for quite a while, then I can upgrade ad hoc instead of the whole shebang at once. I don't need crazy graphics, even if I want them. Like I said, if I can future proof it enough to run the games on basic graphics for like 3-5 years, it'll be worth it. If I get real nutty with it, I've thought about buying a really cheap tablet/laptop hybrid, which I'd like anyways, PLUS a gaming desktop, and then remoting into the desktop from the laptop. That way I can play from my couch and not abandon my wife for hours at a time, but still be able to play the games I want. Not really sure this will work, but Steam came out with an OS a while ago, and if I'm reading correctly they say you can do it fairly easily with that system. Probably wouldn't work well with multiplayer on-line stuff, but I play almost none of that anyways. I'll probably just buy another 360 and live with that for another year, but its on my radar, anyways.

Similar story, had PS1 and PS2, which I love. I didn't even buy a 360 til late in the game, and by then it was because you could get them so cheap compared to the PS3. In addition to that, my now wife had one, and some of my roommates around that time had one, so I was used to it, and had even bought a few games for the house to play, so it made sense. Wife's died about a year ago, now this one, that I split with my brother, just went :(. I'm considering going to PC gaming again; I have a bunch of games I bought on deals on Steam that I can't run on my laptop (well, couldn't, that is also dead...its been a rough year for me electronically). I live in the tech world, so I feel fairly confident I can put together a solid system. I don't need it to be amazing, I just need it to be able to run 99% of games, and be able to do that for like 5 years. I'm ok with dropping the graphics down in the future, I just want to be able to actually PLAY the games. I'll probably buy another 360 and split it with my brother again to tide me over, but hopefully by winter time I'll have a system that can do decent stuff again.

Always wanted to try George Washington's beer recipe: http://www.beerhistory.com/library/holdings/washingtonrecipe.shtml Not very descriptive, though. Its like the recipe cards you get from a great aunt or something. "Add the right amount of flour...".

Ugh, 360 red ringed last night. Was working fine. Guess I'm looking at upgrading...

I still don't hate that trade. In a vacuum its not so great, but at the time we had no hope of a #1 center, and Corporal Hogshead gave us some shot at it.

Hold on to your butts for that deal, it'll be a lot. Not judging, he's probably worth it, but its going to be a big one.

Tried a "Not Your Father's Root Beer" this weekend, which is a beer that tastes like root beer (I know, surprising). It was...odd. I'm glad I only bought one bottle; it was worth trying, but I can't imagine drinking a sixer of it. I love good root beer/birch beer, and it definitely tasted like that, but somehow it was just off. It was quite sweet, and every once in a while I'd catch a fleeting taste of beer-iness, but maybe that was psychological; I knew it was beer, but it didn't taste like it. It confused my beer brain a bit. It was worth a try, anyways.

A politically incorrect as an EAGLE TO THOSE COMMIE FACES! ok, THAT might have been politically incorrect...

At Acropolis on Elmwood tonight. Trying to get a big crowd, so if you show up and find me I'll buy you a beer. I'll be wearing a red American Outlaws shirt, a stars and stripes bandana, and a royal blue Sabres hat.

Just for reference on the 21st pick: http://puckjunk.com/2015/06/26/re-imagining-the-1990-nhl-draft/ A redraft of (supposedly, I'm no expert on that sort of thing) one of the best drafts in the history of the league, with a 20 year head start of knowledge on all the prospects and their future careers, and with the 21st overall pick the Bruins end up with a defender I almost remember. I know there's more to drafting than just picking the 21st best player in the draft at 21, but still. Perspective.

Prime? Absolutely.

Ok, I'm drifting into " it, we got a goalie, we needed a goalie, we'll see what happens w/ that draft pick, but I'm ok with it for now." Concussions scare me, though.

The only thing that makes sense is the Murray freaking LOVES Lehner. I don't think almost any goalie is worth a first. I would rather they drafted Samulsson or whoever at 21 than trade for a guy.

Welp.

Someone said they want a 1st, a player, and a prospect. Does 21, Bogo, and Grigorenko get it done? I suppose it depends on what Roy thought of Grigo when he coached him, but if that works I'd take it.

I know they keep saying it won't happen, but I'm still on the "Vegas and Seattle get a team, Arizona moves to Quebec" train.

Not since Spano, that's for sure.

Seems like a very natural reaction to me. Even it it was because I had been in a car accident or something I wouldn't want people talking about me like "oh, sometimes he goes postal and gets mad about nothing". People are embarrassed about medical things that they have no control over all the time.

This makes a lot of sense, and is so, so sad.

Yup, that'll do it.

Quick poll, what's the most you've ever paid for beer? Any volume.

Thats a great line. Sounds like something out of a Punisher comic or something.