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I remember plenty of brain farts. We all knew he was going to grow into something, but I don't think we all knew he was going to be as great as he has become. I certainly didn't think so.

We don't need them if we remember what his play was like with the Isles and during his earlier years in Ottawa. And I do remember!

That's pre-analytics, though. You have to Fenwick that number by the square root of defensive zone starts and then re-reticulate it across the cosine of Corsi times WAR.

That looks like a baby Muppet Sam. (Yes, I know that Muppet Sam is an eagle, not an owl.)

Shouldn't it be Ristolainen who is the beneficiary of your largesse of luck-wishing? We're all rooting for the same team here!

I'm not so sure about that. Also, if I'm the type of LEO who is prone to try to give black people a hard time, I'm going to have multiple pretextual bases for my search if I can. Some Kenmore police officers refer to "UNITs" when they see certain people walking down Delaware or Elmwood. U is Unidentified. I is In. T is Town, and you can figure out N for yourself.

So on my Hulu front page right now, "Taylor Swift: City of Love" is right next to a show called ":Your Pretty Face Is Going to Hell." I'm not interested in either, but the juxtaposition is somewhat stark.

That is right around the same point in Chara's career where he started to bloom.

Might as well go all the way and get real bratwurst if I'm headed in that direction.

I remember thinking the exact same thing when this article came out. It's fine to cut them, BTW, as long as you leave them on the grill long enough to crisp up. Gross. I will give them a try some time.

It was the "I smell something" or whatever pretext for the search that was BS and not the initial stop (which was prompted by a caller who saw him speeding toward a construction zone, not drinking a beer). And if you want to call me and others idiots, fine, but I know how this world works.

Yeah, I'm a little younger than you guys, but they didn't "smell anything in my car" in those days, either.

Yes, and they based their search on something that they smelled, which was that Oliver is black allegedly marijuana but it turned out there wasn't any.

Wait, isn't that the website that was wrong last week? Good.

I would be absolutely *astonished* if I learned that Kyle Williams had never driven around in a truck with a gun in it, after having a few beers.

I'm not exactly sure of how to implement it, either.

Let's see if I finish before there are too many accolades, but it has been good so far. Anyway back to whisky!

Left law and entered seminary.

HE HAD A 2C. HE HAD ONE OF THE BEST. I AM SCREAMING BECAUSE OF THAT STUPID TRADE.

I know how old you are! We've talked a few times. Now this, this is the problem. And it's not about the price of the cherries. Next time you're here, if I'm still here and if @Weave is around, let's show you our favorite bourbon joint on Pearl Street. Please bring a sober wife and/or an Uber app.

I'm trying to find activities for us during COVID, and @dudacek is a tough act to follow. I'm thinking we take the entire list of 500+ Sabres players and play some Survivor. Initial rounds can be 5 or 10 players eliminated--just according to a poster naming them--until about 100 or so remain, at which point we can limit it to 3 choices or something? Don't know that it's a great idea, but it's something....

I'll be honest: I don't usually ask for fruit unless I'm with a date (not exactly possible in seminary) and/or with my niece. I don't usually eat the cherries, in other words; I give them away. But when I get one that looks like a REAL cherry, like the ones you posted, I ask for extra.

I would like to try those. Lately (last 5-8 years?), the "sour cherry" thing has been all the rage for Manhattans, old fashioneds, etc., here. Certainly, they are better than the bright red dyed stuff. But I don't know the brand--maybe they actually are Luxardo.

@weave remember when Bulleit was a less-than-average priced bottle? I MISS THOSE DAYS! Bulleit used to be about $5- $7 less than Jack. And it is such a better whisky--both the bourbon and the rye. I remember buying a bottle from Hodge (that's a store on Elmwood Ave) for about $16 about ten years ago and the owner saying, "you know your stuff." I never have seen it in a handle. I would probably need to adjust my pants if I did. Agreed, very good but not great on rocks; bad neat, on the Maker's. I don't drink Canadian whisky Manhattans so I can't speak to that part of the situation.

OK. Let's get to work here. Sobieski in a giant bottle isn't a bad idea. You're going to mix that with something that overtakes the flavor anyway. I hope. One of my brothers needed a shot to "settle his stomach" last semester, and that was all I had, and well, we really choked it down. Nasty stuff, "live." Ketel is actually a fairly good vodka. It's pretty clean-tasting, which is what I want in a vodka (unless it's buffalo grass vodka). When I used to drink vodka martinis, I wouldn't even necessarily mind Ketel in a martini. I had no idea it was sold in larger bottles. TIL. But on the Manhattan situation, oh boy. There are good bourbons that make horrible Manhattans (Maker's comes to mind) and good bourbons that make good ones (Jack, and don't start on the Tennessee sour mash thing; it's the same stuff). But there are no bad bourbons that make good Manhattans. It's impossible. I've tried. The best I've had involve some mid-high bourbons, and the worst I've had involve stuff that you find in handles.