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Chevelle had a damned good set. The crowd was smaller than I expected, but plenty enthusiastic. We’re home before Breaking Benjamin finished. Funny. Now that my sons work schedule has him up at 5am, seeing the encore doesn’t have the importance it used to. Had a great time with the boy. We enjoy doing these.

To really experience the food, go to the non-touristy places. Is that taqueiria still open in the French Quarter? Make sure you breakfast at the Ruby Slipper at least once.

Did I read that right? At the end of the contract Ullmark is a UFA?

Still need room for call ups. Would surpass my calling of Roy for Ott pretty significantly.

Say what now?

I missed out on last nights show, but my son scored tix to Chevelle and Breaking Benjamin tomorrow evening. I'm rather meh about Breaking Benjamin, but I'm looking forward to seeing Chevelle.

Approved. Good tequila should be involved though.

Who is Dahlin's agent?

I might have to look for tix on the secondary market now.

I’m not sure he fits in with the direction the team is headed and was a likely move anyway. He was my candidate for most likely to be traded.

Eleven doesn't get this gif.

I don't understand how the market went berserk. I mean, I get that demand changed, but on top of that a whole segment of people entered the market as collectors and resellers on the grey market. Facebook is full of whiskey pages with people posting "finds" at absurd prices, and "should I open it or bunker it" comments. Liquor stores are doing raffles for the opportunity to purchase these whiskeys at inflated prices. Nuts. It's frickin whiskey, not a Faberge egg. They always make more. When this thread started my everyday pour was Weller Antique and I was buying it in 1.5L bottles for $19.99. Today demand for it is so high they don't put out 1.5L bottles anymore to the best of my knowledge and its a $30 whiskey in a 750ml bottle. More than double the price. My wife used to buy me Blanton's and Van Winkle and a couple of the Buffalo Trace Antique series whiskeys for Father's Day gifts. Boy, that's long gone now.

Went back through the first pages of this thread to relive the twists and turns. Holy cow does this stick out. My how things have changed since 2011. Rip Van Winkle is aka Pappy 10yr. $6 a glass. At a bar. Triple or quadruple that today. If you can find it. Ahhh.. the good old days.

Oof. Yeah, it's nice stuff but I'm not interested in paying $75 for it.

Had a new to me pour today. Whistle Pig Farmstock Rye. I've had Whistle Pig in the past, but not this bottling. It is a limited bottling, whatever that is. The brand was a bit maligned when it first came out, not because of the quality of the liquid, but because its story didn't match reality. Their advertising made claims of being a small, craft distiller of locally sourced ingredients, but the reality was they were sourcing their distillate from large suppliers. Not unlike Templeton Rye claiming to be a craft whiskey when they were buying their juice from the largest producer of rye whiskey in the world. But amid the controversy, Whistle Pig whiskey was praised as good stuff. Maybe overpriced, but solid. I had mine neat. This one is 86 proof, a bit lighter than I usually prefer. It had a sweet, bourbon-y nose. Caramel and vanilla. On the tongue the sweetness was just as apparent. Not a typical rye so far. Nice viscosity, and subtle barrel notes. The finish surprised me. Usually ryes are pepper and spice on the finish, with a bit of grassiness mixed in. This one had hints of that grassieness, but cinnamon dominated the finish. A delicious, sweet cinnamon. I had this one at a nearby wine bar. I'm not sure of the bottle cost, but a double pour at the wine bar was $13. Pretty tolerable for what it was. I'd buy it again.

Sheary I get, but how much value does the 6th defenseman on one of the worst teams in the league have?

I guess I need to see that trade first because I’m not convinced our dumps have any demand, even for picks.

I'm just not sure how we make a trade with a team facing a cap crunch when we've got a bit of a cap crunch as well.

Cheeses. Like Scott Stevens with elbows down.

Out on the lake at dawn in my kayak this morning. Very few anglers on the water. Incredibly peaceful. Found a big school of hungry crappies. Watched a juvenile eagle at work. Was a beautiful morning.

That is my take as well.

Grocery fishing. Love it. I'm hoping the wind doesn't keep me from getting out tomorrow.

The talent born on my birthday is astonishingly low. Just bury me now.

This is downright laughable given The Patriot Act, TSA, and everything else that followed in the wake of 9/11. The days of Republicans being advocates for privacy started falling away with the war on drugs and officially ended when the 2nd plane flew into the World Trade Center.

Usimng this definition, no we don't have enough. And we don't have enough talent ofr it to matter as well. So I should have just "liked" your post instead.