That Aud Smell

Avett Brothers this Friday in Cleveland Town. An Avett show is quite like "going to church." I mean that in the proverbial way - not in a mundane way. Their shows (can) make you feel better about yourself, the world, and such. It's little wonder that their grandfather was a Methodist minister.

I’m trying to catch a vibe with the Bills - for the fun of it. More soberly, I think they will do well to make the playoffs — especially as these injuries continue to mount.

Nah. I prefer to catch a vibe. Kid’s gonna be a poor man’s Kuechly and be in the parade down Delaware Avenue. You’re just Little Bill Sunshine up in this thread, eh?

Lol - dude’s gotta have a mouthful of a regional Chipotle’s burrito to finish the trick.

I saw Pominville catching an earful from his girlfriend while he stared ahead blankly and chowed down on some Salsaritas at the corner of Delaware and Chippewa. …. Sorry. No. That was August 2009.

I hear you. To be fair, though. the athletes treat *their own bodies* like machines. Camp Marv was a thing. But when you go to 4 straight Super Bowls, your team earns a light touch in the summer. Back to Samuel: When I watch WR’s train, I am always astonished that they don’t *all* break bones in their feet, develop turf toe, and/or develop plantar fasciitis. The stress and strain that they place on their feet are extraordinary — and wholly unnatural.

Samuel week to week with turf toe. A key WR with turf toe in August. No bueno.

That tape from the PIT game don’t lie.

It was better than the Avett Brothers show I saw there in … 2022? The parade of motorized scooters - operated by persons with sour, disapproving faces - that left the venue when the band launched into their first foot stomper was a bit of a vibe dampener.

Unprepared in the best possible way. I was (am) an Etheridge casual. I never gave her music much thought. Then she performed live and blew my effing face off. Incredible. Sorry to cause offence or upset. I was indulging in some tangents on Chautauqua Institution, generally. Fascinating place. Absolutely fascinating. Also, sorry for the typos. I should have reviewed that before posting. Edit: Your quote of my post seems to read as more garbled than my original post? Anyway, the olds acting like screen agers were very amusing to me.

It’s a bit of a metaphor, as applied here. I apologize if this is causing offence. There is absolutely a sort of … doctrine and dogma associated with what I will call the Chautauqua way. And that’s largely to the greater good. Largely. Not entirely.

Absolutely nothing wrong with it. It’s delightful. Beautiful. Quirky. Huh?

I keep thinking about this. Sorry to spam the thread a bit. I have some talkin’ to do. The short answer seems to be: Security has not changed in the least. There was a blackout drunk “fan” in the front row (the floor’s all reserved seating now - so this lady had gone to trouble and expense to get her front row ticket). She was about 5’3” and easily weighed 2 bills. Sporting Guy Fieri hair (did she have a red visor?) and wearing blackout bass fishing sunglasses (in the amp). At one point during the Indigo Girls set, I realized Gal Fieri was standing at the very edge of the stage, and had been for a minute or so. The protocol appears to be for the ~7’ gangway between front row and stage’s edge to be kept clear. For further context, the stage at the amp is only very modestly raised from ground level — an athletic person (not me, not Gal) could easily vault up onto the stage with a small running start. After standing at the stage’s edge for a while, Gal got a high five from Amy (?) and sauntered back to her front row pew, exulting and seeking other high fives. She got a talking to from security, who were late to realize what had happened. (Wtf?!) Gal’s behavior deteriorated from there and she eventually got the bum’s rush from ~5 burly guards (she put up quite a fight). Indigo Girl Amy seemed like she might try to intercede at one point, but the situation was too far gone. Oddly, the guards’ only path to ejecting Gal was to move her *up the stairs* to the top of the amp. Tough sledding. Making things even stranger: When both acts came to a closing peak in their sets — playing well known bangers — a crowd of ~150-200 rushed the stage and stood right at its edge. So … sorry, Gal. Your timing was just off? Anyway. I can’t get over how nothing seems to have changed at the CHQ AMP after the attack on Rushdie. One question: Were there security detectors present when Rushdie spoke? I assume there must have been. There certainly were for this concert. It’s the only thing I can think of to excuse what appears to be a total absence of “lessons learned” changes from CHQ.

The crowd was very typical CHQ, imo. There were a significant number of Tuiters (sp?) who were there because they have tickets to certain/all ticketed events — e.g., the boomers in front of us were playing solitaire and candy crush throughout Indigo Girls, were more attentive to Etheridge’s set, but left halfway through it.

At a minimum, Andreesen should get p squad. Wonderful story, as McDermott acknowledged.

I middled this one.

Cutting Skinner was necessary. He wasn’t going to be a fit with Lindy. But the team hasn’t used that cap space to improve the team.

Tbh, not sure any of the choices capture how I feel about the decision. I gave it the second highest grade, anyway.

I’m fine with the Savoie trade. I’ve grown to feel confused by the Mittelstadt trade. This team is missing a top-6 forward.

I’m honestly not sure what the difference is between “good but incomplete” and “not good enough.” I went with the latter. Colour me unenthused about the season’s start.

Report from Chautauqua: Indigo Girls went first and played a charming coffee house set. Then Melissa Etheridge came out and blew our f**king faces off. Holy sh1t. I was unprepared. Great show.

fair deuce

I think this is a fair point. Recruited into BC as a safety, for sure. Beane/McDermott saw the potential to have him play LB in McDermott's defense. That vision turned out to be 20/20 and the choice was a terrific success. But, alas. As you say, it may have been too much for that frame to bear. He was a special player.

Milano was/is one of the few (arguably at times the only?) Bills player on D who can make the so-called splash plays. Maybe Bernard can fill that role? I recall hearing stats last year for him that were impressive. And maybe Von can squeeze out a few in the winter of his career? Idk. Just a huge bummer.

Milano reportedly has a torn bicep, which will require surgery. What an absolute bummer.