SageAgainstTheMachine

Look man, we all make mistakes. It's cool. I just don't want any trouble. Nobody needs to get...biopsied.

Look, the Bills have a tradition of giving up more points than they score. Maybe it's not a proud tradition, but it's a tradition, and one of these days it's going to turn out in their favor. You don't change your horse midstream.

I've always disliked this terminology from the media. Makes it sound like these guys accidentally stumble into bad situations.

Certain athletes just seem to be of a different breed when it comes to pain tolerance. I'm just in awe when I see a hockey player get hit in the mouth with the puck, lose a couple teeth and pop back on the ice a few minutes later.

Do you watch Peep Show? I love it.

The two IR stints were for an inflamed hernia and torn pectoral muscle. Painful stuff , but not known as nagging injuries. If we were talking about ligament damage, I'd be more concerned.

MDP, I'm thinking you probably should have explained things for people who didn't see the origin of this in the Shoutbox.

Thank you. Seinfeld, to me, was a show with hilarious concepts and dreadful delivery. The best example is Festivus...the whole idea is funny, but that episode doesn't even scrape the surface of its potential humor. (In my opinion) Plus, Jerry is just annoying and Kramer is semi-funny, but why does there need to be uproarious laughter and applause just because he enters a room? I get a kick out of George Costanza sometimes, though.

I did a write up on that episode. http://www.entertainment-bureau.com/louie-review-episode-3-03-miami/2399 I thought it was pretty funny stuff. The typical TV comedy is farcical in nature (sight gags, one liners, misunderstandings), which I think is why watching something more absurdist and pensive is a shock to the system.

No love for The Simpsons? My top 5...bear in mind, I'm too young for anything before the mid-90's. 1. Arrested Development 2. Louie 3. Simpsons 4. It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia 5. Community

I went with 1. They aren't that common, but I think if Miami starts trying out Tannehill we can shut them out once.

Recap and thoughts on last night's premiere... http://www.entertainment-bureau.com/breaking-bad-recap-5-01-live-free-or-die/2450

Season 5 begins tonight! Should there be a new thread or do we stick to this one? As many of you know, I operate an entertainment digest with my friend and we're happy to provide comprehensive coverage on Breaking Bad, so if it pleases the peanut gallery I'll be posting my weekly insights and episode reviews here. To start off, 10 burning questions for Season 5... Part 1 Part 2

Yes.

I see your point, I do. But... It's also important to bear in mind that being a professional athlete is NOT usually lucrative. The mean salary may be high, but not the median. These guys gamble quite a bit with their chosen professions. To take the bloated MLB salaries as an example - for every Alex Rodriguez with a ridiculous quarter billion dollar contract, there are 1,000 guys making $20,000 a year in the minors, trying to scrape by for their family on the road. Or how about the NFL, where for every Brees there are 100 reserve linemen making 1% of his salary over an average of 2.5 years in return for a lifetime of medical bills? So, put yourself in the shoes of one of the superstars. You are THE guy who overcame the odds to become marketable. And you're going to turn down a single cent of your new contract over some misbegotten principal on your profession's relative social value compared to a fireman? I think not. EDIT: I'm not using "you" to mean "Beerball", rather all the people who spit on these guys for their contracts.

I remember thinking "I should check out that LOST show everybody is talking about" and going to abc.com. An indeterminate number of hours later, it's Season 4, my eyes are bloodshot and a robin is nesting her eggs in my beard.

Just on average. A few tennis players aren't so great looking, some might as well be supermodels. Some gymnasts are hot too, others look to be about 13 years old.

I'll go with tennis before gymnastics.

I personally wouldn't stop rooting for the Bills in such a case, especially if it's just the name that's changing. What's in a name? I haven't actually lived there for 6 years and my interest hasn't exactly waned. A relocation to Toronto or beyond, though, and I might have to shift the focus of my masochism to Cleveland. EDIT: I still don't think it's going to happen, though. I've yet to see something more substantial than "Based on my limited understanding of the markets involved, it seems sorta logical."

Putting aside how !@#$ed up of a person the girl is, let's talk about this Kurtz guy...he committed a murder for HER? Yeah, she feels so guilty that she wants to avoid prison on a technicality.

If Jackson and Spiller are a duel threat, they have no business together on this team. That's a dangerous antiquated tradition and it has no business in the modern NFL.

People on this board have regularly "slammed" guys like Chris Kelsay, Donte Whitner, Aaron Maybin and Josh Reed without provocation. Reed comes across as a bit of a jerk here, but how many of us here really have the right to a high horse?

Let's cook.

Agreed. A distant #2 is "There is no holding on the play. The defender was simply overpowered."

You mean there was actually something worth watching at the all star game? That's a nice change of pace.