SageAgainstTheMachine

You lost me there.

Fitzpatrick's tenure in the NFL is long enough to safely say "he is who he is". He's no longer an up-and-comer. IMO, Fitz is the ideal backup...smart, all about the team, could win you a couple games in the starter's absence. As usual, the Bills FO was too incompetent to realize this.

The Maya got it wrong. The world will end during an unnecessary booth review of the Bills' Superbowl winning TD.

I resolve to purchase the Bills. I've got about 10 billion dollars lying around and I tire of bathing in it.

Time heals wounds. Not all wounds, but most of 'em. At some point, I think after the 2nd Jets loss, I just started laughing at it. Only the Bills could take a 21-0 lead and turn it into a 49-21 loss.

I shudder to think that you're getting out early. But in complete honesty, do you think you can really just give it up? Can you train yourself to stop having an emotional reaction? Can you think to yourself "I no longer care", and just make it so? Might be more complicated than you think.

A ham? Bills fanship is like the Hotel California...you can check out any time you like, but you can never leeeeave.

He's a better comedian than she is a singer. Not that I'm a fan of Brand's, but she is just awful listening.

I agree with this. I'm an understanding person, but when a guy becomes rich after not having much money and he ends up blowing it all on extravagances instead of savoring the many small comforts it can provide, that says something about his character. If I ever become a multi-millionaire, most of that money is getting saved and split between charity and progeny upon my death. I mean, sure, buy a nicer house. Become a wine collector. Take an annual vacation. Treat your friends and family to a nice dinner every once in a while. That's what I consider the high life to be, not wasting thousands of dollars on a daily basis.

All of this makes sense. However, to the extent that Hearst and Pulitzer permanently exploded the propaganda industry, doesn't mainstream (read: lazy) journalism simply reflect what a pre-conceived (and then market tested) audience wants to hear? And within the dollars and cents schema of big media, wouldn't the aspirations of the idealistic cub reporter be rendered moot? Obama is the most ready example...most are convinced that the media consistently softens the blows earned from his incompetence, but given his exceedingly low approval ratings there MUST be more advertising revenue to be had by twisting the knife, rather than trying to pull it out.

Cancer still blows. RIP

With the assumption that a certain general bias does exist (not so much the vast conspiracy that some imagine, but a liberal bent nonetheless), what do you suppose is its impetus? What benefit does the media, news organizations in particular, gain from skewing information to the left? I've really no opinion of my own, so I'm not trying to drive home a point...just curious as to your opinions.

2,200 all purpose yards in 4 straight years. Might be having one of the quietest HOF careers in NFL history.

I don't think that's a "that guy" statement. Cultures (American black culture included) place varying levels of value on objects/experiences. "That guy" is the person who says, "Haha! Stupid black people and their expensive sneakers!", while sipping a $10 venti frozen caramel mocha choco-latte with soy milk.

Out of the millions of reasons to blast the Bills FO, speculation by Mel Kiper isn't one of them.

Incidentally, another of my favorites: Portmanteau

Well, the beard attention is obviously his own doing, but I think the media took the wedding ring item and ran with it.

No, it doesn't.

$180 for basketball shoes? I know people value things differently, but to me that's just absurd.

*aboard a blimp

That's an annoying one for sure. To play devil's advocate, people ultimately decide the meanings of words and one could argue that "unique" has become conflated with "irregular" over time.

Psychologically, children are self-centered by nature.

The sad part is that Dave was on the verge of making a somewhat funny self-deprecating joke. Then his fingers got in the way.

I'm pretty neutral on the Toronto situation, but Ralph sure doesn't have a good sense of timing.

#3 from "Reading" - Give one stanza of a poem from your favorite author. What % of today's 8th graders have read any poetry of their own volition? Fixed it for ya