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I'll admit your ability to digest a compliment is peculiarly Mantis-like, as if it portends a visit from the more fair of the species.

There's worse obsessions than keeping your house free of insects.

That's the spirit- devoid of obsession and suggestive that you've moved on to focus on the Buffalo Bills instead of the Dallas Cowboys.

Looks like somebody beat you to it. Coach Tuesday's Grand Strategy

Amen. While Shout! was likely to show up on the Left Coast the Monday after the featured game, at least the content gave the appearance of being relatively free of pressure from the organization. It was about two issues into Digest when it became perfectly clear that it too closely favored an internal corporate newsletter.

In any community it's a very healthy exercise for responsible members to observe those few of you consumed with hate. It's only when a community in whole ignores those of you on the hate fringe that episodes like Columbine or the rise of Adolph Hitler go unchecked. Hate On!

There's a difference between subjectivity and objectivity- your opinion on me being an a-hole is wholly subjective while your multiple statements that I post as frequently about Bledsoe as you is objectively and quantitatively proven a lie with any even cursory review of the evidence. You can't hide from your posting history! And no, you don't have to worry about me following strings pointing out the contradicitons and obsessions in your posts, the jobless aren't of that much interest to me unless I REALLY have some time to burn ;-) Hate On!

You have no idea what my opinion about Drew Bledsoe is because you're far too busy polluting this board with your repetitive and boring opinion over and over and over incessantly to the point where there's only 8 others on the board who even bother to read any string with your name in it, and those others are the posters suffering from the same obsession. As far as your lies, one example I've pointed out this statement of yours (you seem to be involved in just as many of these DB threads as I am!) is a lie and suggested a easily verifiable challenge whereby you could be exposed for the falsehood. You have declined I assume because you realize the statement is a lie and yet you've used it twice in this string already. Personility defects like dishonesty and obsessive behavior are flaws that are not limited to an online identity. No doubt those habits are a part of your life whether your computer is on or off. And those who really "matter to you" would tell you how much those negative traits consume your life if you'd simply ask them.

You're declining my challenge? I'll take that as firm evidence that you don't even believe the tripe you post. Hate On!

Let me enlighten you- J.P. Losman is a quarterback who is currently a member of our football team. I'll be happy to challenge you to expose yet another of your lies. Let's take our last 100 football posts from this moment backwards and find our who makes references to Bledsoe with more frequency. Loser leaves the board until the first pre-season game kickoff. I'm waiting for your answer. That's what I figured, just another spineless jellyfish. Just like all the obsessives.

I think all Bill's fans who are not consumed by hate expect J.P. Losman to try his best. I'm also quite certain that those of us who are not ruled by hatred of former Bills players hope that J.P.'s best is better than what we've gotten the past two seasons. In fact, you have a lot of crust suggesting you know anything at all about Bill's fans since it's only you and 6 or 7 others who are obsessed to the point of posting everyday about former players instead of looking to the future with all the real Bill's fans But hey, you go right ahead and Hate On!

Please extend my apologies to any members fo your immediate family who are offended by your last name being spelled incorrectly.

You're of course, once again, failing miserably at accurate representation of facts. The writer establishes the criteria as: 10-5-1 or better That criteria does not include 10-6 teams. The writer goes on further to offer an explanation virtually anyone interested in objectivity could understand- "winning twice as many games as you lose". Again, a record of 10-6 does not meet the measure. Hate on!

Your comparative analysis is an excellent point. Kelly, statistically a lesser QB who never won the big game or earned a Super Bowl ring like Bledsoe, made it against far more convincing contemporaries than Bledsoe will face. Also it seems to push the nomination through much more rapidly when a player attracts a few dozen Travis Bickel types. By my count (and including the 3 Travis Bickels who have been "uninvited" on this board for their obsessive posting regarding him) Bledsoe has a fan club of least 14 Bickel-types, some of whom have already appeared in this thread. If he has any luck in picking up another 8 or 9 he'll be a shoe-in for the Hall.

Throw a cheap South African Viognier on top of two bottles of port every morning before work and we might just collaborate on the cure for quarterback obsession! I'll check back with you Wednesday.

If you like bordeax but the sticker shock for the good ones is too severe, start thinking Rhone varietals. Syrah is still well withing reach, with both the greatest region IMO worldwide being the Barossa in Australia plus a lot of California wines, especially Central Coast Syrah coming in at under 10 bucks for high quality offerings. It just takes a little searching, which is the fun of it all. If you start to get into Syrah let me know and I'll steer you in a good direction.

Three bottles of wine and 4 'ludes is apparently a faux paus also if I read the label beforehand, but that's never stopped me from enjoying the buzz.

It's an aquired thing, and if you want chilled wines now that's OK, you'll eventually almost surely end up enjoying them at a warmer temp as the flavors of both red and white wines are greatly improved as the temp goes towards room temp. Usually wine tastes are developed from starting on sweeter white wines, but I guess the best strategy for chilled reds might be trying some ports. You don't want the 30 buck version of Vintage Ports, instead try a wine shop who has a good slection of Ruby Ports and grab a couple bottles for under 10 bucks. Give them a try but I wouldn't recommend overdoing it on quantity with port. If you do find them to your liking you can work your way up to the dryer Ports. After a stint there jump over to a bland bordeax varietal like Merlot that's easy to get down. From there you can move to the traditional reds like Cab, Syrah, Pinot, etc. Along the way I'm sure you'll find yourself liking them all less and less chilled.

It's a common area of confusion due to the FDAs requirement that U.S. wines identify sulfites if they exist in small amounts, and yet fermentation causes sulfites naturally that exceed those levels. The question might better be how about wines with no ADDED sulfites- wherein you'll find a few U.S brands who sell them. I've never had one that I'd revisit because they just aren't very good. The key is that winemakers in Europe, Australia, etc., ALL add sulfites to the wine for preservation. You can find organic wines ( that still have sulfites ) with no added sulfites at stores like Wild Oats or other regional health food grocers. One other thing about sulfites- a lot of peole blame them for allergies and headaches that are almost always actually caused by the histamines in wines versus the sulfites. If you're struggling with the efects of a bottle of wine it might be better to try a decent anithistimine prior to imbibing to see if that cures your ills.

Oddly that'd be frowned upon while quaffing huge slugs directly from the barrel is considered appropriate etiquette.

In a big way. I've got next weekend booked in Paso Robles for cellar tastings of wines that won't get bottled until later in the year. It's the payoff for all the volunteer hours I put in setting up my Festival.

Born and raised in Wellsville NY. Went to college in Alfred NY.

I regularly have PBR in the kegerator in my home in the mountains, we drink fridge beer in the Santa Monica beach house because we don't have a full bar there. I had my buddy who owns a famous Hollywood Bar (Barney's Beanery) add it to his drafts and it's become one of his best sellers. My beverage pallette isn't typically challenged by any of the 1000s who attend my Wine Festival every year- AKCs Wine Festival Link But it shouldn't surprise me that someone with your "expertise" in the Quarterback position would display a similar expertise in beverage assessment by missing the fact that PBR out of a keg is actually one of this country's better offerings ;-)

The other side of it is that Shelton, a guy who is apparently in SERIOUS need of mentorship, is already missing time in organization assuming he does eventually become a Bill. The conditioning going on right now includes time with your positons coach, and on balance I can see no positive in a guy with Shelton's reputation missing a single minute with McNally if he eventually ends up in our uni. The reluctance to accept Shelton as a straight up deal might just as easily mean the team is concerned he might not even stick our 53 man roster as it signals our attempts to wrest the most value out of THenry.

I honestly think it's higher than most visitors to this board would guess. There's a loud and repetitive minority who follow the blowhards on turning on players but I believe most fans accept that it's a team sport with shared responsibilities and the players who contribute to the quality of the WNY community while doing the on field and locker room jobs to the best of their abilities deserve better than that minority is capable of offering.