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Yep. I’m not sure what others are saying upthread that Martin was pretty good / had a good 2024. Was I watching the same games? Martin’s motion was sloooowww, and it cost us the Rams game with the block & TD. There were a few others that were very nearly blocked too. Only concern is the holding duties for Bass, but TBH a new guy might be an upgrade there too.

Better than how the whole Sabres team ate 💩 out on the ice all night long. Adams had better be fired following the season. A mannequin would have done more. He talked this team & city down in the ‘no palm trees or sunshine’ presser which was just… unconscionable. But it all comes down to paying for players — I don’t know if it’s a directive from Terry P but payroll is near the floor, right? — and not keeping around dead weight. Several prospects in the pipeline that are still developing but for a few of them, it’s time to sh— or get off the pot. And, I hate to say it, but UPL hasn’t looked very good most of this year.

This was quite a late all star break going by past years, when it has traditionally been in late January - very early Feb. Sabres have 26 games left of an 82-game season.

Wow. Heck of a comeback. But as someone on the Sabres FB page wrote: No lie detected.

A place near me invented the sour cream base, red potato, bacon, broccoli pizza. That’s a favorite. They also have a California pizza with sun-dried tomatoes and artichoke hearts that is awesome. I’ve made pizzas at home since I was a teen. Usually would go with pepperoni, black olives and onion back in the day, but have been trying different things like the above inspirations in more recent years (I use ricotta as the base for the potato-bacon-broccoli one tho. It’s just better.)

“The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face” is one of THE most beautiful songs, ever. If I were on a deserted island and had an iPod and solar charger with 5 songs, that would be one of them.

I mean… are they just gonna be back on Monday? Because if so, they just got a long weekend out of sexual harassment and that gal should maybe look into legal options / HR. Are the guys like day laborers, tradesmen, union? Did the boss at the very least upbraid them?

I thought the dead cap hit was $8M last season iirc. It’s less for this year, but still not nothing.

Yep. Bachelor here coming up on 45. My two brothers’ marriages & their ends ain’t been the best example for me to want to do that to myself. I’m also on the autism spectrum and tried dating a few times but never really had a relationship. I don’t think I’m entirely Aro in the feels, but functionally I am. In this day and age, marriage is just a piece of paper that allows someone to take 50-75% of your stuff when the odds are quite high that they’ll divorce you.

Esp. when releasing him would come with a cap hit / dead money. If we can move on from Sam Martin, however, do it tout-suite. The punt block-TD cost us the Rams game and his slowness to kick very nearly resulted in more blocks. A new punter would mean a new holder for Bass, too. Which to me wouldn’t be a bad thing, because WRT to Martin… slow is slow.

OK. Reeeally mis-remembered that one! 🤦‍♂️

They did “Homeward Bound” and “Here Comes the Sun” and it was fantastic. All four of the Beatles coincidentally happened to be in NYC that night. This was the night that Lorne offered $1M if all four showed up to reunite and play. Only George came — a testament to his willingness to put aside whatever arguments and just play and be together. They didn’t need the money. Anyway, after George showed up, Lorne & Paul Simon did a short improv scene in the backstage where Paul acted as if he were upset that he was being upstaged. Funny stuff. I’m not sure if they knew each other prior, but they laughed and got along famously and Paul & George duetted together. It was a really beautiful moment of two giants sitting down and making music. Their harmonies / backgrounds are wonderful without having much or any prep time. Was this the one with Jason Segal (? from How I Met Your Mother) as the host? Florence’s voice was pretty shaky to start on “Shake it Out” as it seems nerves got to her. Improved as she went on. But, I dunno. I liked how emulated the lyrics of the song, to keep on going through a rough patch. Downloaded it to my library and it was a bit anthemic for me through a rough patch of my own.

The article smacked of a guy who I wouldn’t trust as far as I could throw him. Started how many business partnerships that he left in very short order? He seems like a very confused personality. Paraphrasing… that his commodity is building relationships and confidence? Stay the hell away from JM having anything to do with your money.

Yeah, it’s like… did I read the same story Eric Wood did? How did Incognito get any amount of vindication from this? Bc Martin’s mother called it bullying? Bc that voicemail isn’t bullying? 🤨

…. Because it’s something people say to make conversation about the happening.

Nah. This absolutely deserves its own thread. Can we start another $17 campaign for the hospital?

This is a few days old, but yeah. Bills RT Spencer Brown showing more fire for defending Tage against a cheap shot by the Devils than the whole Sabres team. Just a terrible look and only the latest confirmation that we’ve got a bunch of cream puffs who don’t have their teammate’s back.

Shefter tweeted that Josh gets $1.5M for this. But he didn’t say... Is it from the league or is this a contract bonus thing and it counts vs the cap?

Forgot to mention… I was upgrading from a 2010 model HP laptop with i5, 3rd generation chip, Windows 7 originally, 4GB RAM that was the max it could hold (bc an old style of slot). The upgrade to Windows 10 had really bogged it down and it was spending more time & straining meager system resources updating itself than I spent using it. I thought I’d need a laptop at the time of purchase. Portability. Turns out in actual use, I don’t need a laptop. The mini one I got can be plugged into any tv for a screen, or if I eventually want to get a dedicated monitor maybe with touchscreen capability. And looking at a nicer wireless keyboard and mouse than I have at the moment. It’s conducive to multiple or change-between setup styles.

I was in the same boat and got an HP mini elite 800 at the Black Friday price , ~$900 down from $1,400. Very small form factor that I have on my entertainment center and I use my 65” tv as a monitor via an HDMI cable. I’m pretty happy with it so far. Also looking for an Office program and the free ones LibreOffice OpenOffice have left me very unimpressed — my best friend’s mum died and I edited a eulogy for him and sent it back but it was not compatible with his Word and he couldn’t open it (I eventually found a workaround of using Office.com which is MSWord, online and free) so I may have to bite the bullet. I’m just a guy who wants a nice word processing program loaded ON my computer to type things on. That’s all I want. But you evidently can’t get (see: pay for) just Word. This Office365 monthly payment model is 🐂💩 — $9.99 a MONTH?!?? For something that is basically the same thing MS has been pushing for 40 years with hardly any change? Robber barons. They all want monthly payments now. There is Office 2024 apparently for $150 on the MS site, and I’ve done a cursory look at something like you mentioned, just getting a key code but I’m a bit leery about where to try that without your money vanishing into the ether. It seems too good to be true. Following this topic for any insights.

YouTube link: Stadium speakers being installed Huge 25,000 pound speakers being placed beneath the canopy and will make it “the loudest stadium in the NFL.”

Don’t look now, but tonight makes 4 — count ‘em FOUR!!! — wins in a row!

Well… he gets the job done for us.

If we do not create an alternate Kelly era throwback uni for the final year in Rich/Ralph/Highmark to say goodbye in the final season of the old stadium, then the business / marketing / design team is insane. Have one or two games with these alternates per year and that’s all I ask.

What does it matter when KC and… well… everybody can hold against DL and it’s rarely / never called? We could have Lawrence Taylor, Bruce, and Reggie White and I don’t think it wouldn’t really matter. Zero penalties on them in the last two SBs. ZERO. League directive is to not call penalties on the Golden Child’s team unless it’s egregious. This is the WWF.