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This banana hammock is making me ornery.

Yes it is! The part I remember hating the most was when Will Smith climbs into the alien spacecraft and just starts flying it. You know, because he's a pilot.

I'm not sure how much I'll read into it if the Bills do win, but I'll take it! A win always feels better than a loss. And with the patsies*, multiply that by 10. And in their house, multiply that by 10 again.

That was probably the last straw. I've forgiven Trent for a lot of terrible play over these last few years, but that was just a little bit more than I can take. That moment was Trent effectively stepping off of the field of professional sports.

First of all, I don't believe that space aliens are among us. If they were, I don't get the assumption that their intentions would necessarily be sinister. That's dangerously narrow-minded. If another civilization of beings could conquer the vastness of space (and presumably the speed of light), why not grant also that they might rise above the pathetic self-destructive tendencies that our own dumbass species is riddled with? Why assume they are LIKE US? Why assume they are fundamentally BAD? It's just as likely that they would want to help us. It's a projection. It's based on an incomplete and fatalistic conception of our own species. And it projects it onto a hypothetical and supposedly far superior species. Stephen Hawking seems to have settled into this pop cosmology thing. He's turned into the Andy Rooney of the physics world.

We should start work right now on a humungous DO NOT DISTURB sign that we can hang on the moon.

That's a little too much. Be careful or--you know what they say--it might make you into a dull boy.

Did you get around to playing that song that goes "You're the best...around! Never gonna let 'em keep ya down..." That's in the top 10 cheesiest of all time. It does make for a very effective montage however.

I used to be an angry young man. I'm not young anymore.

There's the possibility that the team will rally around Fitz this week. Chan's "spark" comment is a cliche, but there's some truth to it. I often feel like Trent's dull, cautious play messes with the confidence of the entire offensive unit. It tends to bring out the worst in the other guys. Not necessarily that they don't like Trent or don't want to play hard for him... just that the losing mentality is contagious. Maybe Fitzy will get guys excited. Then again, maybe it will be a disaster just like weeks 1 & 2. Either way, I'm glad for the move. At least now I have a reason to be curious.

This **** has been broken for so long now with different coaches, QBs and WRs, I don't even know what to say anymore. The only constant has been a lousy OL. So I'm gonna say that, until you fix it there, you're gonna keep seeing a revolving door of unproductive quarterbacks and receivers. PERIOD.

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You did the right thing. Right now their website is not even working. Maybe they don't want to hear from the thousands of angry customers. When you first try to check out their Customer Service, you get a message that says, "Do not call our Customer Service." I tried to call them anyway and after navigating their menu maze, I got put on perma-hold. Then I went back to their website to send an email and I can't even do that. DirecTV =

At least they admit it. I'll give them a chance to make it right (if they can promise to fix it going forward). Otherwise, like you, I'll cut my losses. It's a little bit comforting to know that I'm not the only one.

I don't get the option to choose SD versus HD. However, the problems seems to be with DTV and the servers on their side. If they are willing to admit that and give me some (small) consideration, I will stick with them. If they give me the brush off, I will fight them to the death.

I had the exact same thing.

Thanks for the kind words. I'll be rooting for the Packers the rest of the year. Congrats on the win today. Most games will not be this easy. I see tons of talent & class with your team. I hope they make it to the super bowl.

DirecTV is causing me pain! There's this thing now where the channel will spontaneously change from the Bills game to the RedZone channel. Then when I try to switch back to the Bills game channel, it gives me a "STREAM NOT AVAILABLE" message. This happened three times during the game today. I missed most of the second quarter (and the entire Bills TD drive, which was ultimately their only watchable stretch). I've spent quite a bit of time making sure the problem is not on my end. My laptop never has any problems doing any other stuff. I have a very good internet connection (approx 21 mb/s confirmed). No trouble streaming from other sites. Netflix and YouTube are smooth and fast. It's not my computer. I have run all possible scans, upgrades, utilities, etc... All signs point to optimum performance. DirecTV has some explaining to do. If they can't promise me a better product ASAP, I'll be demanding my $350 back. Not happy.

Not necessarily stoned, but beautiful.

Thank you for posting this. My brother is coming over tomorrow and I have a very strong suspicion that he is going to shoot me.

I hope you lose.

Hello and welcome to the Last Post Wins thread. I'll be your champion for the next few minutes.

Youch! You may be right, but the Bills don't seem capable of playing that kind of game. Our QB has never had a 300 yard performance. The OL is not ready. The Bills have not won a shoot-out type game in a long long time. Off the top of my head, you'd have to go back to the Drew Bledsoe's first year in Buffalo. The Packers look pretty damn strong overall. I'm hoping for some lucky bounces and maybe the Bills pull off an upset this week. After that, I wish your team well. I kind of hope they come out on top of the NFC.

The Bills do not have enough talent on offense to be able to consistently convert these third-and-longs. I think part of the failure is how miserable they look on FIRST down. Last week, I could not believe my eyes how often they were LOSING yardage on first down. Whether they ran or passed the ball, they seemed to lose 2 yards every time. Then throw a false start or holding penalty in there and you have no chance. To have any chance of moving the chains they absolutely need to find a way do get some positive results on first down. I consider an incomplete pass down the field a positive result compared to a checkdown pass in the backfield that loses a yard or barely gets back to the line of scrimmage.