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I just got my direct tv installed yesterday, so I'm automatically free this year. When you renew a contract, are they always 2 year deals? If that's the case, my brother and I will expire on alternating years so I'm sure we will easily be able to work that to always get the ticket for free. We just have to alternate who drives each season. I'd rather save this negotiation game for center ice. Anyway, the installer showed up at 5:30 even though they gave me a 12-4 window. On top of that, when finished, he didn't bother putting the panel back up on the wall that covers the wires. I feel like I can use all of this to get some deals. Is it worth it as a brand new customer? I don't want to have some crazy note on my record like Elaine did with her medical record.

Just got a $4.80 refund for canceling my renters insurance policy

Caught a home run ball at a AAA baseball game

Bought a house

I've only seen him in Guardians of the Galaxy, but he was definitely the one carrying that movie.

And no matter how obvious it is that you're going to turn pro, it's still better to wait until you're actually drafted and are able to sign that contract. What if something screwy happens in the next couple days that hurt his draft status. If he has already said he's leaving school, that limits his ability to go back to the NCAA/BU. Don't burn any bridges until you've actually crossed them.

The story mentions first responders who eventually had to break a window. I wonder how late they got to the scene because I can't imagine fire fighters letting this thing get so far a long before breaking a window.

It's a bit of a simplistic view though. Without the attempted expansion of the game, we wouldn't have someone like next year's #1 pick Auston Matthews. There's also been an explosion of Californian talent in recent years. Do we deprive ourselves of the next superstar if the game stays exactly where it is? I think the vast majority of fans area already mouth breathers, so that's never going to change. But if we can get a few more kids playing hockey and a few less playing soccer, I'm good with that. And calm down soccer fans, insert the name of whatever sport you want there and I'm still content with the message.

They'll feud and then eventually uncomfortably team up to go after the real villain of the season.

Isn't his career a bit too big for a support role in a Netflix TV show? Statham feels like an odd fit for anything on this one. Netflix does have a megastar with Kevin Spacey, but that show is a whole different animal. I feel like they'd be more likely to want a guy like Statham for one of the movies instead.

All I know is that with the gritty hyper-violent world they have in this show, there's a whole world of potential in Frank Castle.

Ask and you shall receive. They've cast the Punisher and he will appear next season!

It is nothing like the Flash. There is a ton of blood in this show. I'd suggest checking out an episode or two on your own first and then deciding. Each parent's standards are going to be different.

No one opts into the NHL draft. Once they hit the required age, they are eligible to be drafted. If you take a college player, you have their rights for essentially 4 years. They can go back to school but that changes nothing. The Sabres currently have several previously drafted players who are playing college hockey and still will next year.

And Stamkos didn't have anywhere near they hype that McDavid and Eichel have had going into this draft. This whole "generational talent" label seems to be a new term, but I don't think they would have applied it to him as he was entering the draft. With the way he has developed though, I think people would use it for the current 25 year old version of him.

Wait, only 1200? I missed that number when I read the story. Isn't that incredibly low. That was a solid but not spectacular score in our days, but isn't the max score now 2400? The ACT, I have no clue what scores are supposed to be on that one. Anyway, I'm not sure why those standardized tests factor in at all.

I'll stick to my thought that the school created a system to make them (the school) look better than they actually are. Call it grade inflation or whatever you want, something's a bit fishy there.

Is it a participation trophy or is it a school trying to pad their stats?

This list seems oddly short this month.

Any updates on this?

That's code for testicles, right?

Can't we link directly to the Buffalo News instead of the obvious click bait that is the first post in this thread? I don't want to be used by other websites trying to attach themselves to other's work in hopes of generating views. But anyway, what's the deal with Kouandjio? Vic's column mostly brushes over him. Has there been much chatter about him so far? I haven't really been following too closely this offseason.

I was leaving a bar 5 or so years ago and someone who was pretty clearly a college kid approached me and asked for money. When I said "sorry", he told me he wouldn't leave me alone unless I said "no". It was a very safe area, still light outside, and I had had a few drinks, so I decided to have fun with this. I told him that I was going to go out of my way to avoid that word completely. We walked for about 2 miles talking back and forth before I finally slipped up and said "no" in a sentence. He immediately said "alright, have a good day" and walked off. So it turned out to be an entertaining walk home and the kid got to stop by another bar after he bugged me for a while. I think it was win-win for both of us.

I like the sentence at the end that says the research has not been peer reviewed.

I thought it was Jeff Skinner or maybe even Gerbe.