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Nice to see so many people think he's pretty cool. I've always liked him, but for no particularly compelling reason I've always been a bit embarrassed to admit it.

Dare I say, "John Dies At The End"?

Wow, looks cool. Interesting that it will be available on iTunes on demand a month before it opens in theaters...

Close. The Bills were knocked out of playoff contention by the loss to the Pats, but the season finale was in Philly. The Bills were 7-7 and had one last shot at a winning record, but lost to the Eagles. In that game, Bennett went crazy with a ton of tackles and sacks, like he was a one-man wrecking machine. Even though they lost, it gave a lot of hope for the following season. I have to disagree with that. People did think the Bills had a chance at the playoffs. Nobody saw a 12-4 season coming with an early wrap-up of the division, but the playoffs were definitely part of the discussion. People had a sense that the Bills were building a very talented team, and barely missed out on a winning record the season before. I can dig up some old newspaper clippings if needed.

There's this classic as well. Oh, Anna... http://youtu.be/9g9wXBkdWEg

Can't anybody generate some fake Bills sale-related news today? Just to take our minds off of Kiko?

Just like his previous ACL. Nobody thought he was permanently damaged goods when he was drafted.

Oh FFS. Seriously. I hate this ****.

Nothing embarrassing about loving that movie.

Good stuff, thanks.

Thanks. I don't want to hijack the thread, but in that book "Going Home" that I linked to earlier, there was a great passage that really brought that idea home to me: There are a number of really nice passages like that in the book that helped me through the loss. The idea above has brought me comfort in the idea of another dog, whereas before it was almost unthinkable, at least for the time being.

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1. Stevie is really good, but I'm guessing the thinking was that he can only take you so far. Sammy's ceiling appears to be much higher. I'll miss Stevie, but he could certainly be frustrating as well. 2. Perhaps that they kept things simple early on, and then progressively added too much to his plate too quickly? 3. You got that right. Killer loss, but they did a lot of things right in that game despite the loss. Something to build on, I hope.

I think this is true, and I'm sure my wife and I will get another dog at some point. But it's hard to know when that should happen. We'll probably wait a while. One thing I've considered is that if we do get other dogs, we'll probably only look at older shelter dogs. Give them the opportunity to have a comfortable home, even if it's only for a short while, while not necessarily looking at another 15-year commitment.

Sounds good, thanks for the info.

I distinctly remember going to see this movie in the theater when it came out. It was the only movie I've ever gone to where, when you entered the theater, they actually handed out a piece of paper that had a glossary of all the different names in the movie, because they must have determined that nobody could keep track of any of it.

Holy **** was that a bad movie. That's a destroy-the-originals-and-all-evidence-it-existed type of bad movie. I like the quote though, one to which every young movie director should aspire: "I didn't loathe it as much as I expected to."

Interesting article. I'm still not sure if that was a definitive answer or not. What I think is perhaps the most interesting part of the article is the caption on the photo of the Sansa actress: "Known for the show’s explicit sex scenes, showrunners have to hire female porn stars for supporting roles, while others are prostitutes to play as women in the bar and other roles that required nudity." Thanks for the link!

Do you have inside sources, or are you just hearing rumors?

It's pretty crappy, yeah. I don't know if I'd say embarrassingly crappy, but pretty close if not.

Really sorry to hear that, Gordio. Yeah, that was me that posted that about a month and a half ago. Our dog was 15 and had bladder cancer as well. It got to the point where she was peeing all the time, and only a little bit each time. Finally she started to leak, and we knew it was time. It was really hard because other than having to pee a lot, she was otherwise doing great for a 15-year-old. I've definitely had that incredibly empty feeling over the past few weeks, and there are times my wife and I think we see or hear her. When you have a dog that is such a big part of your life every day for years and years, it's going to leave a big empty hole. I did find some solace in reading this book by Jon Katz. He has an interesting perspective on pets and the process of life and death with animals. It's short, and has a few good passages that I thought helped. Worth a quick read, I think. It's getting better, but it will take some time.

Ah, got it. As far as I know, nothing more happened to Rickon that we know of after they split up. I recall there being talk about some of the north lords wanting to return Bran/Rickon to Winterfell to rule, but that's about it. Not sure where GRRM is going with that, but that just goes with everything else. I've always felt that Arya's wolf was going to make a dramatic return at some point, perhaps if/once Arya returns to Westeros, but who the hell knows. I can see them leaving Lady Stoneheart out of the TV series, but only because they seem to have no problem leaving out important characters and storylines. I think it would be a huge mistake. Then again, part of it depends on where GRRM was planning on going with that storyline -- perhaps he told the directors that she wasn't going to play a huge role the rest of the way, and so they just decided to leave it out. Again, who knows. I thought it was crappy that they left out the Tyrion-Tysha marriage storyline in the season finale—especially since they already included it in Season One, so it's not like they cut it out altogether—because it added so much to the tension of that scene and the sense that Tyrion was so deeply wounded and alone in the world. But that doesn't seem to be an issue for the TV show writers, so leaving out Lady Stoneheart would not be a surprise at all.

You got it. Great stuff there. Any votes for Oregon Trail? "You have died of dysentery..."

What do people think of the Lemieux pick in round 2?