The Big Cat

I picked the wrong profession.

Probably the man-eating ticks my mother always warned me about.

Again, not according to the guy I talked to. And no building can "not allow" dishes, so I'm told by DTV. This, however, is promising.

Good luck with the apartment pitch. Having spoken with a DTV rep last year, he basically said house boat, RV or homeless are the only conditions that justify DTV "ineligible."

Ticket without DTV is only if you "can't get DTV," which essentially means you live on a house boat. Madden for non-DTV'ers means $10 off DTV and one year of The Ticket. I'll be checking back in to get confirmation that it won't be through ps3 this year...

Yeah, but castles.

Mitch and Murray really researched the **** out of this one.

Rick Reilly belongs in the TSW pitchforks and torches hall of fame. We're talking about the message board that was ready to nuke the hometown of any sports writer who dare suggest the Bills were going nowhere with Trent Edwards, yet we seem dubious about Reilly's assertion that the Super Bowl Bills were one of the most overrated teams of all time, saying they benefited from a historically weak AFC and were doomed to fall to any NFC contender from that era.

Welcome to the club! My guess is dragons, Whitewalkers, The Lord of Light and wargs have something to do with it.

B-Man, you should do this for a living.

Are we in some kind of Bills news blackout?

People who police words instead of addressing actual problems/prejudices: Also, Stephanie Wilder Taylor has been a co-host on Carolla's wife's podcast. She's insufferable.

Beach 6 is where all the girls were when I was in high school.

Of course!

Oh man, I can't almost remember my first summer as a football fan, too...

In Erie: Beach 6, obvi In Chicago: Montrose dog beach In life: Virginia Beach, we vacationed there every summer

Hmmm... Have you ever seen those depressing as hell TLC shows about the 600+ pound men/women who have to have a side of their house ripped off so they can be transported to the hospital? On what planet does losing the TV remote in your stomach folds because you eat an entire box of Fruit Loops for breakfast not qualify as a mental illness?

I was a three-sport athlete in high school and a D-1 athlete in college. I've been in great shape, fitness-wise, but I've never been a "thin" guy. It's just not on me. I am not naturally thin. It's not an excuse, just a reason to work harder. I envy the guy who can do morning workouts. That's the next leg in my journey, I think--if only because getting it out of the way first thing is ALWAYS an amazing feeling. I just hate mornings! And qualifying for Boston!? That's no joke. Congrats, man. And yes, TWO EIGHTY !@#$ING TWO...my PCP told me this year during my annual physical that I was basically the poster boy for thyroid symptoms, and that he teaches his classes as much. Seriously, look at the loooooooooooooooong list of things that might indicate you have a thyroid problem (cold all the time, irritability, gravelly voice, loss of hair, constant (and I do mean constant) fatigue) I had them ALL.

Glad it's not just me.

I can't do dips without weights! As part of my weight training for the half marathon, I'm building up on the assisted dip machine until I get to '0.' May be that will get me there! Congrats, man. That's great!

You could set a 15 second egg timer when you start reading a TG article, and you'd have well over 10 seconds to go before you've found the logical flaw in whatever tripe he's preaching on that week.

...and stopped doing heroin. Good on you, bro. For the life of me, I just cannot get my bench up. I can make strength and speed gains in just about every other fitness category...but bench? Forget it. Just can't break that ceiling...

Thanks. It takes awhile to come to grips with the fact that these are forever habits--that I basically have 4-6 weekly workouts to look forward to for the rest of my days, but God willing, it's a lifestyle that will give me more days to look forward to! Right, which is why just starving yourself is a ****ty and ineffective way to lose weight.

Good for you. What a great feeling, huh? Personally, I keep logs. I log my weight, I log my calories (to the best of my ability), but most importantly, I set specific fitness goals and log my workouts. I've lost 25 pounds since January. In that time, I've completed three fitness goals: Ran 4 miles in 30 minutes, completed an 8K in under 40 minutes and ran 3 miles in 20 minutes. Now I'm training to finish a half marathon in September at a sub-8 minute pace. If I wasn't constantly upping my fitness, my weight loss would have plateaued like it does when I stop paying close attention to what I eat. Bottom line: it's a lot of !@#$ing work. And that's something not a lot of people seem to be up for these days.