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Could LA be concerned about their development players getting 8 less games than Buffalo's will? Then again, I guess that having a playoff system already guarantees that certain players will get more games than others.

Why not just increase the number of games played between the California teams to make up for the decrease? That would be 8 games divided up among 4 division rivals, so it's not difficult at all to work out logistically. Would the travel within California still add too much for those teams?

I think I know the candidate... Joe Battista

If there's anyone out there, this will be their time to show it. This wouldn't be the first time someone came out of nowhere and surprised people.

I'm starting to think that Trump may actually be good for the republican party. People who otherwise wouldn't care are going to tune in for some of these debates hoping for the sideshow. So their motivation isn't great, but someone else with a good showing can really gain from it.

This is actually just Battista diving even deeper into the shadows. You just wait, there is still chaos to be had.

I was in Boston last week. The Brady apologists there are sickening. The phone thing actually shook them a bit, but about a day later they had figured out the token excuse for that one and were right back to kneeling at his altar. My personal favorite was when my M-I-L told me I was biased on this story and then immediately followed it up with this gem: "Now, everything I have heard on this story comes from Boston sports radio, but I believe the league is out to get Brady." She didn't understand my response of uncontrollable laughter.

Give people something to complain about and they will. Then again, if you try to take away as many things as possible to complain about (ie. re-wording the slogan), they'll still find something else. I was mostly thinking out loud with that comment.

I haven't seen any of this discussion and I don't really have the time to read back through it. But anyway, after reading this, the immediate question that came to mind was why not include that word "too" in the saying. It pretty much eliminates any so called problems people have with the saying and sharpens the message, doesn't it?

Today is my second anniversary. Sure, I'm spending it by returning to work from vacation, but otherwise it's good.

Antman was really well done. Marvel does a really good job when they introduce characters.

If there's a God, Pittsburgh will draft a BU guy with that pick.

Let's face it, since there is a confidentiality agreement, McCoy clearly has a lawyer in his ear for this party. That seems to me like a situation where they're going to go out of their way to make sure nothing illegal happens. They're very well aware of the negatives that could occur.

I think the better question is who is the tool.

They're raiding his whiskey supply as we speak.

I like to think that they have advanced technology that we can't even dream of. Thanks to that, they'll be waiting on Weave's couch when he gets home tonight, ready to conquer his house first.

The whole thing actually comes off as a real world version of a crappy show like the Bachelor (and I use the term real world very loosely). Maybe that reality TV label is accurate after all.

At that price how could they not try to inject any offense possible into that lineup? He's either scoring or he's in the pressbox.

You forgot about the part where the bouncers would require the people to change into different clothes before they can get into the club. Unless there's some crazy theme to the whole thing, that's the part that seems extra creepy to me.

The writing is on the wall with the odd power structure in Toronto right now. I can't for even a second believe that he is dumb enough to take that job and still expect to have total control. Then again, I'm not really sure why a 72 year old would sign on for a job like that where this is going to be a long-term rebuild. Ok, I can think of one reason: $$$$$

I'm still trying to figure out why polls matter given that it's July of 2015.

I'm not sure how that relates to the topic of a top 16 format though. The wild cards are fine given that the schedules aren't too different within conference. It's that east vs. west direct comparison that is always going to be trouble given the restraints of travel budgets on scheduling. That and expansion right in time for the NHL's 100th anniversary. How convenient.

They actually sent out the invasion crew about a thousand years ago. We won't be able to see them coming until it is too late.

I don't know why, but my immediate thought on this shooting was that someone in the theater wouldn't shut up. Maybe that's just something I'm expecting to see happen sooner or later. And watching NBC this morning, one report talked about two women who "shielded each other" from bullets. How exactly does that work, simultaneously shielding each other from bullets?

I was going to ask who gets stuck wearing the gimp suit, but then I realized it was women only. I'm late to this party, but I'm not quite sure what I find more disturbing here, that he's actually having this party or that more than enough women will be willing to go. People really are screwed up.