MattPie

Not sure what thread this belongs in. So I punched nhl.com into my Firefox window, and Adblock tried to redirect me to NFL.com, thinking NHL was a typo. Silly mix up or something more worrying?

Yeah, I'm pretty close too. His sense of humor doesn't mesh with mine.

I think he may have been a D early on. And since we're picking nits, Mark Mancari (in the free agent section). :)

That does look like a lot of fun. I can't help but think it's just doing a ski-cross except a lot harder though. Or downhill mountain bike. Or dirt bike up or down hill. You're less likely to get hurt doing those. :)

That's true too. Unfortunately, the people that talk about flat-tax usually aren't the ones that like government services either.

While I love the simplicity of the flat tax system, the sad fact is asking someone to pay $1300 on the $10k they make a year is a lot more difficult than asking someone else pay $13000 on the $100k they make a year.

I'll be in town and my parents live right around the corner from Jacobs' place. Anyone have any pitchforks? There shouldn't be too much surprise here. You had to figure there were always owners and players, "let's just play some hockey, eh?".

If you have a smart phone, have you tried Pandora/Slacker/Spotify to stream music? The only issue there is if you're out in the hinterlands and don't have a data connection it doesn't work.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iISCrx0xELk Enough said.

I hear the European Travel Mini-game in Lockout13 is the schnitiz.

Democrats: raise taxes, spend lots of money Republicans: cut taxes, spend just as much money

Fiancee lives in Buffalo, I can make the drive up there (325-ish miles) in my sleep. On the plus side, I have a set of side routes to vary things up that only add a few minutes each to the trip.

I didn't win the Powerball.

I'm not sure about that, d4rk and 9's are pretty freaking sarcastic. :)

Well, yeah. I was thinking more about the August-September timeframe, I'm sure it ramps up during the season. Too bad there's not a 2-year graph so we can compare the cycles. Personally, I rarely go to NHL.com unless it's to check scores and maybe read game summaries. Since there's none to be checked, I never go now.

I'm trying to decide if this genre should be termed "Bike Opera" or "Road Opera" (as in "Soap". :) I haven't watched it, sounds like more TV giving real bike guys a black eye.

To be honest, I'd be shocked if the curve up to September didn't look like that every year.

Nah, 4PM Friday.

Apropos for a Buffalo sports fan.

I wonder how many of the "Super Mario" shirts they're selling. :)

I could go either way. I had a Twitter account for several years that I paid no attention to whatsoever. It don't think it's unthinkable that he was hacked, but I'm not sure why you'd be removed from the team because of a hack.

Yeah, really. That's a lot of money, but not "I'm rich!" money. Probably 50% to taxes on winnings off the top, and the rest puts him at middle class ($50k/yr) for 10 years. A nice nest egg or investment, but you're still going to be a working stiff for awhile.

Damn, now you have my hopes up for some kind of resolution, any resolution, sooner rather than later.

I think people in Philly are ready to latch onto anything that isn't Andy Reid right now judging by WIP this morning. I know it's a little sick, but the only time I tune into sports radio around here is after an Eagles loss so I can hear the meatheads go apocalyptic. My thoughts exactly.

+1 on that. She's reasonably hot until she opens her mouth. Hmmm, that may cause a problem too.