MattPie

The 10-game records help too: 6-3-1, 5-1-3. That's a lot more wins than losses.

Taxes aren't done yet, but that's what's looking like. I must be in the goldilocks zone where the new standard deduction isn't as much as what I was deducting before but my marginal rate is the same. Note that I'm not doing any crazy tax gymnastics or anything, mortgage interest, child credit, some charity donations, that's it.

The tax cut. I don't mind paying my taxes. It's the price we pay to create a society. I *do* mind my taxes going up as a result of a tax cut for people with more money than they know what to do with. Note, I'm not talking about refund, either. (2018 federal withholding + tax payment) = (2017 federal withholding + tax payment + 1.5% gross salary). Yeah, I just took a 1.5% tax hike.

I forgot about the last win, I think when I looked it was 90.something. That 1.308 pace is 107 points over a season. It seems unlikely the Sabres are going to be one of the top teams in hockey over the next two months.

No. I haven't pasted my math in awhile, but they're below the pace to even get to 94. Expecting them to suddenly get significantly better for the next 2 month is luderous. There's a reason I switched to sad Keanu. I wish it wasn't true.

Glad I'm not the only one that sees the pattern. ?

Don't underestimate this, it helps ROR that he lives in a state where Tim Horton's doesn't have legal standing (presumably, I've never seen on that's not in NY in the US).

Can't tell if this is sincere or subtly hilarious.

Girgensens. He came up from Rochester and then played pretty well for a season under Nolan.

It's an unholy alliance of Lucky Charms, Frankenberry, and Rich's Creamer flowing under the city.

That cannot be spelled correctly given the context.

I'm not sure there's a definitive answer to this, but that's the gist.

irrelevant.

I go with the traditional subtle signal there: Sabres vs. Wild == at home, Sabres at Tokyo Katanas == away. I was sorely tempted to be more negative or sarcastic; this was the best I could do to squelch that.

Tune in to see the Buffalo Sabres play hockey against the Minnesota Wild.

That's the day before, apparently. Consider it foreshadowing.

No regrets here, although I watched the last one while working on something to know if my coworkers would be calling in hungover out of joy or sorrow.

MrsPie mentioned something about performers turning down the NFL over Kapernick, but I don't know where that came from. I don't think it's unreasonable that some of the Canadians success in the 70s had a fair bit to do with having dibs on players before there was a draft. I'll admit I haven't done the homework, but players in the old system pre-1963 (where Montreal all (and other NHL teams) acquired rights to players extremely young was still in effect. An 18-year-old in 1962 would be 26 in 1970 and 36 in 1980. It'd be interesting to see how much of the Habs' team in the 70s was made of those players.

I installed some new countertops in my kitchen, what an annoying job that was. It's not bad, but the jigsaw's foot was too big so I had to do the back edge with a hacksaw. That sucked. Also, I'm the proud owner of a new furnace. I'm sure happy about that as that money would have just gone to something fun like a couple years worth of vacations, a nice used motorcycle, or into the retirement fund.

Someone I used to work with in the Big G used to tell a story about coming back to Buffalo following a semi like that. The truck slowed down and then stopped in the middle of the road. Wondering what was up, my friend gets out of the car, sees the truck driver and asks what's up. "We're in the rest stop parking lot, I'm done for the night". He had no idea they got off the highway. In 85, I was playing hockey at Leisure Rinks the Saturday morning the blizzard started. I remember my dad driving home and barely being able to see anything past the nose of the car. For awhile, we were behind a pair of taillights, and then nothing. I'm surprised we got home.

It's aPauling. I'll show myself out, thanks.

Maybe it's a boomer thing. If you don't have the conference champ T-shirt you boxed set of 2019 $TEAM_NAME T-shirts will be incomplete. Big hole between "[A|N]FC Divisional Round Champion" and "Super Bool Champion". Note: I didn't intend to sprinkle computer references into this post when I started it, it just happened.

One note, we're an inter-timezone group here so I'd add EST/EDT to the time. I do like the surrealist title though, even if I'm not sure they're the best idea.

That seems bold.

You are of course right, but I don't find the value of obsessing over other teams and "points behind" in January. The last two weeks of the season, absolutely. At this point, teams above and below will rise and fall, but if you're on pace for 98 points it's extremely likely you'll make the playoffs regardless of where the other teams are. Maybe this is the year where the top 8 teams in the east have 100+ points, but I doubt it. I think I may rebase my spreadsheet on 96 or 97 points though. I think I came up with 94 points by using the entire league since the 2005, and if the east is going to consistently require more than that I'll adjust.