I am Defecting

I see your 20a hills from my hills. It's like we just missed out on being finger lakes. Enjoy your martini. Sounds like you've earned it. Some sort of Buffalo Hunting Club? If so, very small world.

I wish that Merriman's medical records were public knowledge. Then I'd know how much to temper my expectations for this defense. :ph34r:

The Windmill. Yes it's still there. My mother used to work there in the late 60's. I live in the village of Holland, but have a farm up on Vermont Hill. It's beautiful, in the hills. Some of the views are breathtaking, as they say, but can be lonely when you're used to living in Buffalo. I lived on the West Side on Fargo and Jersey. I have fond memories of walking down to the breakwall with friends to watch the waves on windy nights.

Hard Cider is fantastic. Pick up a six pack of Angry Orchard Traditional, if you get a chance. Hard Cider is what Mike's Hard Lemonade spends millions of dollars pretending to be like. Good hard cider, is already manly, and is more delicious than finer wines, imo, and you don't need to be a snob to enjoy it. Don't mix cider with beer, though, in any drinking session. Through some strange chemistry, the combination gives you an Old English 40 type of drunk. The mixture, called a "snake bite," in England, is actually banned in many English Pubs because of the bad judgement it is thought to induce. Anyone who has had a bad night on malt liquor knows what i'm'a talkin' about. ;)

Defensive ability? Because he plays the system? He's OK defensively, but you're right, it's baffling.

Myers is able to use his reach to such advantage. His arms are, what, 36"? His stick is, what, 72"? If he leans into a poke check, he's reaching about 10 feet from where he's standing! Everyone knows it, and talks about the reach, but 10' in either direction is 20' of ice that he can get a stick on.

I'm fairly convinced that he's a good center. Now, I'm wondering if he's a first line center. He's better than Hodgson atm, and Roy is better on the 3rd line.

I'm reading the message board too. Team Storm Cloud is the anti-hero. They are the heroes of my times, though, actually.

I think I see where you are coming from. It's a power to the people movement, without the cold ruthless calculation. Charting a different course, I just re-read Nobody Knows my Name by James Baldwin. As a whitey, I've had trouble discussing the book with whites and blacks alike, but I really like it. I feel that I have to pretend that it translates to me, rather than saying I understand it. In truth, it challenges me to understand, and is well written.

The Brower Top Hatch Incubator is awesome. I can now hatch chicks from the comfort of my living room.

The Bills seem to be pervading this strange competence, lately. I don't know what it is, but it's not what I'm used to.

I was just propping up Marx's achievements, upon Luther's to counterbalance my perceived slight against Marx in popular American culture. It belonged in the complaint Thursdays thread, and I should just accept my punishment. Mods?

I hated when I could ride my bike to Canada to get all new sorts of beer, but they were more expensive in Canada. I thought, how is it that the Canadians can afford to drink so much beer? I hate that I can't buy Molson Dry.

Same here, regarding Leino. He didn't seem too comfortable when they tried it earlier in the season, but it was a new team, and new system. Roy, on the other hand, is an aggressive, pesky, player. Sounds O.K. for the third line. He's just not on the same page as Pommers and Vanek, atm.

Oof, that's some heavy lit. On a lighter note, wouldn't it bother you if someone called you a communist, just because you listed Marx, with the innuendo that you were a Stalinist, or worse, a hippie? That would be so typical, despite the other books you listed. If you ran for office, I bet the press would cream you for listing Marx, despite the fact it's required reading in most lib. art colleges. I mean, what did Marx ever do that was so bad? To me, he's maybe the Martin Luther of politics.

Agree about station wagons. On a related note, a hatchback that is big enough to be practical, and stylish or powerful enough enough eschew dweebiness, is awesome. Civic Si or Golf GTI's are pretty rad. I took out the back seats in my Honda and use it more or less as a pickup truck. I could sleep back there in a pinch.

Love the Dion point. Talent -wise, I hope it's not too far of a stretch.

Just to get up to speed with the routine, and given the c-note and fine lady are real... Am I supposed to take the money? I'd think I might rather have the money. I hope that's not my money that she has in there, because I'm going to need that money to buy gas this morning. Wait! Why is she on her knees down there? :unsure: I'm late for work, and I still need to buy gas!

coffee and cigarettes complaint: I can't live with 'em, can't think without 'em. Insomnia and wheezing, or brain-deadedness.

I like the idea of Ennis, Hodgson, and Roy as the three top centers. I particularly like seeing Ennis pick up the puck, deep in our zone, and carry it forward. He's doesn't annoyingly try to bust through the blue line on his own every time, like a young Connolly, but he's capable of going end to end.

I hope the thought is that having Ennis and Hodgson on the same line will ease Hodgson into the team with a familiar face who can break him in. They didn't ask if either will be playing center long term, did they? Ennis seems more versatile than Hodgson, but I hope that they will both be playing center next year. This year, I'd like Hodgson just to get accustomed to the system. If the Sabres' style is "total hockey" where each player knows each position, then it's not such a bad thing for a future center to play winger his first year.

I'm new here, but big respect to you SDS from my time lurking. OT, what, WHAT?! I thought Ennis was a good center! Sorry, that's irrelavant now, and confusing since it wasn't even directed to SDS. Anyway I got the message.

What is Team Stormcloud actually, in more that two sentences, without the spin, in another thread?

Kassian has shown that Jagr-like one handed shielding the puck style at times. Defenders bounce off him, but I wish he had more creativity, so that SNAP he could create something unexpected, to go along with the possession. He was 13th overall, FFS. But he really did kick ass when he decided to fight. I felt that he could have had a Ray/Domi type relationship with Lucic that could have been fun. I feel that he's almost as good as Leino at puck possession, but not as creative. My concern is that he might be kinda dumb, but I don't know. Fighting-wise he might be on par with Lucic in time, picking on middleweights but losing to heavyweights.

Maybe I shouldn't mention other sabres' boards for loyalty reasons, but for this post in particular, I'll reference HFBoards, where it's about 90/10 in favor of Hodgson. That is a board that focuses primarily on prospects, and literally every Canuck fan is crying that they got fleeced, and Sabres fans are rejoicing to get rid of an under-performer. The general public knows nothing about hockey, but I think that most neutral hockey fans aren't seeing much production in Kassian's NHL performances.