That Aud Smell

Yeah - looking back on it - this seems like a fart in a bottle. Now - that bottled fart is skittering and clinking around the titling deck of the Titanic as it lurches to its final resting place. But it's a fart in a bottle all the same.

Is it rumoured that Peterka's been looking for brighter lights, bigger city?

i'll assume this is substantially true. and man does it suck. (also: who's the prematurely grey slightly porky guy? frank? i recognize him. but i have no idea who he is.)

I'm headed to Beak and Skiff next weekend for 2 shows. The Avett Brothers are having a mini residency. These will be shows 13 and 14 for me (weather permitting!). Anyone been to this venue? It's fairly new. The reviews seem generally positive.

helluva story. one worth telling to the grandkids someday.

I may need to unplug the message board and then plug it back in.

No, not really. Hard Knocks offers zero upside for the team’s football operations. The best we can hope for is that the project isn’t a distraction and competitive detriment. I’ll catch clips on Twitter/Instagram. But I don’t give a hoot about the show as a whole.

Good teams figure that sort of thing out. Which most likely means that the Sabres have no chance of signing the guy. (Btw, I don't think he'd come to Buffalo anyway.)

The portion of the online Sabres fan base that doesn't want Marner because he allegedly underperforms in the playoffs is unfathomable to me. I would throw my back out doing a nekkid happy dance* if the Sabres were to somehow sign that guy. And, imo, you would be able to book the Sabres for a playoff berth. *In the privacy of my own home.

I remember hearing that, just prior to that hit, Reinhart had wired a wrister off Stolarz's (sp?) mask. It may be that he was concussed, was trying to play through it, and then the Bennett contact sent him over the edge.

this anthem is belatedly coming to mind for this topic's title.

Lol - I think it means, essentially, "you are way too online - go outside, get away from your phone, breathe fresh air ... and touch grass."

As my kids would say (although they're increasingly far from "kids"): "Go touch grass."

An absolute wagon.

lol - that’s a good one. definitely a slack jawed Howdy Doody mufugger. I generally go with “Opie.”

I won’t tune in. I might stumble onto it? Otherwise, I’ll rely on Twitter to update me.

I won't comment on whether the league's massive efforts to promote the schedule release is good, bad, ugly, etc. I will say: For those fans of NFL teams who are STH's, who travel to one or more away games, and/or who try to schedule their lives around their team's games, the release of the schedule is significant. For my part, I'm already mildly dreading the onslaught of primetime games at the stadium. Sunday at 1:00 is the only life for me.

Dig it, man. We had a dude in our crew back in the day who we said was the coveted Pooh Bear/Kanga duality. Our man was just super chill, and was always at the ready with what others needed/wanted (beer, pizza, a roll of paper towels, etc.).

At age 82?

An Eeyore, for sure. In the A.A. Milne dual paradigm, Adams as GM is probably an Eeyore/Piglet. Possibly an Eeyore/Owl. Not great combinations for an NHL GM. I used to identify as a Tigger/Owl. But I was younger then. I'm not so sure that fits anymore. I'm probably more an Owl/Rabbit now. (Sigh.)

Rayzor is heart and soul. Heart and soul. If he's stepping away, I will miss him.

An Appert guy. A USA Hockey guy - not an NHL guy. Did he give (Don) Granato’s name as a reference?