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No, don't doubt yourself. This, combined with drunken Super Bowl declarations, does indeed make you a real Bills fan.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ZfVP19mDm4

Dealerships here in LA almost refuse to stock manuals. There's either no demand or there's a perception that there's no demand, probably because of traffic or something. It's insanity. There's a lot of insanity in the LA automobiling experience.

Is that the $1.4 Billion in the suitcase? I got bored, here's some math. The largest denomination of US currency ever printed was the $100,000 bill (with Woodrow Wilson's face), printed from 1934 to 1935. It would take 14,000 of those bills to pay the $1.4B for the Buffalo Bills. How much space would 14,000 bills take up? Well, some kid paid his $14k college tuition in one dollar bills, so that's what that looks like. It's close. 100 stacked bills is 0.43" thick. After some math, you could arrange 4.3" stacks in two rows and seven columns in a suit case to make up the 14,000 required $100,000 bills. The only drawback is that there are only seven known $100,000 bills left in existence. The highest denomination of US Currency currently printed is the $100 bill. It'd take 14 million of those, which would be a pile of $100 bills that weighs 14.28 tons.

Seeing how much of the country can't even do pizza correctly, there's no way I'd expect them to develop this advanced pizza technology.

Terry's text to Jessie this morning:

If the kids are ready. Is Connor McEichel ready to go out of the box? Maybe. Are the other picks? Maybe not. Will we have the cap space to spend to get veteran free agents that can get us competition-ready? Probably. Are all the veterans we need going to be available in free agency? Probably not. The draft is just one piece of the puzzle, albeit a large one. And we're surely gonna be hungry for wins when next year starts. And it probably won't take us until 2018 to be relevant. But I'd be genuinely and pleasantly surprised if we're in the 2016 NHL Playoffs. We got a long ways to go.

I'd give Muffy the ol' Original Pizza Log®.

Since when is this a thing? Why is this a braggable skill? Have I been in LA (land of almost entirely automatics) too long? Why I would think that's interesting enough to bring up in conversation? Anyways, I drive a manual and wouldn't have it any other way. When I drive compact automatics, I feel like I'm driving a go kart. Gas. Steering wheel. Brake.

http://www.buffalobills.com/news/article-1/NFL-owners-ratify-Pegulas-purchase-of-Bills-franchise/c1ca7030-f94a-44b4-81f3-becdc4f57bea "Do you think you got a good deal?" "I got a hell of a deal. I own the team."

"Beat up the horses." http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eX27Wq2ob6c

If you want to.

1 Enroth shutouts . 3.5 over/under 2. Matt Moulson goals - 24.5 over/under 3. Sabres Total Points - 68.5 over/under 4. Sabres total goals scored 195.5 over/under 5. Stewart Fighting Majors 4.5 over/under 6. Team Face-off Percentage 47.5 % over/under 7. Josh Gorges - Penalty Minutes - 34.5 min. over/under 8. Cody Hodgson total points - 51.5 over/under Pretty much full-on tank mode, but Hodgson sets a career high in points.

Judges say...

Alright, alright. Elite Division: Eligibility: Season Ticket Holders only Challenge: Eat more Pizza Logs than number of Sabres losses in 2014-15. Pizza Logs must be eaten (but not necessarily acquired) on the premises (inside or outside) of the FNC/Harbor Center. Novice Division: Eligibility: Any game attendees Challenge: Eat more Pizza Logs than number of Sabres losses you attended in person. Pizza Logs must be eaten (but not necessarily acquired) on the premises (inside or outside) of the FNC/Harbor Center. Open DIvision: Eligibility: Open Challenge: Eat more Pizza Logs than number of Sabres losses in 2014-15. Pizza Logs may be eaten anywhere. Roadie Division: Eligibility: Out of towners Challenge: Roll up any pizza-like object weighing at least 2 ounces. Eat more Pizza Log substitutes than number of Sabres losses in 2014-15. Pizza Log substitutes may be eaten anywhere.

I might have a Halloween costume...

You'll either feel a lot better or a lot worse. Godspeed.

Tim Murray to other bottom-ten GMs at the trade deadline: "Oh, you think tanking is your ally. But you merely adopted the tank. I was born in it, moulded by it. I didn't see the victories until I was already a man, by then it was nothing to me but BLINDING! The losses betray you BECAUSE THEY BELONG TO ME! I will show you where I have made my home while preparing to bring justice. Then I will break you."

Some folks think that the players and coaching staff are locked in some sort of dilemma- try to win and botch the rebuild or try to lose and abandon, at least temporarily, the competitive sportsmanship of the game. But that's not the case. The players and coaches will -and should- try their hardest to win games. It's what they need to do to justify their jobs. It's what they need to do to entertain fans that spend their hard-earned salaries to go to home games. It's what they need to do maintain a non-toxic, competitive culture in the locker room. It's what they need to do to skate off the ice with their heads held high, knowing they tried. It's what sportsmen need to do. The players and coaches pushing their effort doesn't mean the tank is lost. It's not the players and coaches that will define the nature of this year's rebuild. Far and away, the person commanding the tank is Tim Murray. Murray has the power over the roster. He commands how much talent ends up on the ice each night. He will make the decision to throttle the available talent. And why shouldn't he? Every single player in this organization from top to bottom is effectively skating in a year-long tryout to get onto the team that follows this team. Murray should be allowed to, and probably will, take long looks at lots of different personnel arrangements on the active roster. And there are definitely going to be games when those arrangements don't translate into wins. Any move to keep players in Rochester (or Juniors) can be easily justified with the motivation of long term development. Additionally, he has the ability to gut a significant portion of the team at any point in time before the trade deadline, if he feels it's the best long term move for the organization. Stewart, Stafford, Mitchell, Kaleta, Meszaros, Benoit, Enroth, and Neuvirth are all UFAs. Some of those players, Murray has already attempted to trade. He could subtract some of those players for assets that have absolutely zero return on this year's team record, and whether that move would be made to tank, legitimately better the team, or both, it simply wouldn't matter.

I demand royalties. That is a nice cover though. I like it.

Love Bob. Love that hire. Love it even more if they shitcan Milbury.

1990 I give the benefit of the doubt on that one. 1985 I do not give the benefit of the doubt on that one.

My only guess is helmet technology. If this were 15 years ago, he'd likely be dead from concussive impact. If this were 25 years ago, he'd likely have been decapitated.

French F1 driver Jules Bianchi was in a brutal wreck Sunday at the Japanese Gran Prix (Suzuka). Going into one of the more challenging turns in the course, his car slid off the rainy, slippery track (likely aqua-planing) into a construction vehicle that was clearing a car that had over run the turn just one lap previous. He suffered severe head trauma and is fighting for his life. Crash footage in gif form. Same footage, slow motion.