I'm so sick of people at the gym just sitting on equipment reading their phones. And when you ask to work in they say "I'm almost done" and frantically start working out.

If what is on your phone is that important, get off the machine and take care of it.

I'm glad Troy retired instead of trying to hang on for one more season. Great player, greater person.

Thanks. We have friends who live in Bellevue and McCandless so that general area is about where we are looking. We would love to find a place in Shadyside but unless we want to settle for a tiny apartment that wont be possible. Sometimes you can find a real steal in Shadyside, but it takes some dig...

I think he made it clear that he was just speculating on the circumstances. He wasn't "reporting" anything and definitely didn't state that "sources" told him that this would happen. I think he was just looking at the situation and wrote an article on what he could see happening. This is exactly ho...

CG is Eric Godard.

Has CG posted here yet? I took a look at LGP today and saw a post of his mentioning Spaling.

I hope he never posts here.

Last night every sports writer/reporter in Pittsburgh not on the Pens beat felt the need to chime in on the Pens "historic collapse". And this morning I saw that Bob "I'm retired-not retired" Smizik felt the need to chime in. Do other cities have as many hack sports journalists (and I use the term v...

Sales really slowed after the holidays but that's supposedly pretty normal. It's sold very well to date though. I'm pleased.

I bought a copy for my sister's birthday. It's sitting on my couch, and I really want to pull off the protective plastic and read it before I give it to her.

I know, but they weren't the creators.

Some say the Anchor Bar stole the idea from another bar in Buffalo. Kind of like the "Flaming Moe" episode of The Simpsons.

I'm not much of a baker, prefer grillin/smoking. I'm a fairly good baker when I feel like baking. I call myself a seat of the pants baker. I'll make something on a whim, and 99% of the time it turns out great. One whim, I made a loaf of bread out of leftover semolina flour (I had made pizza a free ...

Go to Anchor Bar and have some orignal Buffalo Wings.

I find the Buffalo Head Bar/Gideon's Gate (2 places, same owner) actually have better wings. Don't know if either place is still open, it's been a while since I've been to Buffalo.

I'm going to the Pens game in Buffalo this Saturday. Anyone been to a game up there and have any tips? I've been to a few Bills games, but never a Sabres game. I'm planning on driving up Saturday morning and hitting Duff's for some wings for lunch. Other than that, I don't really have anything plan...

My work laptop died. Tech came and took it to fix, and didn't bring me a loaner.

Other than getting on the phone for meetings, I'm sitting at my desk doing nothing. I am so bored.

Drinking the Whitsun Ale by Arcadia Ales. Like it very much. You can taste the orange peel and coriander. And something else. Cinnamon? Quite refreshing.

Other night I roasted a chicken, using a cast iron skillet lined with parchment paper. Stuffed the chicken with a halved lemon and thyme. Separated the skin from the breast and slid lemon slices under the skin. Rubbed the chicken with olive oil then seasoned with pepper, remaining thyme and a season...

That's an easy 25-30 minutes during weekday rush hours

Hospital working hours are usually different than normal rush hours.

Yes, but my wife thinks that's pushing her commute too far.

It takes about 15 minutes to get to AGH from Shadyside.

It has to be one of those two neighborhoods? No, it doesn't, but my wife is set on either a condo or a townhouse in an urban setting (no whiff of suburbia) and a max commute of 10-15 minutes. I figure that gives us the options of the North Side, Downtown, the Strip District, or Lawrenceville. Anyth...

There are some nice homes on the North Side, but in the bigger picture it isn't the safest place to live.

I use the money I'd spend on playoff tickets and go on vacation.

Oh, don't feel obligated. I just like to try to guilt people into buying it tease people about buying it. But since you asked, it's called Travelogue of Horror and it's a weird travelogue of famous horror movie filming locations, real life haunts, abandoned towns, serial killer homes, etc. It's a m...

Last night at the game, the couple in front of me were vaping. In their seats, during the game. They'd sneak when the usher wasn't looking. The woman did it only once, and stopped. Her b/f did it during the game. I leaned over, and said "As a friendly warning, you can get tossed for vaping." The gu...

BOOM! Way to go llipgh

Last night was the game from hell, fan wise. It was drunk yinzers trying to hook up with drunk Flyers fans, the ghosts of Toe Blake and Eddie Shore diagnosing everything wrong with the Pens, and generally cluelessness all around.

It makes it very hard to watch the game.

Last night at the game, the couple in front of me were vaping. In their seats, during the game. They'd sneak when the usher wasn't looking. The woman did it only once, and stopped. Her b/f did it during the game. I leaned over, and said "As a friendly warning, you can get tossed for vaping." The guy...

If he wants to come he can. I'll just put him on ignore again.

Does the foe feature here block everything, or still show when quoted? Because it's pointless if I can still see the trolling.

It's 2PM, tickets have still not sold out for game 1 and 2 of the playoffs.

And I'm guessing they won't. People are taking a wait and see approach. There is still a chance (albeit slim) they won't make the playoffs.