We call the latter 'shmenguining."

i was sure i was opening myself up to an association with the former. very gracious of you.

is there a line between "butthurt" and just being upset in a garden variety kind of way?

If Sullivan dangles the playing time carrot, I'll be more impressed with him.

this may seem like something that only matters on message boards, but going forward, in this vein, i'd like all references to the "first line" include malkin and only malkin as center.

Lastly, I want to point out something I have found strange coming from fans/media types. I keep reading and hearing that these Penguins aren't scoring (27th in the league, to be precise), but that's merely a product of a more defense-oriented, lower scoring NHL accross the board. Fine. I get that -...

I'm surprised you're not allergic to it. it hits me harder than most, certainly...not in a drunk way. just a hangover way. i've basically given up alcohol. special occasions only, and in limited amounts. oh yeah...and i have a documented history of significant liver inflammation. so there's that.

I'm surprised you're not allergic to it.

it hits me harder than most, certainly...not in a drunk way. just a hangover way. i've basically given up alcohol. special occasions only, and in limited amounts.

regarding alcohol, i've only puked "the night of" 2 or 3 times in my life. the next morning, however...

blargh...2nd sous vide in a row where i cut into my steak and it's overdone as all hell. not sure what's happening. @tifosi77 ... can the post-bath sear add significant degrees to your internal temp? i soaked it at 134 and seared top, bottom and all 4 sides around. i know it'll give you a layer of g...

https://youtu.be/L4QHfgOMVM8

pass.

are these big cgi battle scenes still interesting to people?

did a blind vertical tasting with 2014 and 2015 bourbon county. first sip of beer i've had in 3 months. i'm disappointed to say that 2015 is heads and shoulders above the 2014. disappointing because i have 2 cases of 2014 vs only 2 bottles of 2015. ...though the 2014 barleywine is much better, surpr...

Here's a tip on how to be a decent human...if you have a loud dog and a neighbor whose house is 15 feet away from yours, you don't leave your dog outside to bark all day. And you don't think about letting him outside alone after 10pm and before 7am. It's almost action time. We have a neighbor doing...

Here's a tip on how to be a decent human...if you have a loud dog and a neighbor whose house is 15 feet away from yours, you don't leave your dog outside to bark all day. And you don't think about letting him outside alone after 10pm and before 7am.

It's almost action time.

Yeah, I am definitely feeling the 12% from that DFH.

That palo is a heavy hitter. It messes me up.

I think the sin that broke the camel's back was...

JR: play Sprong
MJ: nah
JR: no seriously
MJ: uh...suuuuure
JR: you call THAT playing Sprong?
MJ: screw this noise, he gets what he gets
JR: "buh bye"

Actual question. No agenda here... Our forwards are an experienced group. Very much so. Johnson decided to prime them for his end game system by going way overboard with the defensive play for the first quarter of the season. The question is...was this really necessary? It seems like a junior hockey...

To be fair, last season they eventually had no blue line eitherdue to injuries , but that is irrelevant really. MJ's legacy is 120 games of anemic offense. Maybe he wasn't the problem, but he didn't seem to be the solution either. Support of Johnson is ideological, not practical. If you believe the...

There's obviously been a greater focus on defense since last year. The team hasn't figured out how to play that way and succeed in the mean time. Waiting even longer than he already has to allow his talent to be talented doesn't cut it. This is a formula for good defense. It hasn't been a formula fo...

...9th place in the east. Almost out of the playoffs last year. These are big boys who have been around different systems their whole lives. Spending 2 years in teaching mode seems absurd.

2012 aside, where is this coming from that we need to learn how to play playoff defense? We have bad personnel on the blueline so yeah, we need to compensate for that. But this 2 year HCMJ defense boot camp was overkill. Particularly since it stripped us of our one competetive advantage.

Also the typical team is going to get what...like 4 or 5 more goals because of 3 on 3? How this artificially pumps someone over 90 points is a mystery.

3 on 3 reduces shoot outs and that's almost solely why it was implemented. No one has ever argued otherwise before. Congrats.

There are people in the world who don't like 3 on 3. You don't have to worry about listening to their opinions on anything in hockey or life.

epcot doesn't looks as good as it did when i was a little kid

i think a movie focusing on more of a gradual linear degradation of dupont's mental health would have been a better story - and more accurate.

serrated blade to cut produce? what is this, amateur hour?

you only use a hacksaw to cut bread. everyone knows that.