SageAgainstTheMachine

That's a great dog you've got yourself there, barking aside. You're not going to find a more loyal dog than an Akita. And, for my money, they're the best puppies... http://www.trainpetdog.com/images2/akita%20pup.jpg http://www.imagecows.com/uploads/ed22-AKITA%20INU.jpg AWWWWWWWW

Ugh, I love it too, but I don't allow myself to anymore as a measure of self-control. A couple years ago, I became obese (around 260 pounds was my maximum) and I decided I had to make a change. My methods were successful, and one of the biggest ones was switching to vegetarianism as a way to draw a line in the sand regarding what I would/would not allow myself to eat. It's not a perfect catch-all (after all, I can still have fatty fettucine alfredo on a vegetarian diet), but it stops me from rationalizing "Weeeelllll, I guess going to Burger King just this once won't hurt". Not a day goes by that I wish I could have a nice juicy burger or a slice of pepperoni pizza, but I know that the accomplishment of avoiding that stuff is more fulfilling than the vapid pleasure of eating it. Btw, sorry for the thread hi-jack. My biggest and best THANK YOU goes out to all those who have served.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qS7nqwGt4-I

I just want to get two things out of the way...I'm not an anti-hunter, and I'm not looking for an argument. But could you explain for me what the appeal is to hunting? Now, I don't eat meat so that part wouldn't do me any good...but just from a recreational perspective, why do you find it fun? I've asked a couple of my buddies before, but they treated it like a confrontation, so I'm just looking for info.

Yeah, but you don't understand the point of the OP...it's June and they're NOT HANDING OUT FREEZIE POPS!!!!!! WTF??????????????

She's more artistic than your average pop star and she's got a better voice, I'll give her that much. The music is interesting when you hear it the first time, then grating the next 100 times it's forced down your throat on radio/tv/movies.

KD, you're nothing if not a master baiter.

Can we sign that thing as a linebacker?

Yeah, I'm pretty much at the point where I'll watch any Leonardo Dicaprio vehicle. Best mainstream actor out there IMO. I'll never forget watching The Departed and thinking "Holy sh*t, he's blowing Nicholson and Damon out of the water". Not to mention This Boy's Life, What's Eating Gilbert Grape, Revolutionary Road, Blood Diamond, Gangs of New York, etc. Ironically, I think his performance in Titanic was his worst (sorry Avatar fans, Cameron just doesn't get the best out of his actors), but that's what officially pushed him into the limelight.

The people harassing Joyce's family deserve to be drawn and quartered.

Yeah, it confuses me why people (mostly women) get those little yappy/shrieky dogs. They just make you want to destroy them. To me, a dog isn't a proper dog unless it makes a "woof".

This sucks. America's children are already cadmium-deficient as it is. We're falling behind the rest of the world in cadmium!

I love how whenever a player says something confident, he gets flamed here. I guess the rule is, if the fanbase isn't satisfied with your play, you don't ever get to open your mouth. Kelsay isn't the best example, but I think that a guy like Whitner or Lynch would literally get flamed for saying ANYTHING.

This is where I officially start counting down. LET'S GO BUFFFFFALLLLOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!

Yep, well said. A few acts of decency and sportsmanship between two guys who COULD be feuding with each other have turned this from a sad story into an inspiring one. For those among us who like to wax philosophical about why athletes can't be better role models, just tell your children about Armando Galarraga

My biggest gripe with the strikezone is the upper-limit. In the rulebook, the zone is supposed to extend to the armpits of the crouched batter. Tends to be these days that any pitch above the belt is called a ball-high.

Thanks, Tom. I was going to start being productive after this Yankees game was over, but now I have TBD idiocy to read.

If you're travelling at less than 70 MPH and you're in the passing lane for any longer than it takes to pass that annoyingly slow truck, I get to run you off the road.

TBD is like the Hotel California. You can check out any time you like...But you can never leeeeaave.

Haha, well that's the problem. It's referenced in so many other threads, that I think it's virtually impossible to find the original.

Strasburg's role is going to be limited this season, even if he dazzles. I don't have a link, but the Nationals are holding him to 160 innings maximum, including the innings he's been throwing in the minors. On top of that, they probably won't ever allow him to eclipse 100 pitches in any game. All that said, I'm greatly anticipating his start on the 8th. I won't buy into the kid until he starts getting it done at the top level, but potential like this doesn't come along every day.

I hear about this Ed a lot...what were the nature of his antics? Also while I'm at it...what the hell is 3.5? I see this constantly mentioned sardonically.

No, like missing a 3-foot putt on the 18th hole and losing by a stroke, versus missing a 3-foot putt on the 6th hole and losing by a stroke. In one case, you can correctly say you would have forced a playoff with a make. In the other case, that cannot be assumed. I'm not disagreeing that it's part of the game...but the situation just isn't the same, and I don't think that's debatable.

Like I said, I've reversed my position on Joyce being punished at all. But missing that call in the 3rd inning does not mean the same thing, even if it is the same thing.

Well actually there is a difference between missing the call in the 3rd and missing it in the 9th with 2 outs. If it's in the 3rd, you have to use the fallacy of the predetermined outcome to assume that things would've happened exactly the same way if the call had been made correctly. In the scenario yesterday, it was very binary. Either perfect game or no perfect game.