SageAgainstTheMachine

No, it's not. I just don't like the notion of them telling us that eating buckets of KFC chicken is somehow going to HELP the fight against cancer. Unfortunately, people eat fast food for three reasons... 1. They're conditioned to think, the fattier the tastier. 2. It's cheap. 3. It's quick I wish there was a cheap, quick restaurant that sold legitimately healthy food, as opposed to your standard burgers, fries, fried chicken, etc. People are never going to stop eating fast food. Never. It's a permanent part of the American ethos. But shouldn't there be a joint where you can get couscous or quinoa instead of french fries? I saw another KFC commercial this morning, for something called the "Double Down Sandwich". Basically it's a "sandwich" where the bread is two huge pieces of fried chicken, and the sandwhich material is bacon, cheese, and some sort of mayo. Honestly people...this is what we're putting in our bodies? This generation of children is the first in centuries that will have a lower life expectancy than their parents, and it's because of sh*t like the Double Down Sandwich. Last night for dinner, I had a nice piece of grilled chicken breast, with sides of broccoli and brown rice pilaf. It was as cheap a dinner as you can imagine (probably cost the same as a KFC meal), didn't take long to prepare, and tasted good. Who knew you could eat chicken without the heart attack inducing fried skin??? Sorry for the rant, folks.

I don't have a ton of sympathy for people who abuse fast food and suffer health consequences. Even without the proper information (which virtually everybody knows at this point), it should be apparent which foods are bad for you just based on how they make your body feel. Fast food might be good to your tastebuds, but everybody who's eaten it a few times knows how lazy/crappy you feel afterwards. This isn't even to mention the obesity. People eat fast food 10 times a week and then wonder why they weigh 300 pounds or more? I just don't like the hypocrisy of KFC, trying to pretend like they're out for society's best interest. If they wanted to do something to prevent cancer, they'd shut down operations.

We used to do pangrams (sentences that use all 26 letters of the alphabet) like... The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog.

Just saw an advertisement on TV for KFC's "Buckets for the Cure", which will donate money to breast cancer research. Fatty, salty foods (especially from fast food joints) have been proven to be a major contributor to heart disease, strokes, high blood pressure, along with almost every type of cancer (there's a reason Americans suffer so much more cancer than the rest of the world). I just think it's funny that KFC is pretending to give a flying f*ck about anybody's health. If they had their way, we'd all spend 50% of our income at their restaurant and die at the age of 40.

I wouldn't sleep on the Mavericks...I believe they were the NBA's best team in the second half of the season.

Am I the only Bobcats fan on the board? After a miserable existence as a franchise, they finally scratched and clawed their way to the playoffs. The Cats aren't an offensively talented team, but seem to have a way of beating elite teams. They're 3-1 against the Cavaliers this season, and they've won 6 out of their last 7 against the Lakers. The smart money is on the Magic to win this 2-7 matchup, but don't be shocked if the Bobcats force a game 7 (they're GREAT at home) or even win the series.

Ok thanks...but that's just a bad example on my part. Being an offensive juggernaut is not a prerequisite for winning the cup. The Sabres are above average on offense, great on defense, and elite at goaltender. On special teams, they are mediocre on the power play and elite on the penalty kill. That's a formula that can win the Stanley Cup, no matter what the haters want to say.

Leonard Little, is that who you're thinking of?

I disagree wholeheartedly. Like most, I think the offense alone isn't talented enough to win the Stanley Cup. But I also don't think it's an albatross that will weigh us down. Our scorers won't put up 5 or 6 per game in the playoffs, but they can easily pot enough goals to support Miller and the defense. After all, defense and goaltending win championships. Just ask the Devils.

Yeah. Poor Lakers fans.

The offense isn't "anemic". Not out-of-this-world like the Capitals or Blackhawks, but not anemic. Didn't we rank 10th in goals scored this season?

I'm of this generation, so I learned at home when I was 6 and at school when I was 8. If you work at it long enough it becomes complete muscle memory, even to the point where you fix mistakes just as quickly as you type regularly. My Dad is a meteorologist, so he's constantly on computers...but for some reasons he still chooses to hunt and peck. I've encouraged him vigorously to learn typing, but he's just resistant to it for some reason. To me, it's a compulsory skill for our modern times.

I went for a hike up at Buttermilk Falls here in Ithaca (great trail if anybody is familiar with it), partially to clear my head. Along the way, I encountered a young couple with a 5 year old daughter and a little Australian Shepherd puppy out for its first walk. I guess the universe just felt like rubbing it in my face. Seriously though, it sort of just reminded me of the circle of life. Life ends, and then begins anew. I had my First Dog experience, and now that little girl gets hers. Someday my child will have his/hers.

No, Shipley is white so he gets an exemption. It's actually an interesting dynamic...Texas players are stereotyped as being lazy, but white players are stereotyped as being "high motor". It just doesn't fit!

Maybe you can answer this for me Buftex, as I'm not familiar with the Celtics front office...who the f*ck thought that taking a team built on chemistry and adding Rasheed Wallace to the mix was a good idea? I mean, maybe he doesn't play enough minutes to hurt the team THAT much, but his style of lazy whiny play is so far gone from the ethos of the 2008 championship team that it's ridiculous. GO BOBCATS!

Sadie was a real dummy too, but we loved her for it because she tried her best. She saw the mailman through the window every day for 14 years and still barked every day like there was an invasion on the house. FedEx, UPS, other dogs, people jogging by...they all got the same treatment*. I never minded the barking too much though, because I know she was just (in her mind) protecting us from all the evils of the world. I know, beyond a shadow of a doubt, that she would have died for us without so much as thinking about it. In that way, dogs offer a genuine loyalty that we almost never find among us fellow humans. *For whatever reason, the garbageman was the exception. She never once barked when they came around, and if she encountered a garbage truck on her morning walk she would excitedly wag her tail. It was the weirdest thing.

Happy birthday Chef! Don't go easy on the wine

That's beautiful, man. And here I thought I was all done with the crying.

Thanks, man. Agreed on all counts. Even though this is a Bills board, it's more than just that, especially here on OTW. Good luck with your dog. Hopefully he still has some good time left. I'm trying to remember how much of a blessing it is that Sadie lasted all the way to 14 years (all her brothers and sisters died early from a kidney defect that's common with her breed).

Thank you. As soon as I get a house (college bachelor pad at the moment), one of my first priorities will be finding a puppy. Sadie was a Soft-coated Wheaten Terrier, so I might try to find another one of those, though they are pretty rare here in the States.

We've got a cat too, actually...my parents were never cat people, but we found her in the middle of an intersection close to our house, trapped in a pant leg that her previous owner had tried to use as some sort of sweater. We tracked down the owners, and it turns out the pieces of sh*t were tired of the responsibility so they drove her far away from home and just dumped her...so we kept her. Funny thing is, the dog and the cat became inseparable. I'm away at school, but my understanding is that the cat is absolutely beside herself.

Thanks eric, I appreciate it. She'd been sick for a few months, so it wasn't shocking news...but it still hit me like a ton of bricks. I've been lucky enough to never lose a member of my immediate family yet (my grandfather died years before I was born), so this is my first truly personal experience with death and it blows.

RIP Sadie Sage 1996-2010...the best dog she knew how to be. I remember getting her as a puppy when I was 7. Worst part is, I wasn't there when she was put down. Had to find out on the phone.

Newsflash, bud. Not every word that ends in consonant-s has to have an apostrophe.

When they run the background check on me, do you think my embarrassing record of supporting Trent Edwards will come back to haunt me?