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"After retiring from the CFL, Aaron Maybin bought an odd-smelling tube of skin cream from Michael Jackson's estate, demanded that he be called 'J. Edgar,' and found his true calling." Too soon?

I tried googling "rental real estate for robots," but all I could find was: http://www.dummies.com/how-to/content/real-estate-investing-for-dummies-cheat-sheet.html Seriously, although I haven't read the book, the bullet points listed at the above website sound reasonable. Not sure if there are better landlord association options, but you might want to explore this website as part of your "homework" - - there must be some sort of apartment owners' association in NH that would give you access to some of the info you're probably looking for: http://aanh.pilera.com Good luck.

Maybe so, but my brother Darryl says Don Esmonde ain't the only clueless one. Darryl realizes that (1) a new owner may have higher financing costs than Ralph because the new owner may have to borrow part of the purchase price as compared to Ralph, who bought the franchise for peanuts long ago, but (2) any new owner can use something called the Roster Depreciation Allowance (the "RDA") to write off 1/15th of the purchase price of the team every year for the first 15 years of ownership - - something Ralph could NOT do because he bought the franchise so long ago that Ralph's team "roster" had already become fully depreciated in Ralph's hands. For the sake of argument, let's say that your assumption that the new owner has to borrow 50% of a $1 billion purchase price, and therefore incur $40 million of financing costs is just a smidge high. Let's say the new owner's cost to finance $500 million is only slightly less, at $35 million per year (it makes the math easier for Darryl). You say that makes the new owner's annual profit zero, as opposed to $35 million during Ralph's ownership. But that doesn't take into account the RDA. If the purchase price is $1 billion, a new owner who structures the transaction and his other business ventures properly has the potential to shelter $1 billion/15 = $66.7 million of his otherwise taxable income from the IRS every year for 15 years. That's a $66.7 million annual tax shelter for the new owner, that Ralph didn't (and couldn't) have. Don't believe me? Read these links: http://www.forbes.com/sites/mikeozanian/2012/04/06/new-dodgers-investors-will-get-big-tax-breaks/ http://econ.la.psu.edu/~ecoulson/veeck.pdf http://deadspin.com/5816870/exclusive-how-and-why-an-nba-team-makes-a-7-million-profit-look-like-a-28-million-loss It's true that the RDA tax write-off is available to any new owner, whether that new owner is a local WNY guy or somebody from out-of-state. So the availability of the RDA doesn't cut one way or the other with respect to giving bidders from any particular geographic location an advantage in the bidding. That means you can still criticize Ralph's estate planning if you want - - but Darryl thinks you shouldn't go gettin' all high and mighty about "the economics of the NFL as it pertains to keeping the Bills in Buffalo." 'Course, Darryl's a moron - - Momma had him tested.

Well, that explains the weight gain! Seriously though - - Congrats!

My brother Darryl don't like peta bread, but he still says that ain't right (he should know).

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Take comfort in knowing that you're making the best decision you can about what's best for Ginger. That's all you can do. If you eventually decide to get another dog, maybe you should name her Mary Ann.

The Jills.

No, I don't think he was "great." You wrote that the Bills NEVER (all caps yours) had a TE, and also wrote that it's an area where we've "always" been bad. McKeller won't make anybody forget Tony Gonzalez, but TEs that can both catch and block, as opposed to just catch, are frequently under-rated. My point was simply that McKeller could not fairly be characterized as "bad," even if he didn't have gaudy reception stats. McKeller's versatility helped make the K-gun work, as explained with some historical context here: http://www.buddynixon.com/analysis/the-kgun-offense-beyond-no-huddle But this is an Internet message board, so if you want to claim that every Bills' TE who failed to make the Pro Bowl was "bad" - - post away.

Well, it's not like the #1 offense in the league for a while was named the K-gun or anything.

I thought the "vegetarian zombies" were pretty imaginative.

I guess the pre-draft physicals don't include vision tests:

I don't know about you, but I feel safer: http://www.wsoctv.com/news/news/zombie-apocalypse-dont-worry-pentagon-has-plan/nfxKk/

Antarctica - - extraterrestrial neutrinos, a hole under the ice bigger than the Grand Canyon, and now the aliens have uncorked a planetary wine bottle that was preventing glaciers from melting: http://america.aljazeera.com/articles/2014/5/12/antarctic-ice-melt.html #TheyLive

According to MIT, Reynolds wrap can be used, in various hat shapes: http://web.archive.org/web/20100708230258/http://people.csail.mit.edu/rahimi/helmet/

"Barry Bremen strikes again!" P.S. - - If you don't get the oblique reference to sports history: http://www.mlive.com/news/detroit/index.ssf/2011/07/goodbye_great_imposter_metro_d.html

Kind of ironic that fan favorite Bon Jovi wrote a song about it: http://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/bonjovi/yougiveloveabadname.html

I suppose the fans watching the game on TV at home could just "call Ralph on the big white phone:" http://onlineslangdictionary.com/meaning-definition-of/ralph "Sell the Buick?" - - seems like it shoulda been "Jump start the Taurus."

World would be a dull place if everybody had the exact same opinions!

Well, if you're a Ukrainian gas giant and gas inventory is running low, who better than somebody with 50% of Joe Biden's DNA?

My older brother Darryl did not know this, so because of social media, he no longer listens to "A Whiter Shade of Pale" #SoTheAdministrationAccomplishedThat

"Most people think that a scope is a liability in close-quarters combat - - but in Hollywood I learned that if you reverse it then nearby targets look far away - - just what the rifle is designed to hit."

Or we could just graft bio-looney-escent fish DNA onto human foreheads and make humans their own light source.

Also makes a difference if you expect to generally stay at campsites with electrical hookups or plan to "bushwhack" out in the boonies where you need to be more "self-contained." The sites with hookups are nice for overnight stays while trying to get to your destination or get home, but I usually prefer to get as far out in the boonies as possible for my actual destination. I like to hike, and with some exceptions, the best hiking trails are often more accessible from smaller, more remote campsites with no hookups. To each his/her own, though. Jboyst posted a nice list. One thing I would add is tiered-step blocks for 2 wheels. Depending on what type of camper you have, you may need to keep the camper level for a propane-powered fridge to run, for example. The blocks let you use such a fridge in campsites that would otherwise not be flat enough. Enjoy!

Three months from now, Mike Mayock and Cyril Richardson discussing how Cyril got hazed in training camp by the OL veterans: http://www.quotes.net/movies/1495