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I didnt catch any of last nights game. How did they give up the 2 goal lead in the third? Did they lose composure or allow good goals?

I'm surprised it took 3 pages.

Who cares about codes and stigma? Money talks. $100k a year in skilled trade with a highschool diploma has greater spending power than a $65k a year white collar gig with a liberal arts degree. We need to stop telling kids "if you don't go to college you end up like..." and start educating them on the paths available and what they mean lifestyle wise.

Some of the local news. Google Houston road rage for good reading. https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/criminal-justice/2023/01/17/441553/man-who-killed-teen-in-road-rage-incident-gets-30-year-sentence/ https://www.ksat.com/news/texas/2022/07/28/couple-charged-after-viral-video-shows-woman-firing-into-car-with-2-year-old-in-houston-road-rage-incident/

I'm in Houston and road rage is a serious concern. Situations like the one in the OP have been settled with guns which has me thinking twice about hand gestures, use of the horn, and other enhanced traffic techniques.

Tua needs to hit the batting cages. 6 months until football season, time to toughen up!

I try not to reward blatantly bad behavior but I'm not risking an accident. I try to be mindful that there are drivers who might not be familiar with the area or intersection and just not know what the turning lane options are until its too late.

I think there is more than one way to interpret that observation. I mean, drive by a military base and check out the 27% APR enlisted car show.

I don't think I'd take any other Jackson season over any other complete Watson season. Its been all down hill since Jackson's MVP season. If 2019 was prime Jackson, it was the shortest prime ever seen.

The biggest complaint is "i can't see the puck" and "i dont understand the rules". HD TV might help with #1, I don't know. I can't see the puck either but I know where it is and where its going. I genuinely do not understand what is so difficult to follow about the rules. Football, basketball, and baseball can all be played by a bunch of neighborhood kids in every part of the country. All you need is a ball and/or a stick. That will always be an advantage over ice hockey in terms of kids learning the basics of the sport and developing an interest. Hockey is an expensive sport to play. Higher barrier to gain interest. Street hockey is accessible I guess but where there is street hockey there is a kid who plays ice hockey just dominating the other neighborhood kids.

I think leaving ESPN was the biggest mistake the NHL has made. Coming back from the lockout missed season games were only available on Outdoor Life Network or something like that. Almost no cable provider I was aware of carried that channel. Losing a season and then making hockey more difficult to watch was a costly one two punch.

I guess DeShaun owes Cody Ford a lot of money. Or was it Siran Neal and Milano he owes?

One, unfortunately.

They offered him what is overwhelmingly considered to be a fair and generous offer and he turned it down. I do not fault the Ravens if they are no longer interested in wasting their time negotiating with a delusional amateur who insists on representing himself to his own detriment.

Prime Watson is a much better QB than prime Jackson. I don't think prime Watson is coming back and I think Jackson's best years are behind him.

Anyone have any bad dreams lately that they would like to share?

I can't think of a single reason why you shouldn't draw a nice warm bath and relax with a good book and the toaster.

Then there is the issue of for profit education which comprised the largest portion of defaulted student loans, if I recall correctly. If a school is running commercials starting at 2AM, it should probably be shut down and have no access to federal student loan programs. I feel bad for the high number of adults who tried to turn their lives around and ultimately paid exorbitant tuitions only to find that the job market isn't that interested in someone in their 40s with the skills of a 22 year old who majored in "exciting new fields like criminal justice, business, and high tech!". Predatory trade skills are another real problem although I'm not sure how common it is. https://www.npr.org/2022/03/01/1062679587/for-profit-colleges-student-loan-borrowers-fraud

Think about a product where you pretty much have to have it to succeed today. Or at the very least, a product where your teachers, parents, family, friends, guidance counselors, and pop culture spend 18 years telling you that you absolutely need this product. The providers of this product can charge whatever they want for this product and do not see any change in demand/enrollment. That is how you get an absurd cost of education, absurd student debt balances, and a general debt/default crisis. There is no incentive for higher education institutions to control costs. Due to non-recourse lending, school gets paid even if the student stops paying their loans. Due to the programming I described above and access to insurmountable debt, demand for education is completely inelastic: there is no change in demand based on change in price. If people will buy at any price, why wouldn't you see how far you could go? Why not build a college town, give every freshman an iPad, and put a pool in the freshman dorm? The logical solution to runaway costs of education is to control access to debt. Less access to debt, means lower enrollment, which means incentive to control costs. Maybe this wouldn't hit the ivys but the rest of the top 100 would feel it. Unfortunately, this results in some real issues. Namely, restricting access to the best universities to anyone who isn't very wealthy or getting a full ride. Common sense on giving 18 year olds access to insurmountable debt is also easily assailable as "anti-education" in the current political discourse. Anecdotes about one impoverished child paying their way through Yale and becoming unfathomably rich are incoming. The other solutions involve promoting skilled trades in K-12, a strong and affordable state university system, and educating children and parents on the realities of higher education. Unless you have a burning desire to be working at a top hedge fund, top 5 corporate law firm, or be the best neurosurgeon in the country, you don't need an ivy league education. You likely don't need a top 100 education. If you don't know what you want to do, a state school degree is just fine and doesn't close any doors for you. You can drive a truck in west texas or work an oil rig and make more money with a high school education than most white collar people will ever earn in their careers. College isn't for everyone and it doesn't need to be.

While I am happy for people who are free of the burden of crushing student loan debt, particularly those who were duped by predatory for profit institutions, this legislation does nothing to address the underlying issues. Its time to have a discussion about the cost of education, non-recourse lending, and the amount of debt an 18 year old should have access to.

Ridiculous.

I am certain that you could leave me just as confused with fewer words. Maybe not as annoyed, but every bit as confused.

This isn't a playoff team. They've gone complete implosion in 5 of their last 6, managing to at least salvage the Ducks game. I do not recall the Sabres being blown out of the building even when they were perennial lottery favorites. Absolutely no one in blue looked good in the first period. Can't really assess their performance since the game ceased to be competitive after the first period. The third was kinda fun but doesn't mean much.

I hope it sounds like a road game because the Sabres have a miserable home record. They thrive in the tepid indifference of a west coast, inter-conference, road trip atmosphere.

Motion to vote that Yolo changes his name to "YouDieEveryDayInOhio". All in favor?