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Yep, it's utterly ridiculous. I just pray that my flight tomorrow gets off for JFK so that I can avoid the hippies.

This is easily the worst event in terms of snow since I moved out here in 2006 - we've had at least one every year. WNYers take pride in their snowy winters, but at least NYSDOT and local towns/cities plows the roads for you. Here in the PNW, they don't. Instead, they just let it sit there until the sun or rain melts it (which ain't happening soon... our temps are colder than Buffalo right now). Add to that equation lots of hilly terrain and hurricane-force wind gusts and you have a recipe for disaster. Like this bus that almost fell onto I-5 in Downtown Seattle: http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/loca...924_bus20m.html. Or this bus that got stuck on SR 520, a couple miles from my place: http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/ABPub/200.../2008535869.jpg Here in Redmond we got 11" on Thursday and about another 2" tonight. Unless you have chains, you can't go anywhere. Luckily, my old ones fit my new car, and I've been able to get out and about. Yeah - you need chains, it's that bad.

Will wear #79. Yawn.

I still maintain that our greatest need is TE. The franchise should get a restraining order against Robert Royal.

Given the number of NY transplants that live in that state, it's surprising to me. I visited FL for the first time earlier this year and the dialect of a good chunk of the "natives" made it sound like I was in NYC.

Word, XL, and PPT are usually pretty good about auto-saving files. What version of Word? 12 tends to be better at this than 11 (2003) or 10 (XP). Did you search through hidden files/folders and also search for files that include the ~ in the name? Temporary objects created by Office (from tables in Access to temporary bits in Word) are saved with tildes. The auto-recover location is by default at C:\Users\[userName]\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Word\ on Vista (this is a hidden folder). You should be able to check the location in Word Options. Is this a work machine or one joined to a domain? It's possible that there's group policy set on the machine preventing the creation of backup files, though that's kind of doubtful.

Hmm, I feel stingy now. I don't feel bad tipping 15% when a $2 "delivery fee" is tacked on. There are few decent local pizzerias out here (none of which deliver to my place) so I'm stuck with the chains.

But he went to Jared!

I still long for Wegmans subs. If the definition of "sandwich" is wider though, I'd probably give the honor to a Lupo's chicken spiedie.

I'm sticking by my 7-9 prediction from here. We beat one of SF or MIA. We lose to one of SF or MIA, plus NYJ, DEN, and NE. I haven't been sold on this team yet.

Did anyone else notice that Schonert was in the press box today? I wonder if he was better equipped to make in-game adjustments up there. Jauron gets credit for going for it on 4th and goal at the 1 on our first (was it our first?) drive. That's a marked departure from what I would have expected him to do. If he keeps doing that I won't blame him if we don't come away with points. Trent was a completely different quarterback. I don't know if it was the play action passing, Josh Reed, or the side of the bed he got up on, but he somehow turned it back on. Everyone has bad stretches. If he can play consistently across the next 3-4 games I think we can call what we saw a slump and move on. Otherwise, Bills Nation has serious reasons to be worried.

It's a possibility but I don't think it's the likely outcome. Likely losses: @NYJ @DEN NE 50/50: MIA in Toronto @KC SF I have as little confidence as anyone of this team's ability to pull it together and win, but unless they completely bottom out I don't see a 5-11 future. I think 7-9 is a lot more likely.

On a similar topic... I never really understood stuffy/stringent dress codes for white collar workers who have little to no customer contact. I mean really, do people do their best work when they're wearing suits and ties? I just can't envision myself in a suit writing code on a daily basis. I show up to work in sneakers, jeans and a t-shirt, and no one cares (since everyone else does the same). I'm a lot more apt to stay later, be more comfortable and productive, and be happier if I'm not wearing wingtips and a tie. I've noticed a lot of this is regional. I recall during one of my internships in Connecticut that we weren't even allowed to wear jeans to the office in advance of a department picnic later that afternoon. Yet in the west, I've seen no one bat an eyelash when someone shows up to work in pajama pants.

That would apply if there ever were good times. For many younger fans, there simply haven't. I have the tail end of the Super Bowl years to hang onto, so I suppose I'm somewhat lucky.

No, the Bills would not have a home playoff game. The Pats* have a better division record than the Bills, so they'd be given the division championship. The Bills would be a wild card team.

McGee gets a pass from me because he was clearly playing hurt out there. Royal OTOH should be cut - go with Schouman and see what happens. He is not an NFL-caliber player. O-Line play was dismal at best.

NY only has reciprocal point agreements with Ontario and Quebec (http://www.nysdmv.com/license.htm) . You won't get any points on your NH license for any convicted offenses in NYS. I tend to agree - unless you want to haul yourself back to NYS, just pay the ticket. You will take a hit on your insurance premiums but that's what comes with the territory.

I'll be honest - I really like your blog. There's a lot of good, original material there, and it's a nice hybrid between news and opinion. I think another part of it is that Buffalo gets almost no national media attention, so for someone at ESPN to actually be covering the Bills on a regular basis is something to get excited about. Add to that the general negative feelings that most Buffalo fans have for ESPN's more recognized journalists/pundits (Mort and Clayton in particular), and you have yourself a winner. Keep up the good work!

Yeah I have to agree. I'm 24, having followed the Bills pretty religiously since 1993-ish. Dolphins meant more during the '90s, but the 'hate' has really faded since Shula and Marino left. The Patriots* are without question the team I hate the most... probably exacerbated by the fact that I saw the 56-10 drubbing in person last year.

We wanted a guy who could win in dogfights - he is who we thought he was!

OH boy. Here we go! Who bites?

JetBlue uses the NYC CBS feed... and since NYC is not getting this game, they will not be showing it.

We get Gumbel/Dierdorf. We all know how much dear old Dan loves the Bills. Nantz and Sims are going to Green Bay: http://www.sportsline.com/cbssports/story/11020753 I'll also say that as far as the Chargers go, their performance is exactly what I wanted to have happen. NE loses big, they're on an emotional high, and next week they go to London. Buffalo, having lost to the Cardinals big, will hopefully look like a pushover for them.

72.65.1.186 That's the IP of the wiki poster who "broke" this info. It's a Verizon IP issued to someone in Buffalo... hmm....

This team has been lacking a legitimate pass catching TE since Jay Riemersma left. This particular upgrade is LONG OVERDUE.