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This thread reminds me of that South Park episode where the smug hybrid drivers go around smelling their own farts

Just being contrarian today..... How does this thread avoid the TOS "hard rule" of no advertising? Other posters who use threads to identify their websites and other business-type pursuits have been run off...how is it this type of promotion gets a pass? Discuss.....

This cracked me up, because I'm 54 and my Dad passed in 1975 after passing on the horrible addiction to the Bills (j/k). But I definitely have stronger, more vivid memories of games from 1968 and 1969 than I do the last few seasons. Even though the Bills sucked back then too, as a kid of 9-10 years old, those games are burned into my hard drive. !968 is still my favorite Bills sdeason because it was the first season that I was fully conscious of them, and followed every game and every play and have a scrap book to prove it.

Clever placement: I love that on the TBD home page the article link immediately beneath the link about Bradham getting charged with marijuana possession says: Manuel injury blunts Bills' fans' delight [11:02 AM] Don't see "blunts" in a headline too often!

At a 12-step retreat last spring, I found out about something called the Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius. It is a 30-week retreat to bring us closer to God and be more spiritual. We met as a group of 8 participants every week, led by 4 prayer guides and a Jesuit priest. We were given scripture readings to pray and meditate on each day. The goal was to work up to one hour of continuous prayer/meditation each day. It took me about a month to work up to an hour each day, and even though the Exercises ended in May, I continue to do my hour of prayer and meditation each day now. I break it into 20-minute segments that I track by playing timed meditation music or nature sounds followed by a Tibetan gong sound to end the segment. The first 20 minutes is spent focusing on all the things in my life that I am grateful for - and thanking God for giving me those blessings. The second 20 minutes is reading through the Divine Office and some "Bible in One Year" websites and finding several one or two-line verses that strike me as particularly meaningful that day. The third 20 minutes is spent meditating on those passages, how they relate to me and how they can be put to use in my life. This process has done so much to improve my serenity and faith! The time spent focusing on gratitude helps keep me grounded and aware that I am not responsible for anything in my life - it all comes from a power greater than me. The time spent reading scripture has given me a daily dose of guidance that I really need in my life. And the time spent focusing on that guidance helps me to see where I am and where I'm going in life on a daily basis. I'm 54, was raised Catholic, and have practiced it almost all my life. But I have never really felt close to God, and stopped going to Mass a year or so before I started the Exercises. I need a belief in a Higher Power, who I choose to call God, and this process has given me a personal relationship with God for the first time in my life. I have found developing faith requires me to practice it on a daily basis. I do my prayer and meditation in solitude, but with a great deal of awareness and interactive thought. It's been rewarding and comforting.....a truly awesome experience.

I think you are missing the correct definition of an opinion (Dictionary.com): o·pin·ion [uh-pin-yuhn] noun 1. a belief or judgment that rests on grounds insufficient to produce complete certainty. 2. a personal view, attitude, or appraisal. I assume Jerry is on GR to promote discussion. Based on this thread alone, he's been successful!

I've been a member since about 2004, but am a newbie to posting, so I wanted to give fair warning when I post......HEADS UP PUSSIES!

Wasn't the Captain of this ship Sum Ting Wong?

Brazilian soccer fans have their own form of vigilante justice - yikes: Brazilian fans kill, behead referee who killed player http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/soccer/news/20130706/brazil-soccer-beheading-decapitation.ap/?sct=obnetwork Local news media say the spectators also decapitated Silva and stuck his head on a stake in the middle of the field.

Your stress "excuse" just makes your actions that much more disturbing. Who, other than a sex addict or a drunk maybe, has sex with someone where there is no physical or sexual attraction? It was "just a break"?? It sounds like you might be rationalizing and not looking at what's really going on with you. When a man loves a woman, the man doesn't go mindlessly bang another chick when his partner is struggling with fertility issues and is at her most vulnerable. Maybe you were put off by all the fertility stuff, and it took all the "excitement" out of "sex", and you wanted some sexual excitement, perhaps? We're guys and we are wired that way. But if you'll do that to your partner when she is at her most vulnerable, do her a favor and put the relationship on hold until you sort out the underlying issues you may have. I write this out of concern for all involved, not to make you feel bad. I just think you are blowing off the real issue that has reared it's head, and hope you can address it.

I am empathetic, as someone who made many such mistakes in my marriage that caused incredible pain and harm to both sides. But from that experience I also have a question - if you are so in love with your partner of 8 years, as you describe, why would you act out in that fashion? There's something wrong with that picture, and before you commit to making amends and proclaiming your everlasting dedication to her after all this....you might want to figure out why you put yourself in this position in the first place. Trust me, I had to make these analyses and decisons myself, and I found it was impossible to have a healthy, loving, caring relationship until I sorted through my schitt. As others have pointed out, there are higher priority issues to address, but keep that question in mind. Your responsibility to the child and the child's mother needs to be addressed first and foremost. Legal advice is imperative so you know where you stand, and what your legal responsibilities are. If you have a faith, consult someone you trust to talk about your moral responsibilities dictated by your faith. You cannot make your partner feel any better about this, no matter what you say or do. The best thing you can do for her is to get your emotional house in order and figure out if your professed love for her is real or not. If she is willing to stay with you, you should make up your mind sooner than her about whether you want and can continue to be with her. Otherwise, let her go and find someone who can love her the way she needs to be loved. You have a great deal of courage to fess up to all this to family, friends and your anonymous family here. That honesty will serve you well as you move forward. God bless you!

Called it! http://profootballmock.com/tim-tebow-embraces-pure-evil-as-requirement-of-patriots-contract/

Interesting thought. I'm sure there will be a ton sold, now with three different teams. Wonder if he will lead in jerseys sold with multiple teams? Maybe TO is the current leader?

.........nor his connections to the Prince of Darkness. This should be an epic battle.

Canada's a foreign country?? I always thought of it as a gated community with good strip joints.

either that or his parents were REAAAAAAALY our of the loop!

There's a guy here in Syracuse named Richard Head. A friend of mine knows him and asked him about how his parents could have possibly named their son "Dick"Head. He said it wasn't a slang term back when he was born....wonder what the etymology of "Dick" is?

In September 2011, I took my three daughters (22, 24, 25) on a 12 day cruise out of Venice, Italy on Royal Carribean. We hit Croatia, Greece, Turkey and Montenegro. It was my first cruise; my daughters had done Carribean cruises before. It was great; there's lots of books available about cruising, and the library is a good place to start. Our cruise was all about getting off the ship and seeing the sights, which is exhausting but thrilling. After three days of shore day-trips, we were thankful for a day at sea to just chill out. Some things to consider; You can either use the cruise to get to and see many diverse places, or you can use it to just chill out, and relax on ship the whole time. We got an interior cabin to save $, knowing we wouldn't be in the cabin except to sleep. We did hang by the pool during the day, and the meals were phenomenal. We didn't partake of the other entertainment on board, or the casino, etc. We were focused on sightseeing on shore and were pretty exhausted each night. Time change was a factor too. Getting off the ship early each day is important because there's not really alot of time on shore. I got up and in line very early each morning to get first tickets to the tenders that took us to shore (when we didn't dock). When we docked, you just hope your turn gets called early. We wanted to maximize our time on shore. We did both ship excursions and did our own excursions on the fly. Both were great; the ship excursions are pricey, but there's less stress because you know you are covered if you get back to ship late. When you do your own excursion, you never know if the taxi, tour, etc is legit and are going to get you back on time. We didn't have any problems, but it was nerve-wracking for me at times. We did a guided tour in Turkey, and a private cab in Athens to get around to the sights and I have to say, the private cab was the most fun. Stavros took us EVERYWHERE and took really good care of my girls. It was a crap-shoot but we made out great. On Mikonos, we rented motor scooters to get around the island and that was a blast....it was less than a ship excusion, and we got to see whatever we wanted. In Bodrum, Turkey and Kotor, Montenegro, we just walked around and swam in the ocean; that was very stress-free. We went immediately after Labor Day and the prices for the cruise were pretty good. Flights were expensive, but it was worth seeing Venice. We got there early and stayed an extra day. It was a once in a lifetime trip for me, but my girls think we are doing it again....next time, they are paying their own way! Enjoy!

Stevie barely got on the field his first TWO SEASONS, and he turned out pretty much OK.

Apparently, even God doesn't like Tebow at QB!

I'll be sitting about 8 feet from the television, armed with a pile of golf balls, rocks and bottles at the ready for the inevitable WTF pick by the Bills. It's an old 26" RCA so it won't be much of a financial loss....but I will have safety goggles on.

I recently found comedian Bill Burr's podcasts and they keep me laughing on my 6-hour drives between Syracuse and southern PA. You can check them out at http://billburr.com/podcast He pretty much riffs on his life and current affairs from his home office every Monday morning. The language is NSFW or kids, but if you can get by that, he's pretty funny. Got any suggestions for good podcasts?

I started the Spirtiual Exercises of St Ignatius last September, and it's basically a 30-week retreat intended to improve conscious contact with God. We are supposed to spend an hour in prayer and meditation each day. I had a hard time getting past 20 minutes at first, but now I do an hour a day and enjoy it. I usually don't do transcendental meditation (where you blank out your mind). Rather I try to have a focus on my relationship with God and feel His presence. I usually put on some quiet meditation music, gongs, or a waterfall soundtrack....something without a specific melody that is calming and helps cut out background noise - dogs barking, traffic, etc. The music is in 20-minute tracks, so I can do my hour of meditation in three 20-minute segments. I start a 20-minute track, do a 20-minute meditation segment, and when the music ends, I move on to the next track of music and the next nmeditation segment. I turn off the phones, and get in a cross-leg sitting position and take a few deep breaths. I try to do it the same time every day to create a routine - usually my lunch hour. First 20-minute segment is spent just repeating a mantra to get my mind clear and to keep my mind from wandering and thniking about work, etc. I usually focus on things in my life I am thankful for and thank God for them. I started with my health, job, kids, etc but now I think about things like a helpful conversation I may have had with someone, a sunset I saw, some birds I had watched....literally everything I encounter is something to be thankful for and to thank God for. With the Spiritual Exercises, I then read a bible passage that is given to us, based on a theme for the week. It is usually just a 3-5 verse passage and we are supposed to put ourselves in the scene and take on one of the characters in the scene. I try to experience the sights, sounds, smells, touch that might have come up in that scene. I think about how that passage applies to my life and things I am going through at the present time or in the past. That's the second 20-minute segment. The final 20-minutes is spent conversing with God - about what is going on with me, asking his help, thanking Him - whatever...just talking like I would to a close friend. This hour of meditation and prayer has really helped me calm down, and given me perspective on how good my life is. It has also strengthened my relationship with God and helped me feel less anxiety, because I know that God has and will always take care of me, so I needn't worry. Hopefully there is some useful stuff in there you can try!

I'm going out on a limb and saying the best flavor wing is "chicken".

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