KarateKen

If I was ever in a situation where I had to fight for my life, I would do whatever I had to do to survive, and deal with the aftermath of that later. As the old saying goes "better to be judged by 12 than carried by six."

By far the biggest gap between posts I have ever seen in a thread in my life anywhere.

Well arn't you the lucky one Big game tonight for the Maple Leafs. They will try to keep their season going in Florida after that disastrous loss in game five at home. I'd like to see the Leafs win this game but all the momentum is with the Panthers, feels like the series ends tonight.

As other have said, the decision can be based on several factors, but I'd say as a general rule if you honestly feel it is unsafe to be where you are, I would get out of there as soon as possible.

Anyone been following this? Trial started a few days ago and is very disturbing.

Canes advance, beating the Capitals 3-1. Jets stay alive with a 4-0 win against the Stars, game six in Dallas on Saturday.

I hope not either, I can't stand Evander Kane. I am hoping for a Winnipeg/Carolina finals. How did you do that?

WOW

It feels like the Oilers are going to win the Cup.

It's in Dallas. Detroit and Dallas always play at home on Thanksgiving. Lions will host the Packers that day, and play the Vikings on Christmas on Netflix, but I am not going to order a streaming service to watch one NFL game.

The Maple Leafs were a disaster. That was so bad. A chance to go up 3-2 in the series and lose 6-1 on home ice. Ugly. The Oilers win 1-0 in OT and beat the Knights 4-1 in the series. They await the winner of the Stars/Jets series.

Many were predicting this even back in the 90s. Rose would get in after his death. I think he will. His punishment was not living to see it.

Stars beat the Jets and are up 3-1 in the series, meaning three of the four series now are 3-1. Comebacks from this deficit do happen but are rare. According to what I saw on Yahoo Sports, the mathematical chances of winning a series when behind 3-1 is about 9%. Those are long odds for the Capitals, Jets, and Golden Knights. We will see if any of them can pull off a comeback. The good news for all three of those teams has home ice in game five and would have it in game seven. Mood: Hungry, tired and disappointed I'm crashing early tonight; hope you feel better tomorrow.

One of my favorite sports movies, have seen it several times. Also read the book.

I was rooting for them to tie the series and they stunk on ice tonight. A very unimpressive showing by the Knights. Watched the first two periods then turned it off. It was clear how it was going to go. Vegas now faces a must win on Wednesday and to have any chance they better have a much better game than they did tonight. That was abysmal. The Carolina Hurricanes are also up 3-1 in the series after beating the Capitals on Monday. Game 5 is going back to Washington.

Right. The home team has won every game in the Leafs/Panthers series, which is the opposite of the Knights/Oilers series. Meaning that the road team has won every game in the Knights/Oilers series.

I've learned to accept that I will be around alcohol and people who are drinking my entire life. Restaurants, live music, holiday parties, etc., drinking is deeply rooted in the social aspect of American culture. Just have to say no and always be a non-drinker. I find riding the fence doesn't work. Not only am I opening the door to falling back into excessive drinking, but once the drinkers see you drink, they pressure you to drink next time. At least that is my experience. However, if you are not a drinker and stick to that, they tend not to pressure at all. I'm pretty much over the bar scene, which is where most of the pressure takes place, so that makes it easier.

Panthers have evened up the series with the Leafs after a 2-0 win, now they go back to Toronto. It is the complete opposite of the Knights/Oilers series, every game has been won by the home team. Both home teams win today, Stars beat the Jets and lead the series 2-1. Two game fours on Monday, Knights at Oilers and Capitals at Hurricanes. In either series a team can have a big 3-1 series lead, or they will be tied 2-2. Mood: Drop the puck!

Fight of flight time.

The Art of Winning by Bill Belichick

Tough loss for the Knights, they had chances. They killed off a 5-minute power play in overtime, impressive, but then the two big guys for the Oilers got a fast break. As I saw that develop, I thought to myself "it's over" and a moment later it was. Also, a big missed penalty by the refs on the Oilers right before that, should have been an OTPP for Vegas, clearly a trip. McNabb might be out for a while too. Roy was fined over 7k for his cross check in the game, he was not suspended. Your Knights will get a chance to win on Saturday but will have to do it on the road. It appears no lead is safe against the Oilers, who have come back to win six games in a row. Panthers are back in the series against the Leafs, though it wasn't looking great for a while. They were down 3-1 and came back to win 5-4 in overtime. Leafs lead the series 2-1, game four Sunday. Jets beat the Stars to even that series at 1-1, game three on Sunday.

The Browns have four or five QBs right now, so if Sanders does not make the final cut maybe the Cowboys will pick him up. Deion won a Super Bowl down there, so it would be a big story. Jerry would want to do it just for the headlines.

They need to generate more offense if they are going to win this series, they had the same issue early on against Minnesota. I expect Vegas to have a strong performance tonight. Enjoy the game!

This brings up a good point. I also think that kind of training is likely to create a bad habit of defending only the body, so if a real encounter happens, they could be more vulnerable to head strikes. I have seen many fighters, of various experience and skill levels, go for head shots first.

It's been a full year now without a drink. I promise this is the final update