damn sorry to hear karak. i've been thinking about getting another dog but don't have the heart to go through that again. and my dog died in her sleep, so i didnt have to put her down. can't imagine how tough that would be.

Honestly, the toughest part of putting a dog down is watching their health deteriorate to the point where you know you need to put them down. Just a sad time extended over a few days to a week finally ending with no more dog.

Yeah, there's actually some freedom in it when you know that the dog isn't suffering anymore.

Still sucks, obviously.

hitler or kanye? quotes, thought it was funny.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0RMdw...&feature=share

sorry about your dog karak, my gf has a similar situation and its necessary but heart-breaking at the same time.

Sorry Karak, that had to be tough.

which city is the sports capital of the world?

Philadelphia and Boston are the finalists, so most ESPN voters must disagree with LKJ.

Philly? LOL

I can't even fathom under what criteria Philly would be in that conversation. Their biggest place on the map is having a bunch of violent morons in the stands. Their teams sure don't justify much of any conversation. Boston at least wins a bunch of titles, so while their sports fans are a blight on society as a whole, I understand talking them up as a huge sports city.

Karak,

Though I can't relate as I've never had a real pet, sorry to hear about your dog.

Aaaaaaaaand Philly has a 2:1 advantage. lolespn once again.

I truly don't know what that's based on. They won one World Series, and lost the Super Bowl and NBA Finals not long before that. That's the sports capital? WTF?

To their credit, they did throw batteries from the stands. There's something to be said for a bunch of troglodytes low enough to pull **** like that.

i missed whatever you guys are talking about. i'm guessing ESPN named philly/pitt the sports capital of the country?

edit: i'm ******ed. just scrolled up now.

agree that philly is a crummy choice.

Sorry about your dog. I have some friends who are big dog people and it is coming close to them having to do the same to one of their older dogs. It is hard but they know it is better than suffering.

it's a poll open to the public (that read espn.com and respond to polls), so it's based on whatever each person thinks it's based on. 2 writers give their opinions of what it's about under the poll. I don't even think the articles skew the results because imo the pro-Boston piece is written better.

so I guess the proper response is either "lol general espn reading public" or you think you're in the majority while actually being in the minority.

the only qualification I would give is that we're talking right now and reasonably recent history as opposed to the sum total of the city's sports history. I'm much more of a baseball fan than anything else, so my example is NYY. they've won way more world series championships than anyone else, but would you consider NYC the baseball capital of the "world"?

or more people from philadelphia visited ESPN.com this week?

Umm, yes. There wouldn't even be another strong claim to that spot.

st louis tho

Yeah, prob the best sports city for smaller markets.

weeeeee 22 today.

the average espn voter has an iq of 80

Thanks guys for all the condolences on the dog. I know it might sound stupid to non-dog people, but it really is like losing a family member, especially to a small family like mine (I'm an only child).

happy birthday pbm

karak, ill echo the previous responses. losing the animal you grew up with sucks and i know how you feel. sorry bud.

Girl in my FB feed just tagged the wrong black guy in a photo. A photo taken with her, no less.

Awkward.

Sometimes its actually the auto-tag that does this, its pretty funny when it happens.

This actually just happened to me today, on my way home I saw a pig tied to a table outside starbucks and facebook auto-tagged my friend as the pig, needless to say I will not be removing the tag.

Oh, I didn't know there was an auto-tag. I don't upload too many photos.

I'm rooting for her to have done it on accident, though there's probably no way I'll ever know.