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i dub thee

King of Bingo Bango. Or is it Bing of Bingo Kango? Bing of Kingo Bango? I can never remember the lyrics to songs that I might not have heard. If any of you know what song I'm talking about, let me know. Until then, i have a couple of posts. The first is a brief idea I had about a NHL 3 point system. The second is this. Whenever I think of smoking pot again, I remember that I'm not so smart and do things under the influence that make Mike Vick look like a genius.

Stand up and be seen

This is an old-fashioned tip of the hat to one of the good guys in the NHL, Sean Burke. The Tampa Bay Lightning put him on waivers at the start of the season, and when no teams bit, down he went. Not in the organizations plans for the future, he didn't see much action, relegated to minor league third stringer. He took on the role of asst. coach, and even did some broadcast work for the team. His career was basically over, when out of nowhere, the Los Angeles Kings came calling. I can only imagine what the call between Sean and Dean Lombardi, the Kings GM, sounded like.
Sean has put up more than reasonable numbers for the Kings, a hapless team in the throes of a woeful season. He very well might be the last stand-up goalie left in the league. I remember watching him as a kid play for the New Jersey Devils, taking them within one game of the Cup finals in 1990 against the Boston Bruins almost by himself. It's better a guy like this go out in the NHL, not wallowing in the minors.

old world undergroundhog day

...where are you now?
Studies say people will read more posts if they have less words.

My question is, where the heck can I go put all my savings ($43.54) on the Bears? Is there any way I can mortgage my future on the Bears? If I had a choice between Lions and Tigers, I would choose Bears!
I've been working on a picture for a few hours and it isn't coming up. So instead I'm going to post this, Tecmo Bowl Superbowl XLI preview.

The phone is a fine invention.

I'm so glad that the telephone exists. Thank you Alexander Graham Bell (or whoever invented it). I could talk on it for hours, and sometimes do. Day or night, coast to coast, through timezones or ozones, makin' phonecalls is so cool.

What are your thoughts on the vernacular?

Vista (or how I learned to copy from Apple)

Two games at one time tonight, and no PVR for me. Damn it, I saw this night coming a week ago and so I ordered a PVR player from my cable provider so I could record the Raptors game while watching the Leafs game. And wouldn’t you know it? The PVR still hasn’t shown up.

Arg.

Anyways, last night, while watching Leafs-Canes, I stumbled upon Raptors TV showing Celtics-Pacers. Nothing really noteworthy about that, however, the program description for the Celtics-Pacers was kind of weird. So I took out my camera and took a picture.



Dino Radja?!?! Seriously? He hasn’t played in the NBA in what, 10 years? Just so you know that this program description was from last night (not that those things even existed outside tv Guide when Dino was playing), here’s another pic I took with the 1st period scoring summary from Leafs-Canes in the background.



I guess somebody was having fun down at wherever they write those program descriptions. Good on them for reminding me of one of the greatest Croatian Basketball players of all time.

And another note from last night, the Sharks lost to the Dallas Stars in a shootout, but it was the first time since game one of their season that San Jose has gone to overtime. In that time they set a new modern era record (modern era=games with overtime) with 49 straight games without having one going to overtime. And it almost didn’t happen too, Philippe Boucher (of the Stars) scored with 2.2 seconds left in the 3rd to tie it.

Also, the 3 point system for some games still sucks.

Go LeafsRaptors Go.

Oh and about the title;

Microsoft Vista's interface looks totally like the Apple interface. Just like Windows was to Macs, Vista is second generation borrowing of ideas from Apple.

Bart gets to ride up front today

The modern pursuit of professional sports; a fascinating subject matter. Altogether banal and indulgent? Maybe. Completely, in point of fact. I know that they are a trivial distraction in a world in need of increased benevolent interventions. It’s just these games that are played are so damned entertaining to me. The human drama, unrehearsed and unedited. A serving of reality in my spoon-fed, manicured world. The crowning beauty being that the winner almost always is the team or individual that combines ability, effort and study (with the great equalizer and ultimate intangible of luck always having a say).

Sports, as far as I’m concerned, can save. Seriously. I see them as a remarkably useful tool. They can (and do) provide us with a natural outlet for our competitive tendencies. They allow us to channel these often (and sadly) malicious manifestations our primeval need to compete with and defeat those around us into a constructive medium. In doing so, we are made better by keeping them out of our daily lives. There are valuable lessons to be learned in sports.

My first passion in sport is hockey. I follow the game closely, and derive immense pleasure in doing so. All said, I really do follow all sports to varying degrees, the only exception being NCAA (I decided I simply can't). Sports, sports, sports, sports.

I like sports.