Thursday, May 04, 2006

"Round 2: Picks"

WEST



Oilers vs Sharks.

The Oilers suprise run will end by fate of the Sharks. Cheecho and Thorton will dazzle again and light up the Oilers.

SHarks in 6.

Ducks vs Lanche

Okay, I really didn't pick either of these teams to make it out of the first round alive. So, I am going to go with the Colorado in 6.

EAST


Ottawa vs Buffalo

Yeah, the Flyers are long gone, but this is going to a hell of a series! Its going to be wide open hockey and Ottawa can actually keep up with Buffalo. The Flyers looked like the team that always gets their asses kicked by the Harlem Globetrotters.

Ottawa in 6.

NJ vs CArolina

Cant stop the Hurricanes. Carolina in 7! Yeah I said it! I know even after they came back from being down 2-0 people still dont respect this team. But they are the real deal. Look out NJ!

"Daily News Movie Madness!"

The Philly Daily News has put together a movie madness bracket for the summer movies. Kind of like the March Madness but with movies. The idea is to guess what movies will make more money than than others. All the directions are there and it seems pretty fun. THE DEALINE IS MAY 5 at NOON. Sorry for the delay but I just found this yesterday. Hopefully those who want to do this can enter. http://pdn.philly.com/2006/bracketmaster.asp

Tuesday, May 02, 2006

"Only the Good Die Young"

I pretty much love my job, so going to work Monday morning isn't the drag that it was with most my other jobs (or going in at all for that matter). However this Monday was a total and utter shock for me

A co-worker of mine, who pretty much trained me in my department since I started last year passed away from a heart attack early Monday morning.

As if it isn't shocking enough to hear that your co-worker is dead. It was overly shocking because he was 32 years old, not heavy, not a heavy drinker, didn't smoke and was full of life. 32 is a mere 6 years older than me. I never heard of someone dying of a heart attack that young.

Its extemely tradgic because he just go bumped up to pretty much the highest position in the office last December. A job he had wanted for a very long time. He leaves behind a wife and a 3 year old and a one and half year old.

I guess lifes not fair, but it just seems like total bullshit for a good person to just die so young. It just doesnt make sense. The office is pulling together but this week has been really rough so far and the funneral is Friday which will be just awful.

I guess you really never know when your time is up. This guy was on top of the world and he is gone in the blink of an eye.

It really makes you take stock, I guess no one can really know what I am talking about unless they have been really jolted by losing someone close to them out of the blue who was so young. I worked very closely with him over the year I have worked there. I even went on a business trip with him last summer.

"Flyers Suck"

The Flyers got destroyed tonight and sent home for the summer. This by far the worst team they have had since they started making the playoffs again in the early 90's. For the first time in my entire life I shut off a Flyers game (out of anger) after one period of play. After the 3rd goal I litterally did not watch another second untill I flipped back (and timed it perfectly) to see the final 20 seconds tick off.

Yeah, you can make the excuse off all the hurt players. But the team just didn't want to play tonight. Thats the bottom line. They were ready to go home. I can't think of anyone other than Gagne, Carter and Richards I want to see make on the team. No exageration here. All the others are expendable including Foresberg who they could get a bunch of great young players for at next year's trade deadline.

Sadly, the Clarkie will be under the illusion that his team is a cup team and do nothing to build for the future and likely not make any deal like that. Don't worry about next year, worry about 5 years from now. Build and grow a team together, don't just rent players and buy washed up talent, through them together in hopes they will win the cup. It doesnt work. They have tried it for over 10 years.

Rebuild, Rebuild,Rebuild.

If that means writing off the next 3 years at cup years, so be it. Thats the only way it will work.

Anyway, according to Jay if you add up all 4 teams its 90 straight seasons with out a championship.

Why not check out the Curse of William Penn on a day like today. Check it out. I don't know its serious or not but it looks like they made a movie about it. The music is perfect.

Flyers Suck


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