Tuesday, January 15, 2013

Two quick notes

I was cleaning the basement today, and I went to grab an empty bandoleer, or one I thought was empty.   Seems a field mouse died in one of the pockets.

New series, Continuum, premiered on SyFi last night.   The  series will be about our hero trying to stop a group of terrorists.  She's good, they're bad.  However, in the pilot we get her/their backstory.  They've positioned them as anti government, but freedom seekers.  Nice.

Thursday, January 10, 2013

Our national nightmare ends (says Canada)

The NHL strike ends this week.  This is going to cause some interesting changes in our minor league hockey league.  We're two steps down from the NHL, but the strike has allowed both the level above us as well as some teams at our level to sign NHL players causing a shuffling of rosters.  Alaska signed some NHL players, and have the best record in the whole league.
Some interesting times are ahead as everyone will shuffle up, replacing the NHL players who have to report to their teams.  Rosters will return to 'normal'. 
It's also just about mid-season, with the all star game in two weeks.  I think a comparison of records from the first half vs second half may show that some teams were propped up during the strike.
In the West, our standings as of today are:
Team     GP  W   L   OL SL Pts  GF  GA
Alaska   37  28  8   0  1  57  125  89
Idaho    34  22  7   1  4  49  137  94
Colorado 37  18  16  1  2  39  134  124
Utah     33  14  14  2  3  33  108  126

Ontario  35  24  9   1  1  50  135   97
Stockton 38  19  12  4  3  45  129  125
Las Vegas34  15  15  1  3  34   89   98
San Fran 35  13  17  1  4  31  101  134
Bakerfld 36   8  25  1  2  19   86  146


So, I hope to revisit this at the end of the season and compare.  I believe each team plays 72 games.

Travel note

I traveled too much last year.  It's expensive, plus I have to pay someone to work for me.  This year I plan on traveling less.  One business travel, one personal trip, and a family gathering.  One up side to the travel is that I'm one plane trip away from earning a free flight to Las Vegas.  I might use that trip to see the Eagles play an away game.

$5 Shake pt 2

As a glutton for punishment, I went back and ordered a large Surf and Turf to go.  This was on new years day and the place was empty except for all the employees.  This time, my to-go container was packed to the lid.  It contained three JUMBO shrimp on top.  I didn't care for the cheese used on this, and the meat was not as apparent.  I know it was there, but it's not like I was hitting a big thick slice of beef.
The price was still expensive, but I got a better value this time.

I'll go back a third time.