The Anaheim Ducks....

Are better at the power play

better at face offs

have better goaltending

better at getting loose pucks

better at making pretty passes

better at penalty killing

better at their defensive positioning

better at the forecheck

better at holding their blue line

better at blocking shots

better at filling the passing lanes

better at changing lines

better at not taking penalties

better at making the first pass out of the zone

and better at scoring goals

there is now way they don't win the Stanley Cup.

My Brave Little Friend

Well...the best little guy in the world, Jimmy, died yesterday afternoon.

Like his nemesis Toby before him, Jimmy died of having been alive about as long as a furry little hamster can be. Hamsters are funny little creatures. They have the most energy of anything I've ever seen when they're young, but as if a microcosm of human beings, the older they get, the fatter and lazier they get.

The thing I'll always remember about Jimmy, is his enthusiasm, and his curiosity at life around him. That, and his relationship with his hamster wheel was like a crack addict and...well, crack.

He was very much the baby his whole life, who's way of figuring out anything was to chew on it. He was especially fond of remote control buttons, and paper products; chiefly napkins and toilet paper.

He would get up out of his hole to play at any time he detected activity, no matter how tired he was, and would stay anxiously by the door all night long for a shot to get out for a little while I got ready for work or school.

He once had a great adventure in Cheryls apartment, where he roamed free for an entire afternoon/evening, before we ruined his fun and found him clear across the apartment behind the tv exploring. Scared the hell out of us though.

He went by Jim, Mr. Jimmy, Jimenez, Jimmy-fer, Jimmy-bean, and many others of a less savory nature, most of which were my favorite little "pet" names. Pun intended.

I'll miss both of my little late night companions now. They were great fun, but nature must take its course, and so too must we.

Goodbye Mr. Jimmy :(

9/04 - 11/06

Power plays. A good thing? no?

I am fed up watching this team play like a bunch of clueless idiots.

They want to share the puck, but they don't want to communicate?

They want to be playmakers, but no one wants to just throw the damn thing at the net.

SEE FRIDAYS GAME AGAINST THE KINGS you unbelievable morons. Ask Boucher, just ask him. Throw the damned thing over there.

But hell, that wasn't even the problem last night. Just getting the puck over your own blue line seems to be a troubling concept doesn't it?

If the power play last night resembled anything even close to h-o-c-k-e-y then it was looking like a shutout for Marty.

Instead you give up TWO SHORT HANDED GOALS IN ONE PERIOD.

That's incredible. Two short handed goals in one period.

You think the Ducks would do that guys? do you?

They're busy blowing people out of the water 6-0.

Fix it Tippet. Fix it now, or this thing is going in the toilet real fast....

Tuesday Night Fun. Mavs win 107-80

I just got back from the game a little while ago.

Fun 2nd half tonight in the arena. Let me just say this, humble Billy beats me down so hard. I wish he would just shut up. I really do.

The threes from the corners are great. I usually hate 3 pointers, but they seem to earn them tonight with the ball movement.

What in the hell was Damp doing tonight?

Why does Diop take the ball back up like it's very fragile and he's afraid?

The BEST THING tonight was listening to the people around me. On several occasions I heard people saying "When are they going to put Devin Harris back in?" "We need Harris back, this sucks..."etc, etc..... Nice to hear the kid getting some recognition.

I find myself more and more wanting him to have the ball because I feel like things are just more in control that way.

Happiness is attending a Mavs blow out. also, the Dancers are hot.

Maybe the 2nd best thing about tonight was watching Avery Johnson. On TV you can't watch him pace and rant and wave his arms like a mad-man and go totally crazy for all 48 minutes. He's so entertaining. The players on the bench must have a lot of fun. I worry about his health long term though. The man is going to give himself a heart attack.

Well...I don't know what to say about the Stars.

So, I'll let someone else do it.

Read this

http://blog.dallasstars.com/archives/2006/11/stars_scoring.html

that about sums it up.

Please someone wake Eric Lindros up. He looks like a moron out there.

Ben Who?

I think it's pretty funny when the new and improved Chicago Bulls team comes to town to play a 2-4 Mavs team without Josh Howard and the big story coming away from the game is that the Mavs are like 7-0 now when Damp has a double double.

You shouln't be getting pounded by Ericka Dampier when you have Big Ben Wallace in there should you?

111 points for the Mavs. I thought Ben was very critical of coaches not pushing the Defensive game plan? hmmm?

Early on, looks like Mr. Wallace might have made a mistake. But we'll see. The pistons don't figure to be a lot better, but the Bulls need for their youth to make some strides in consistency if they want to compete in April.

The AP report for the game says the Mavs dominated the Bulls. And their coach said "it felt like they were toying with us a bit."

But I see it like this, if the Bulls make all their foul shots like the Mavs did, it's a tie game.

Hardly dominating.

3 in a row for the Mavericks. Good news indeed. But they need to do better than beating crappy free throw shooting teams by 12 at home in November.


FINALLY a hockey game tonight. We'll be in a Suite for tonights game. Parading around with the rich folks in our jerseys looking all out of place.

It's going to be fun :-D

When it rains....

I've tried and tried to hold back. To not say what I want to say. To not give in to the hate and the fear. (That leads to the Dark side)

But friends, the hate and the fear is all we have left. Especially the fear. The Mavs are 0-4. Worst start ever. And they're in Phoenix tonight. Not really the place you want to be on the road on the second half of a back to back, looking for your FIRST WIN IN 149 days. Not good at all.

Look for 0-5 tonight for sure. Then let's see....

Portland, Memphis, Memphis, Charlotte and Washington....two back to backs in there by the way. Could they possible start 0-10? You bet they can. And you watch how far it goes before Cuban starts making some noice. He might do it today. He might do something crazy just to shock this time into any kind of change. Fire Avery? I hope not. Make a deal with Stack and Diop? Harris?

Will Josh be back in time for it to make a difference? can they claw their way back into the top 8 before Christmas? I doubt it.

Mark my words. Xmas day, the Mavs are not in a playoff spot. Valentines day maybe? well....maybe.

Oh and the Stars have slipped from 1st place to 6th. With 2 losses? The Western conference is tough in both of these leagues. It's going to be a looong cold winter if this keeps up.

When does Desperado season start? Maybe they'll be good.

Doom and gloom in the metroplex.

Hagman my Hero

Nik Hagman has looked great this year so far. He's faster, he's more involved with the play when he's on the forecheck, and he seems much more confident with the puck on his stick than last year. He's working well with Antii, and has even seen some time in special teams a little here and there.

Which prompted me to ask, why the sudden change?


I have found the source of Mr. Hagmans power.

I know his secret.
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It's his new wife.

Rabbit Season....?

It's definitely not Duck season.

Ducks win again, even after blowin ga 2 goal lead twice to the struggling Blues. (How much you want to bet the Blues take it out on the Stars on Wed night?)

The Stars beat the Ducks in their first and only meeting this season. And yet the Ducks are a far superior team. The consistency they have shown already through 12 games is outstanding, and the Selanne line hasn't even really started dominating yet like it can.

The Stars, meanwhile have absolutely looked like they were skating in mud the last 4 games. True, they won 3 of those, but against better teams coming up soon, that isn't going to fly.

The Ducks have the Rangers, Coyotes, and Penguins coming up AT HOME, and can easily extend to 12-0-3 giving them 27 points out of a possible 30.

They rank 4th in the league in goals allowed, and 5th on the power play.

If that doesn't scare Stars fans on Halloween I don't know what will. Unless you want to remember that crappy Red Wings game on Friday.

Yuck.

We're having fun here, no?

Lee Corso....you've been had. Again.

Why is merkin humor so funny?

top of the merkin to you.

good merkin.

get in touch with your merkininity

look it up in the merktionary.

I think I left my merkin over at your place


Either way....the P1's who pull this off EVERY week are so awesome. To put that much time and effort into a "1310 The Ticket" bit, shows real dedication, and not just a little bit of stupidity.

More good what?

(That's what she said?)

These 3...maybe shouldn't stand all in a row like that.

Arkansas Razorbacks. (thanks to Drbio for pointing this crap out)

Stars 4 - Ducks 3 (SO)

Why does Barnaby feel the need to always fight with people who's arms are about 6 inches longer than his arms? Not to mention he's giving them about 60 pounds too. Dumbass.....

Stars win though. Again. 5-0.

I'm tired. So let's say this....this was a good win when you've played 3 games in 4 nights. They should not have given up a two goal lead, but they looked dead tired from last night and so I won't complain about winning a game.

Did you see that move that kid put on in the first shootout round? Holy crap! and then Marty saved it...double holy crap!!

Also, I predict Sharks win on Tuesday, 4-2. Not cheery I know, but it's time.

Go Stars.

Sports of all Sorts.....

Maybe we'll never know what the heck happened with Cory Lidle today, but how weird is that? Heck of a way to go, but as I understand it, small planes are allowed to fly that low on the east side of Manhattan and get away with it on a regular basis. Maybe something broke on the plane? Maybe he ran out of fuel? R.I.P, man. He'll most definitely be remembered for the thing he probably wouldn't want to...

But how weird was it when we were all at work opening our browsers and you see "Plane crashes into NYC building." Weird coincidence? As it turns out, yeah it was. Pretty freaky when I first saw it though, got a little feeling in my stomach that wasn't so good there for a second....


And now.... Football.

Cowboys lose in Phili. Let me just say, Ha ha. Ha ha. Ha ha. But seriously, you people who are calling for Tony Romo are idiots. Bledsoe is a much better option. Putting Romo in, is giving up on the season. Plain and simple. Coach Parcells "The New Jersey con man" coaches every season for the now. He has no interest in building something for 4 years down the road. It wasn't Bledsoes fault. It was his freaking O-line, and the lack of the shotgun and max protect, letting those hungry Phili line-backers break through there and rape him.

Funny Stuff though. I just hate Cowboy fans who can only rag on the quarter back and ignore the fact that their beloved Roy Williams blew coverage twice, and pretty much single handedly gave up 14 points. Idiots....Go Eagles.

Hockey???

So far... the Ducks and the Sharks are undefeated, and the Kings are of to a good start. This doesn;t make me feel all warm and fuzzy inside. The good news is, if the Stars would like to keep pace with them, they have a lovely 4 game road trip all against division teams, and they can do it then. Still, I see a rough winter ahead for the Stars. Look for them to be 3rd in the division, and 6th or 7th in the conference through January before they push ahead, kind of like last year.....I hope they push hard anyway....

TV....

I don't watch a lot of shows....but the ones I do watch I am very happy thisthis fall. The Office is greatness, Earl is funny. ER is ok I guess.... Studio 60 is the best new show since....The Office I guess. But already there is news that Studio 60 is under performing.... PLEASE WATCH IT. Preferably with a Nielsen ratings box attached to your tv. It's so great, but like Sports Night, it's probably doomed to 2 seasons, or less given the volatile nature of tv execs these days. Heroes is also intriguing, though a little strange.

Maybe one of the most underrated shows though is not on network tv...watch "The Colbert Report" on Comedy Central, 10:30pm CST. It's greatness.

Can't wait for 24 and Scrubs in January though....

And Lo! Marty did thrust his killer two line pass upon them...

And the one called Sydor did shelfeth thine puck above Jose Theodores now slumping shoulder.

And it was good. Stars win 3-2.












Alright Alright, it wasn't biblical proportions or anything; but for this team to have to go up to the evil thin air and the evil pepsi can where the Avs gutted them last year, and open the season on the road with an overtime win on a breakaway goal (is this sentence long enough for you yet?) was pretty much the greatest thing I've seen since game 2 of the NBA Finals, which was the last time one of my favorite teams made my sports pants dance.

Take a breath now.

And now, Brads simplistic game breakdown:

Period 1: awful, too many penatlies, and they gave up an entire games worth of shots on goal.

Period 2: Slightly less awful. No one scored. Marty was great.

Period 3: The Stars took some kind of crazy brain steroids and came out a completely different team, and matched Colorados performance i nthe 1st.

Overtime: Penalty kill, home run pass, breakaway, ball-game.

As if I weren't already as excited as a girl could be about hockey season starting....

Another Hockey Blog????

The Stars Give Brenden Morrow the 'C'

Or did the take it away from Mike Modano?

When I first heard this today I said, "Ok, no big deal. Modano probably wants to help out and he's ok with it."

(Actually my first though was, "damn, now I have to get my jersey changed with a 'c' instead of the 'a')

But then I heard General Manager Doug Armstrong on the radio today, and he basically said that Mike might have his feelings bent out of shape a little bit, but this is the way it is. What? I'm sorry, I love Brenden Morrow...

I mean I really love him.

But if Mike Modano's game suffers in the least bit this season, if any hard feelings develop, if any locker room problems start to seep out onto the ice, I am going to personally hunt down Doug Armstrong and give him a piece of my mind.

Geez this should be a happy day..... I dont know. This makes me uneasy. I know Army and Tipp are concerned about the future...but I'm concerned about wed in Colorado, and the first 5 games of the season on the road.

Just be cool Mike. It's all good. You're still the best player on the team.

T.O.O.O.O.O......

I hate hate hate the Dallas Cowboys.

I hate hate hate hate Terrell Owens.

But I was extremely fascinated by the complete and utter circus that took place yesterday for 6 and a half hours before he came out and clearly looked like a man who was perfectly fine.

All the media did, was take the "facts" from the leaked police report. When I stop and think about it, they didn't even sensationalize it that much....

Reason against T.O. attempting suicide....

1. Why the hell would he?
2. He was catching footballs 17 hours later
3. They let him out of the hospital very fast for someone who swallowed 35 pills.
4. He looked fine, alert, healthy, and in good spirits at the press conference.

Reasons why its plausible he could've tried to....

1. The police report. The police have no reason to lie, right?
2. Numerous health care professionals have stated on every radio show in America that it's completely possible to be given the charcoal and the drugs that soak up the toxins, and then be perfectly fine very soon after.
3. His publicist is obviously lying, and calling the DPD liars.
4. In all the years of football players...or any athletes, taking pain medication, no one else in history of sports has had this kind of bad reaction to various "supplements" and pain killers before?

It's so unclear what really happened. One thing is for sure...ok 2 things... #1. He looks fine. and #2. I hope this totally ruins every single Dallas Cowboys concentration, and they lose to the lowly lowly Titans.

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p.s. The Stars looked PATHETIC last night. That's all you can really say about that.

Dirk joins the Jet, stays long term

Associated Press Posted: 27 minutes ago

DALLAS (AP) - Dirk Nowitzki is staying with the Dallas Mavericks at least through the 2010-11 National Basketball Association season.

A week before opening training camp, the Mavs made sure their superstar forward remains under contract for the next five seasons with a lucrative extension Tuesday.

Nowitzki, 28, already was signed for the upcoming season and had a $16 million-plus option for 2007-08 under the maximum contract he signed in 2001. The new deal guarantees that season, plus three more. He'll turn 33 the summer his new contract expires.

Terms of the deal were not released, but with basic raises the extension is likely worth around $60 million.
"We are glad to keep Dirk in the Mavericks family for many more years," team owner Mark Cuban said. "His contribution to our success on and off the court has been immeasurable."

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Awesomeness. With all the things he said about "not liking the way the franchise is being run," he had some of us wondering. Of course now I wonder if he's just set himself up for the inevitable showdown with Cuban, or if Cuban promised to behave himself a bit....

hmmmm......

Microsoft Word humor....

LOL!!!

Seriously though....the Sooners need to have a group unbunching of their panties.....

Hockey night in Canada....I mean Dallas.

Yes we put on our jerseys. We made that drive down 35. And there was hockey..... and it was good.

Was it crappy hockey? Yeah kind of.

Was it a little quiet in there, on a monday night pre season game? Of course it was.

But it was greatness, anyway.

It was just so nice to be back among the hockey faithful. And the people there last night were uber-faithful. We saw Barnes, Turco, Zubov, Miettinen, and other signing autographs before hand... again. Always very gracious with their time, those Stars are. The countdown to the season has begun.

I have absolutely no idea if they're going to be any good. Some of those kids look reaaally shaky out there with the puck. Power play and penalty kill was putrid tonight against the Avalanche. Last night they were great.

Also, thanks to the sturminator of Bob and Dan of 1310 The Ticket fame, for linking to my blog this morning on his.

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Lowest scoring MNF game ever???? Good thing I was at the hockey game. However, go JAGS!!!! Suck it Steelers.

That is all.

We lost a friend this morning

Goodbye Mr. Toby.....











The best thing I can say about Toby is that he was a wonderful friend. He did nothing but give to us. Hamsters may not be able to convey the loyalty of a dog, but I know that he knew us, and that he understood the relationship to some extent.

He was a dare-devil of sorts. As much of a dare devil as a hamster could be. He was quite fond of "launching himself" off of whatever he could, into depths unknown. He was also quite the escape artist, and once got stuck in a couch for about 30 min. I still don't know how he did it.

My favorite Toby memory would have to be the infamous stapler incident. I asked Cheryl, "Where is that little stapler?" and she said "Oh it's next to Toby's cage." At which point we looked over in time to see Toby with his "rear end" abnormally and comically high in the air, and then he proceeded to urinate through the bars, and all over said stapler.

The comedic timing was genius.

He was a sucker for the rustling of a food bag, an apple, and especially peanuts and carrots, for which he would fight to the death. He would often try to cause us bodily harm in his quest for carrots. He once tried to dive head first into a glass of wine. lol.

He would stay up late with me while I did my homework and watch me, intently hoping it was time to play again. And when you jingled your keys, he would stand on his hind legs and ball his little fists and show you his teeth. It was cute and funny to the point of absurdity, of course he thought he was a great big grizzly bear.

He was as crabby and grumpy as he was funny. Which made him more funny.

He was my friend Toby. Some people say hamsters are stupid. That's fine. But I can't think of anything better that takes zero time to take care of, and puts a smile on your face every single day of the year, without exception.

He cost about 7$. Best 7$ we ever spent.

Toby died peacefully in his sleep, of old age.

Goodbye Toby












R.I.P Toby. 2004-2006

Sports Sport Sports......

What a wonderful sports weekend we just had.

First, my "exclusive" interview with Brendan Morrow (#10) of the Dallas Stars.














The Dallas Stars were at the Galleria in Dallas signing autographs, and I had the chance to ask Brendan Morrow about his future in Dallas:

BM: Hey man how're you?

Me: Good, what's up dude?

BM: (looks at Mike Modano and screaming girls 3 feet away from us)

"Not much"

(smiles)

BM: -signs jersey-

Me: You gonna be back in Dallas next year?

BM: Man, I hope so.

Me: Alright, thanks man

That's right people. You heard it here first. "I hope so." Thats outstanding journalism!!!!

All kidding aside, what a terribly nice guy. Also, Mike Modano is a rock star. Cheryl and I had the opportunity to meet Brendan Morrow, Marty Turco, Stu Barnes, Steve Ott, Antii Miettinen, Mike Smith, Dan Ellis, Jeff Halpern, and Ralph and Razor. Walked by Zubie and Lehtinen, but their lines were crazy long and we had to get to Morrow and Turco.

Ralph kind of big timed us. Razor at least made eye contact and let me thank him. Even though there was no one in their line!!! All of the Dallas Stars are classy individuals who were all very good sports, and the turnout was very good too.

Also, Cheryl won free pre-season tickets while we were there. 5 days, and the jersey goes on and the AAC is back open for business!!!

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Moving along....

Suck it Bevo OSU 24, Texas 7

As much as I've despised OSU over the years, I must admit I was elated on Saturday night watching that sorry excuse for a "good" defense try to stop those boys from marching down the field. UT gets way too much pub around here for me. I bet most of you people didn't even go to UT....

And come on, I wouldn't trust a guy named "Colt" to wash my car.

Also, greetings from UNT boys! How does it feel to only get 7 points like the Mean Green did in week 1. Suck it Bevo!!

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I could comment on the NFL....

Let's just say, that the Cowboys scared me when it looked like they were going to be good. And then let me say "Ha, Ha" and "Who would've though that Bledsoe would be a bigger story than T.O. Owens?"

Other than that.... the Chiefs game was terrible. The Eagles game was so so. The Redskin game was alright. The Manning bowl was pretty entertaining. The Chargers game was awful.

The Packers, the Bucs, and the Raiders all get shutout????? The Panthers might as well have been shutout, and the Detroit/Seattle game ends 9-6??? They might as well have been playing baseball. Between those 6 teams, that's....21 points!! AWFUL

The quality of football was not very good this week. Lot's of turnovers, and offenses trying to get used to the speed of the game. Look for improvement in week 2.

Something's not quite right.....

Here is an interesting breakdown I found on http://www.starsboard.com/forum/:

And before you get bored, here is the point: There are guys who go out there every night and take a beating, and give up EVERYTHING including sacrificing their bodies on this team, who get paid less than some....no, LOTS of Basketball, Football, and especially Baseball players, who sit on a bench all day. Don't get me wrong, they're making like sweet executive money, but still.....

Does that seem right to you??????

A breakdown by position.:

GoaliesTurco - $5.7 million
Smith/Ellis (same cap price) - $495,500
Total (2 goalies): $6.1955 million
Avg. per goalie: $3,097,750

Defensemen: Zubov - $4 million
Boucher - $2.5 million
Niinimaa - $2.47 million
Sydor - $2.128 million
Modry - $1.824 million
Klemm - $950,000
Daley - $787,500
Robidas - $550,000
Total (8 defensemen): $15,179,500
Avg. per d: $1,897,437.50

Modano - $3.45 million
Lehtinen - $3.04 million
Morrow - $2.05 million
Halpern - $2 million
Lindros - $2.55 million
Barnes - $1.14 million
Stefan - $900,000
Ott - $787,500
Jokinen - $700,000
Hagman - $675,000
Barnaby - $625,000
Miettinen - $450,000
Tjarnqvist - $462,500
Total (13 forwards): $21,076,166.07

Avg. per forward: $1,621,243.55

Quick hits.

Some blog quick hits, on this, the eve of NFL football returning to our lives and thus re-igniting sports talk (not to mention this blog.)









Steve Irwin died. And all I can say is that I sure hope it was biiig sting ray, because I've been in the water with plenty of sting rays and never even considered that one could kill me. RIP dude.

Some stupid British bitch thinks she should bad mouth this guy now that she's dead. (http://msnbc.msn.com/id/14694683/)

They have this to say about her:

Greer, an award-winning author, is a frequent critic of
personalities like British soccer star David Beckham and social trends like
reality television.
In 2003 she criticized J.R.R. Tolkien’s “Lord of the
Rings” trilogy for attracting “spaced-out hippies, environmentalists,
free-market libertarians, social conservatives, pacifists, new-age
theosophists,
sexists and racists the world
over."

If you have nothing better to do than criticize pretty much everything, maybe you go ahead and find sometihng else to do!!!

In other news..... some rookie in the NL threw a no-hitter. Interesting because it's the first one in 2 years thrown in the majors apparently. http://msn.foxsports.com/mlb/story/5937398?FSO1&ATT=HMA











Now my favorite story in recent days. Tarell Brown was arrested for being in a car at 3am, with a loaded gun on his lap, marijuana inthe car, and oh yeah, he was sleeping!!!!

From this we can conclude several things:

1. Longhorns suck
2. Athletes named Tarell, or Terrell, or Tyrell, or whatever, are all bad people. Ever seen a hockey player named Terrell? no....
3. College athletes out at 3am is a bad idea, guns and weed, or no.

He said "oh we were not smoking, and the gun wasnt mine." Ok fair enough. But hello moron????? Nothing good happens at 3am with guns and weed. NOTHING. Only bad things can happen. Put yourself in a better situation than that dude.... idiot.

1 day until football.

12 days until the first Dallas Stars pre-season game.

blogging makes a comeback, soon....

For those of you who don't know....

Braff Leaving 'Scrubs' for Big Screen

Zach Braff loves making movies so much, he's going to quit his role in "Scrubs" to concentrate on his film career.

Braff, who plays Dr. John "JD" Dorian in the TV comedy, realized his future lies on the big screen after the success of "Garden State," which he wrote, directed and starred in.

He tells Premiere magazine, "My guess is that this will be my last season (on 'Scrubs').
"Whether or not they continue without me, I don't know.

"I have had this amazing run on the show and I love it and I'm so grateful, but I want to make movies full time."

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What an idiot, first he breaks up with Mandy Moore, then he says he's quiting the best show on TV......grrrrr.....

Hollywood Horse-Crap

The summer movie season has come and gone now. There was intrigue with The DaVinci code and X-men 3 was ok. Pirates was awesome. Superman was good. Talladega Nights is cleaning up at the box office, even though it's about a fake sport.

People went to the movies this summer. It wasn't THAT bad.

But now I look to see what there is, and what do I find?

Accepted?

Barnyard?

You, me, and dupree?

Little Man?

Material Girls?

Step Up? Zoom? John Tucker must die?

What is this crap? Have we becomes such an incredibly frivalous society that we don't want to go see movies with substance? Studios only approve movies to be made that they think people will see. They gather this from data of what people have been seeing. This problem was created by the people.

Don't go see this crap, people. Snakes on a plane??? Come on!

It is truly insulting to me to see this list of movies. Its demeaning, belittling, disparaging, degrading, and deprecating to everyone who is able to use the word deprecating.

The actors are just as much to blame for agreeing to make this dumb crap. Too much stupid gag humor. Where is the witty dialogue? Where are the fresh ideas? Where is the movie in this bunch that is going to capture my imagination? Talking animals? No. Making their own college and showing pretty girls? Hmmm no! There is not one imaginative movie in the bunch.

What a bunch of pathetic crap.

If you want my 8 bucks you're going to have to try harder than that. We're going to see "Little miss Sunshine" this weekend, I hope. At least that seems like something other than cheap eye candy and gag humor.

Things are starting to pick up....

Yes friends, summer is starting wind down, and Sports are starting to heat up. Soon it will be baseball playoff season. lol. I'm kidding....and now, sports....

-A hollywood agent won the WSOP Main Event yesterday....."Jamie Gold"..... weirdness. The grand prize was an absurd $12 million. WOW. According to the AP, he did a lot of bluffing and had pocket queens at a couple of very convenient times. Can't wait to see some of this on ESPN!

-Elsewhere, Dirk poured it on all over Yao Mings face (hey now!) today in a warm up for the FIBA Basketball World Championships. But according to FoxSports, "Dirk ruined Yaos welcome back party." So pretty much they can go to hell.

-Football, football everywhere! Yes the gloriousness (is that a word?) of the NFL season is upon us. And though these preseason games don't mean anything, it pretty much rules, because I missed football. Cheers to the Cowboys dying a horrible T.O. related death!!

-The Rangers, are not totally out of it. But they are going to need some help. Even though the pitching still sucks, the bats decided to come alive the other day. We'll keep a not-so-watchfull eye on this....

-And in 37 days, we will be in our new season seats, watching the Dallas Stars kickoff their preseason, against the Atlanta Thrashers. Don't worry my poor poor Brendan Morrow jersey, you can come out of the closet (so to speak) very soon....

Public Service Anouncement....

I'd like to take 2 quick minutes to report this breaking news.

The Rangers are officialy dead tonight, having lost to the A's.

Thank you Rangers, for getting us up to NFL pre season. You fell short of NHL pre season, but hey, we'll take what we can get.

Thank you,

Genius Comedy.....bad bad sooners....

LOL! Thanks to "The Crippler" for posting this photoshop gold on www.dallas-mavs.com

If you haven't heard, "Zero-U" had their starting quarter back kicked off the team, because apparently he was "working" at a car dealership and got paid a little too much money for hours that he didn't actually work.

BTW, it happens to be a Long Horn in the picture knocking this guy.... I in no way support the Whiney-Orange, and I hope the next time these two teams play, it ends in a scoreless tie, and they both drop out of the top 25..... bunch of toilet licking rednecks from both schools....

Funny stuff though.

Some real (not the rigged BCS crap) football starts this weekend. NFL pre-season will be under way this Sunday night, on NBC. yay!

Mavericks schedule out

(This pic has nothing to do with anything, I just like it....)


Having picked out my season tickets for the Stars, I find myself much wanting in the basketball department. I'd love a 10 game Mavs package too. But alas, I am but a humble entry level "go-for" in the corporate world, and must wait my turn to have enough income to waste on season tickets to more than one team.

Among the highlights of the season...

- 32 ESPN, TNT, and NBA Tv appearances. Holy crap.

- Opener vs San Antonio!!! on Nov 2nd. Kind of wish they had an easier game to start off with....

- Miami comes to town in Feb, Mavs play @ Miami in January.

- 13 back to backs.... scheduled losses....

- A 6 game road trip in the critical last part of the season. gAY.

http://www.nba.com/mavericks/schedule/index.html

Billy West trivia....

"Forgive me for being cocky, but if there's an alien I can't kill, I haven't met it and killed it yet."

Ahh the greatness of Billy West.

Here's some things I didn't know before....

Bill West has voiced the following animated characters:

-Ren

-Stimpy

-Doug (remember that Nickalodean show, "Doug"?)

- The Bee from the Honey Nut Cheerio commercials

- Bugs Bunny and Elmer Fudd in "Space Jam"

- The M&Ms in those commercials.

- The Pointy haired Boss from "Dilbert"

- Many many other spare characters

- And of course, the greatness of Fry, Zoidberg, Zapp Brannigan, Professor Farnsworth, Nixon.... etc

Me Like Hockey....

"ehh....You guys smell that?"

My long awaited thoughts, on Mr. Eric Lindros.

Once upon a time, Lindros was a #1 draft pick. He was big, he was nasty, he could get in around the goal and put them in like crazy. He won the MVP trophy in 1995. I hated him, because he was greatness, and he'd kick your ass pretty hard if you wanted to see him be greatness up close.

Then he had something like 8 concussions. He hurt his wrist. He got old. He's an old spare making almost the veteran minimum. And as such....

Eric Lindros = A Band Aid. A temporary fix.

Eric Lindros = Deodorant, for the horrible stench of letting Jason Arnott just walk out of here without even making him an offer. It still makes me mad.

Here's the good news. Eric has yet to win a Stanley Cup. Neither has Matt Barnaby. Neither has Jeff Halpern.

These 3 players have something else in common. They're incredibly annoying, to play against, that is. The Stars are going to be incredibly annoying to play against with these three roaming the ice, plus don't forgot Otter, Morrow, and Robidas as well. Annoying Annoying. It's going to be great if they can get that chemistry going.

Still, where are the goals going to come from?

Here are the lines the way I would have them....

Jokkinen, Modano, Lehtinen

Morrow, Lindros, Barnes

Hagman, Halpern, Barnaby

Ott, Modry, Miettinen

At D-man, we add Sydor. Rather we re-claim him. Welcome back dude. You are the man. Watch the incredible heart, determination and greatness of Darryl Sydor below...... \/

Will the Stars be ok this year? I don't know. But we just bought our season tickets, so here's hoping....

Game 6, Stanely Cup Finals, 2000

This was greatness. The guy was hurt, he had a broken bone. He wouln't give up on the play.

This is a REAL hockey player right here.

Blog quick hits....

I've been very busy lately. And the Sports world has not been. Those two things = no blogging.















American Landis collapses, says it's now impossible to win; and he had been struggling the whole time. More U.S. dissappointment in international competition. Really great.

So now we suck at Tennis, Soccer, and Cycling so far this summer.

Hey, we have Basketball World Championship in Japan next month. So we could probly suck that up real good too.

Oh and maybe an American won't win the British open this weekend. Awesome.

Good news is, Americans are the best at driving cars around in a circle. Until they invent some sort of international Nascar competition. YUCK. But the rest of the world is too classy to do that stupid bs.

Anyway.....

-Dirk Shaved his head. Why Dirk? Why?

-Steve Nash shaved his head. Sorry no pictures yet. He finally figured out that his whole greasy thing wasn't working.

- The Rangers can't swing their bats worth a damn. Yeah they won their last 2, but so have the A's....

- Pirates 2 review coming. Apparently I have some people to convince as to why it was greatness.

-Dwyane Wade is playing for the U.S. this summer, and come 2008 in China, will be competing for a Gold Medal. This brings about a fundamental problem in Dallas, as I will be emphatically rooting for the U.S, but for Wade to fail. Can both of these things happen?

Unqualified Baseball remarks....

Michael Young. Wasting clutch hitting to win home field advantage in a series he won't play in.... good job though.

The All Star game has come and gone, along with the glorified batting practice that is the "home run derby."

I think the AL won..... (kidding, only kidding...)

Michael Young is extremely underrated. He's on pace to have another 200 hit season.

"Halfway" through the season, the Rangers are .500, so they basically haven't done much at all. They are in a crappy crappy division, which may be their saving grace.

There are 8 teams with better records than the Rangers, and 2 they're tied with. Yet they're in "1st place." Just one of those things I guess....

Can Anaheim suck for long?

Are the Mariners underrated?

Will Bud Selig even let a team from the AL west into the playoffs, while the Yanks or the Red Sox have to sit at home.... yucky.

Now that there is more baseball behind than in front, and the World Cup is over, and the Mavericks roster looks pretty much set now (and I will comment on that later....), I suppose we must try to pay attention to baseball.

Knowing this, the Rangers will probably fall apart now.

Where is this Adam Eaton???

Utimate Idiocy, must watch

This is everything sports is NOT supposed to be about.

Talk about a free ride.....

This is from Foxsports.com....

Man says he's tired of being mistaken for MJ

A Portland, Ore. man has filed a lawsuit for $832 million, saying he is tired of being mistaken for Michael Jordan, according to KGW-TV.

The television station's Web site says Allen Heckard filed the suit against His Airness and Nike founder Phil Knight on June 29 in county court, claiming to have been mistaken for the basketball legend nearly every day for the past 15 years.

And he's tired of it.

"I'm constantly being accused of looking like Michael and it makes it very uncomfortable for me," Heckard reportedly said.

Heckard apparently is suing Jordan for defamation and permanent injury, emotional pain and suffering. He is suing Knight for defamation and permanent injury for promoting Jordan and making him one of the world's most famous athletes.

Heckard, who stands slightly taller than 6 feet, says many people miss the fact that he is roughly six inches shorter than Jordan.

But Heckard bears a physical resemblance to Jordan because he has a shaved head, an earring in his left ear, and is in good physical shape — from playing basketball.
"Even when I go to the gym I'm being accused of playing ball like him (Jordan)," Heckard said.

Wouldn't most people consider that a compliment?

Don't wish upon these Stars....

The Stars sign Matthew Barnaby, long time agitator and tough guy with no offense; and Washington Capitals Captain, Jeff Halpern. I didn't even know his name. Some captain.

Together, the 2 registered 72 points, 2 less than Jason Arnotts 74. But hey, they're supposed to be "tough guys."

Jason Arnott meanwhile, has gone to make a good Nashville team even better.

Every team in the West is getting better.....

• The Kings add Rob Blake (again)
• The Coyotes add Jovanovski, Roenick, and Morrison, and just like that become real contenders.
• The Red Wings aren't getting any worse, despite Stevey-Y's departure.
• The Ducks added Chris freaking Pronger, of the Western Champ Oilers.
• The Sharks have the MVP and the Rocket Richard winner.

And the Stars, what have they done?

• They lost Jason Arnott
• They lost Bill Guerin
• They lost Johan Hedberg
• They lost Willie Mitchell

AHWIOPHEGUIPWBG~!!!!! WHAT??? are they doing???

Someone explain it to me, explain to me how you lose your beautiful pieces of your hockey team without even trying to keep them, and then do NOTHING of any value in Free Agency.

The only positive, is the Darryl Sydor coming back. But is he too old now to be what he once was?

The Stars are obviously trying to be a hocky team with more passion, with more grit. Everyone saw the Oil do what they did, gritty, tough.... etc. Is that the new model for success??? NO. We're looking at a 7th place finish in '07. Modano and Zubov can't have another year like that, theyre too old. Jussi Jokinnen isn't going to win you 11 or 12 more shootout games...

Maybe the Stars figure the 8 seed got to the Finals, so there must be value there. Idiots.

The JET will stay in Dallas!

Mavericks fans rejoice, if youre smart. This guy is money in the playoffs. Sure the Finals were a different story, but they were for Dirk and J Ho as well.

The Mavericks are showing the willing to do all the kinds of things the Stars cannot, and will not. Good bye Jason Arnott. Damnit.

Anyway, today is about the JET. Jason Terry has agreed in principle to a 6 year, $50 million contract. Yowza! But he's worth it I think.

6 years is a long time, but that will make him 34 (I think) in the last year of his contract, which is great.

Next, get Josh Howard locked up for a loooong time. I fear that one won't go as well though. But Mark Cuban isn't stupid. ( I know what you're thinking, but you don't get 4 billion dollars bc youre stupid)

Anyway, Go Mavs!!!

pay attention Dallas Stars/Doug Armstrong. Let Donnie Nelson and Mark Cuban teach you a lesson.

I'm very happy about this. Love you JET.

Futurama is back in business!!!

In what can only be described as a win for karma and the universe in general, The original cast has all been resigned, and 13 All New episodes have been ordered for 2008, on Comedy Central of all places.

Futurama is back!!!

2008 is a long time to wait, but I don't care. Everyone who fell in love with the show in college will all be out and married and whatnot, but we will watch it just the same.

Congrats to Billy West and Matt Groening. Finally some justice is done in the TV world, as DVD sales and the success of Adult Swim shows Fox what people REALLY like.

Now if we could just get Firefly and Sports night back on the air, we'd really be talkin! At least Firefly got the movie.

2 of my favorite TV shows are back now, with Family Guy and Futurama. Yay!!!

also, Sports.

Read some articles about Futurama here http://www.tv.com/futurama/show/249/news.html

Superman Returns.....again

SPOILER warning!!! Superman saves the day. Hope I didn't ruin anything for you.














This was a good film. I was a fan of the originals as a child, though I can't hardly remember them now. But I found while watching this one, is what I remember the most is the "grandeur" if you will, of the whole story. Superman is the most revered of the Super Heros. Both in real life, and in the world which he inhabits.

There is this profound feeling about the film, because of the history of the first films, even if you never picked up a Superman comic. Superman is an American icon, and maybe a world wide icon. I dont know, I dont live world wide.

Either way, this felt like an important film, even if it was just the music telling me to feel like it's all very Grand, and even though it has Kate Bosworth in it. Hell, even Ashton Kutcher managed one good movie.

The good:

-Brandon Rouths' portrayal of Superman is good, but his Clark Kent is better; He brings off the nerdy clumsy thing quite well. Very well done. He has few lines, but thats not what Superman is about.

-Kate Bosworth looks better as a brunette than a blond. Kudos.

-Kevin Spacey is deliciously evil as Lex Luthor. Take that "Smallville!!"

-The VFX are awesome of course, a plane in the middle of a baseball field?? Thank you for making baseball interesting again Mr. Singer.

-The script has very few, if any cheeseball moments/lines. Unlike Episodes I-III, and X3. oh and Spiderman, but those aren't really that bad.

-Just an all around good summer film.

The bad:

-The film seems to linger sometimes, as if in love with itself. The flying, and more flying, and he twists around and spins, etc... This film is very very visual, with Supermans' lines sometimes few and far between.

-The main conflict with Luthor, almost feels like a sub plot sometimes. The film is relationship heavy (hence the good reviews) but almost to the point where its chick flicky in a couple of places.

-Cheesy religious symbols. Flying with his arms straight out (crucifixion-like), all the Saviour, Son, Father talk. There were probably more. Actually it's funny; he gets his power from the Sun, which is more Pagan as opposed to any of the afore-mentioned Christian symbols. Anyway....

-James Marsden (Cyclops from X-men movies) can't act here, or in the Xmen series. Sorry dude, you're kind of flailing around up there.

-It's always the kryptonite thing. I know, Supreman, krypton....it's so predictable. But it is, what it is I guess.

Wimbledon threatens crackdown on cleavage

Those Crazy British. Pretending to be all up on their high horse and classy.











Maybe everyone likes Tennis there(in England) , but I can tell you right now in the United States, if you want people to watch Tennis on TV, there is one major attraction. The girls.

"That Steffi Graff has a nice tushy" - Jack Gellar "Friends"

Come on guys, you know the only reason you know the word Sharapova is because she's hot and you wonder which Russian hockey player she'll end up with. Wouldn't Alexander Ovechkin have everything then? What a Jerk.

That's it. Thats how much Sports there is right now. Go...uhh...

Well Im definetley not rooting for England in the World Cup anymore .lol. naa kidding. How about anyone but Brazil. Why should they be so good at Futbol??

Sour grapes....idiocy in Orlando

Here, check out what the this dumbass in Orlando has to say about the Mavs in '07.

"Tim Povtak"

Tough times ahead for Dallas

Published June 25, 2006

Mark Cuban and the Dallas Mavericks would like to believe this was just
a preview of things to come -- that they knocked on the door to a championship,
and they will kick it down in 2007 -- but they sadly are mistaken.

Their only real shot to win an NBA title was lost last week.

The Mavs -- not the Heat -- were the one-year wonders.

When they fell asleep in the fourth quarter of Game 3 of the NBA Finals in
Miami, blowing a 13-point lead and the chance to build a 3-0 series lead, they
never totally woke up again.They will be remembered as the team that spent too
much time worrying about the officiating, and too little time driving hard to
the basket.They are considerably younger than the Heat, but their foundation
isn't strong enough yet to last.

Their fame will be fleeting. They have only one real all-star in Dirk
Nowitzki -- and it usually takes two to dance an NBA title.The Phoenix Suns,
when Amare Stoudemire returns healthy to rejoin Steve Nash next season, won't
let them pass again. Neither will the San Antonio Spurs, who fell to the Mavs
only because Tim Duncan was struggling with a foot problem, leaving Tony Parker
to carry too heavy a load.

If Yao Ming and Tracy McGrady are healthy together in Houston, the Mavs
might be only the third-best team in the state of Texas next season.

Mavs guard Jason Terry, a free agent this summer, got a taste of real glory
during the playoff run, and he wants to be paid handsomely, either in Dallas or
elsewhere this summer. That will cause a problem. Josh Howard doesn't always get
the big picture, either. Their center combination of Erick Dampier and DeSagana
Diop is too much of an offensive liability to overcome in the future.The Mavs
had a wonderful run this season.

They should bask in their success as an NBA finalist. They overachieved,
but they will fade much like the New Jersey Nets did when they reached this
point in back-to-back seasons (2002, '03), then dropped into the pack of the
Eastern Conference.

Congratulations to the Mavs, but this is as far as you get.

You idiot. Tim Duncans foot problem????? Did you watch any of those games???

Houston next year??? Ming and Francis. Mavs the 3rd best team in TX???

What is this guy smoking?

This one is my favorite

Phantom foul #5.

Wade just barrells into Dirk, as Dirk tries to move out of the way. Throws his arm in to Dirk. And they call a foul.

Get some popcorn, you could watch this one all night.

NBA refs. You suck

Goodbye Niko. Stars offseason underway with Draft.

The Stars have dealt Niko Kapanen to the Thrashers for D-man Modry, and some center guy. Atlanta is trying to free up some cap space, meaning the Stars actually are getting good value on the trade.

This also means with Modry coming, the Stars will likely not resign Willie Mitchell. Not a big loss, he's a nice player, but didn't provide anything in the playoffs.

It was just fun to yell things related to "playing with your willie" at the games.

I rather liked Niko Kappanen, we like our Fins. Good luck in Atlanta man.

Still no word on Arnott or Morrow yet.... :-/

Duck Season...Rabbit Season...Duck Season...

The 2006-07 season will bring new uniforms and a new name for Anaheim. They've dropped the "mighty" and they dropped the (put your pinkie up in the air) purple. But I think....

These are pretty gross. Although the old pastel standbys' of the Ducks didn't really inspire confidence either.

Webbed feet for the D huh? That's the best you can do, is it?

Summer is here at last. Go Away Summer.

No, the U.S. isn''t playing here. They're playing at a dumpy stadium down the road. I just thought it was a neat picture.

And so it comes to this. Let's see what we have for interesting sports stories, shall we?

- U.S. takes on Ghana at 9am today, a must win. Also Italy must beat Czech.... if they were better, the American team wouldn't need other peoples help.

- Roger Clemens returns tonight?

-The Rangers might get swept by the Padres??

- WNBA???? lol

I'd like to thank the Mavericks, for getting us this far into the summer. I'd take June 20th action from the Stars or the Mavs any day.

But the Sports drought has begun freinds. It is mighty scary out there. Turn on ESPN at your own risk.

As I'm watching the 1st half of game 6...

I can't help but feel the need to reflect on this great season by the Mavericks, as we bid them a fond farewell.

Dirk Nowitzki - Dude, you are the man, but you still have some growing up to do in your head. Your physical skills are far above your mental toughness, as shown in the Finals. We look forward to seeing you grow even further next year, and get some more MVP votes. Good stuff you big German

Josh Howard - If this club had you healthy all year, you would've been even better, and the Mavs would've had home court vs the Spurs. Youre that good, when you want to be. Like Dirk, you've gotta work on your clutchness. Maybe thats something you can't work on. I don't know. Love you, man.

Jason Terry - I hope Cuban brings this guy back for as long as he would like to stay. Say what you want about a Steve Nash replacement. That move is justified now as at least the Mavs get a Western Conference Champion banner to hang up. JET is clutch, and clutch is everything in life, no matter what happened in the Finals.

Avery Johnson - Exceeded all expectations, and the Coach of the Year is well deserved. Without Avery, this team doesn't get anywhere close to the Finals. As long as Avery keeps his cool, doesn't stress himself out too much, he'll be succesful for some time.

DeSagana Diop - What a find by Donnie Nelson. This guy needs to add just a little tiny bit of offense to his game, and he's going to be a nice player for years to come.

Devin Harris - So much placed on a young mans shoulders who wasn't ready for it, and he did really well. No one can guard Wade, that's certain. So don't feel bad dude. You owned Tony Parker, and thats what matters to me! Avery will have this young man playing better and better all the time.

Daniels - You need to trust yourself dude. Good minutes in the Finals.

Damp - Still not worth the money, but he sure shut down Shaq very well. Too bad they have Wade.

Stack - Love that hard foul. They never would've gotten this far (especially vs San Antonio) without you. Remember to share the ball, and stick around in Dallas. We can do some things around here, if you hadn't noticed.

KVH - Yeah I don't know about your time here. What I do know about, is that it's over. Sorry dawg.

Griffin & Armstrong - I'm sorry we couldn't get you one guys. You carried this team on your back sometimes. God love ya.

To all the Mavericks - it was a wonderful season, and certainly a little unexpected. Even though no one will admit it. New coach, new defensive schemes, totally new system, and you made it all the way to the Finals. That's a fine job, and one that the Dallas Stars could learn a little something from.

Congratulations to Dwyane Wade. He could not have done it, without himself.

Dwyane Wade - Your 2006 NBA Finals Champion(s)