Archive for June, 2008

NHL Draft LiveBlog

Friday, June 20th, 2008

Mostly because I’m watching it, and I generally get banned from all of the sports forums I post on.

7:16 -  Hate the Tanguay trade for Montreal. Love the Jokinen trade for Phoenix. Great trade, really for both teams. But I think Florida got the raw end.

7:19 - Leafs swap picks with NYI to pick Schenn at #5. Congrats Leafers, really.  I’ve been a Leaf hater for years, but you guys deserve a quality rebuild at this point.

7:28 - Columbus swaps a first and a third for Umberger and a fourth from Philly. Seriously, nice move there Columbus. Absolutely beautiful, I think. It’s just too bad you couldn’t snag Malone’s rights.

7:35 - After snagging Filatov at #6, Columbus looks like they’ve got a smarter GM running their team these days… very good draft for the Blue Jackets so far.

7:55 - Islanders were clearly looking at Filatov for #7. After he went, they swapped 7 for 9 and a 40. I see this as fairly smart too, if the guy you want wasn’t there with #7. Pile up enough second and third round picks, like they’ve been doing, and you might end up randomly selecting a Zetterberg that’ll be absolutely fantastic in 4-5 years.

8:30 - Phoenix is having a good draft. They’ve going to be moving up the food chain relatively soon.

9:30 - Got bored, took a nap.

The Illusion Of Due Diligence.

Friday, June 13th, 2008

Saw this on the news this morning.

Eleven gas firms charged in price-fixing scheme

Laughed out loud, proceeded to change the channel and wonder why I was watching the news.

“Don’t worry commonfolk. The criminals have been apprehended. A handful of small-time local gas station owners are being fined for price fixing. The fact that we’re being very ambiguous about the facts of the story so that it sounds like the actual gas companies have been caught, let alone investigated, for some kind of crime is coincidental and of no consequence to you. You are safe, the world is fair, and everyone is looking out for your best interest.

Now go fill up, bitch.”

More Flash Fun

Monday, June 9th, 2008

Tower defense, specifically!

You can’t possibly beat my score. I guarantee it.

http://www.kongregate.com/games/frostytrees/omega-tower-defense-2

My score on the brown map: 291215