Jeremy’s Sametime Status proudly presents: Jeremy’s Bucket List Week! Not contract Bird Flu. CHECK! (For now)
This could very well be a tough one to keep on your list, you know. What with the pandemic predictions and international conspiracies and all.
I know...which is why I try to stay up to date on all the late-breaking Bird Flu news. To that end, I'd like to happily report that the mainstay of my Avian Influenza research, Bird Flu Breaking News.com is back up and running after a long and mysterious absence.
Regardless...since I am somewhat of an activist against this terrible disease, I've decided to dedicate myself to not contracting Bird Flu, and add it to my Bucket List. For now, I'm clear...who knows what tomorrow holds?
You're a few days early for Rhetorical Friday.
Tuesday, March 10, 2009
Monday, March 9, 2009
Theme Week, Part 1
Jeremy’s Sametime Status proudly presents: Jeremy’s Bucket List Week! Skydiving. NOT CHECKED
Hopefully you're not going to die anytime soon...people have come to depend on your blag.
For those of you unfamiliar with the term, or the recent movie, a "Bucket List" is a person's list of things to do before they kick the bucket. I've decided to share my list with you this week in whimsical blag form. Partially because I did something stupid a little while back that I thought would make a good Sametime Status and wanted a fun way to detail it, and partially because I tend to be a procrastinator. So even though I currently have no plans to kick off, I thought it would be a nice change of pace to get these things listed out in advance so I can start checking them off the list. Today's task: Skydiving!
So you want to jump out of a perfectly good airplane?
I sure do! Long before I came along, people have longed to fly...and as soon as they figured it out, they invented stupid things to do while flying. These include, but are not limited to: aerial acrobatics, wing walking, the Vomit Comet, and of course, falling. I would like to be included in this list of people who have gone up in a plane and decided that flying just wasn't for me and fall down. There's no way that can go badly, is there?
So as of today, I have not gone skydiving. Therefore, it shows up as UNCHECKED on my Bucket List.
Hopefully you're not going to die anytime soon...people have come to depend on your blag.
For those of you unfamiliar with the term, or the recent movie, a "Bucket List" is a person's list of things to do before they kick the bucket. I've decided to share my list with you this week in whimsical blag form. Partially because I did something stupid a little while back that I thought would make a good Sametime Status and wanted a fun way to detail it, and partially because I tend to be a procrastinator. So even though I currently have no plans to kick off, I thought it would be a nice change of pace to get these things listed out in advance so I can start checking them off the list. Today's task: Skydiving!
So you want to jump out of a perfectly good airplane?
I sure do! Long before I came along, people have longed to fly...and as soon as they figured it out, they invented stupid things to do while flying. These include, but are not limited to: aerial acrobatics, wing walking, the Vomit Comet, and of course, falling. I would like to be included in this list of people who have gone up in a plane and decided that flying just wasn't for me and fall down. There's no way that can go badly, is there?
So as of today, I have not gone skydiving. Therefore, it shows up as UNCHECKED on my Bucket List.
Friday, March 6, 2009
Ow....just ow
Death by Hip Adductor: Worst death ever? Discuss.
That would be somewhat tragic.
For those of you who aren't familiar with the Hip Adductor exercise, please review the following video, then continue reading:
That's what everybody loves about this Blag...entertaining AND educational!
So at the gym, roughly every piece of equipment has the same warning label on it reminding you to follow all the instructions printed on the label, or else an incident could occur resulting in injury or death. For whatever reason, this warning is most prevalent on the Hip Adductor machine. I can certainly imagine a situation with this machine where you could wind up with a remarkably painful injury that might make you wish you were dead, but I haven't quite figured out a way that you could actually kill yourself. Regardless, if the mass-produced sticker says so, I have no choice but to believe it's true. And once I've accepted that truth, it's tough to think of a worse or more embarrassing way to go.
That would be somewhat tragic.
For those of you who aren't familiar with the Hip Adductor exercise, please review the following video, then continue reading:
That's what everybody loves about this Blag...entertaining AND educational!
So at the gym, roughly every piece of equipment has the same warning label on it reminding you to follow all the instructions printed on the label, or else an incident could occur resulting in injury or death. For whatever reason, this warning is most prevalent on the Hip Adductor machine. I can certainly imagine a situation with this machine where you could wind up with a remarkably painful injury that might make you wish you were dead, but I haven't quite figured out a way that you could actually kill yourself. Regardless, if the mass-produced sticker says so, I have no choice but to believe it's true. And once I've accepted that truth, it's tough to think of a worse or more embarrassing way to go.
Thursday, March 5, 2009
Where's Eddie Shore when you need him?
If the Rangers were able to acquire Nik Antropov for nothing more than two draft picks, why is it they had to ridiculously overpay to rent Derek Morris?
It really doesn't seem logical.
So today is the big follow-up to the NHL Deadline Day post. The New York Rangers were in fact busy, trading for both defenseman Derek Morris (From the Coyotes) and forward Nik Antropov (From the Maple Leafs).
The price tag for Antropov (a 29 year old 6'6" Center and gifted "potential boy") was a mere 2nd round pick in the 2009 draft and a conditional pick in the 2010 draft. Antropov will be an unrestricted free agent at the end of the season, so basically, this trade is for roughly 4 months of his services before he's free to sign with any other team in the league.
Morris is a talented defenseman, more of the big stay-at-home type who's never scored more than 11 goals in a season, and hasn't tallied more than 30 points in a season since the 2002-2003 campaign. He also is an unrestricted free agent after the season, so the same "4-month rental" conditions apply. The cost to rent Morris? Defenseman Dmitri Kalinin along with forwards Nigel Dawes and Petr Prucha...all of which come directly off of the Rangers' NHL roster.
That's a pretty big difference.
Exactly! Morris is a totally decent defenseman, but hardly a world-beater. He'll hold his own against any team in the NHL, but he's no Zdeno Chara, Chris Pronger, Dion Phaneuf, Maurice Tudot, or Drew Doughty. Personally, I think the Rangers got hosed on this deal.
That said, it wasn't the only lead-pipe job pulled by an NHL GM yesterday. Philly pulled Kyle McLaren from the Sharks for a mere 6th round draft pick. The Penguins scored Bill Guerin for only a conditional 2009 draft pick, and the biggest of all...the Carolina Hurricanes mercilessly schooled the Los Angeles GM, trading injured forward Justin Williams out west in exchange for the Kings' Patrick O'Sullivan AND a 2nd round draft pick. The only explanation for this trade is payback for the horrific fleecing the Hurricanes got back in 2006 when they traded away a young Jack Johnson for Tim Gleason and Eric Belanger.
(In light of Evil Jeremy's comment on yesterday's post, I made up one of the players' names in today's post...find it, and you win!)
It really doesn't seem logical.
So today is the big follow-up to the NHL Deadline Day post. The New York Rangers were in fact busy, trading for both defenseman Derek Morris (From the Coyotes) and forward Nik Antropov (From the Maple Leafs).
The price tag for Antropov (a 29 year old 6'6" Center and gifted "potential boy") was a mere 2nd round pick in the 2009 draft and a conditional pick in the 2010 draft. Antropov will be an unrestricted free agent at the end of the season, so basically, this trade is for roughly 4 months of his services before he's free to sign with any other team in the league.
Morris is a talented defenseman, more of the big stay-at-home type who's never scored more than 11 goals in a season, and hasn't tallied more than 30 points in a season since the 2002-2003 campaign. He also is an unrestricted free agent after the season, so the same "4-month rental" conditions apply. The cost to rent Morris? Defenseman Dmitri Kalinin along with forwards Nigel Dawes and Petr Prucha...all of which come directly off of the Rangers' NHL roster.
That's a pretty big difference.
Exactly! Morris is a totally decent defenseman, but hardly a world-beater. He'll hold his own against any team in the NHL, but he's no Zdeno Chara, Chris Pronger, Dion Phaneuf, Maurice Tudot, or Drew Doughty. Personally, I think the Rangers got hosed on this deal.
That said, it wasn't the only lead-pipe job pulled by an NHL GM yesterday. Philly pulled Kyle McLaren from the Sharks for a mere 6th round draft pick. The Penguins scored Bill Guerin for only a conditional 2009 draft pick, and the biggest of all...the Carolina Hurricanes mercilessly schooled the Los Angeles GM, trading injured forward Justin Williams out west in exchange for the Kings' Patrick O'Sullivan AND a 2nd round draft pick. The only explanation for this trade is payback for the horrific fleecing the Hurricanes got back in 2006 when they traded away a young Jack Johnson for Tim Gleason and Eric Belanger.
(In light of Evil Jeremy's comment on yesterday's post, I made up one of the players' names in today's post...find it, and you win!)
Wednesday, March 4, 2009
Trade me right *&%$ing now!
Journeyman "Jeremy’s Sametime Status" has been traded to the Hawks for a box of used pucks to be shipped later.
Wow...only made it one season with the Wings? That's pretty lousy.
So today, as all of you know, is the NHL Trade Deadline. There has already been some activity in the trade front over the last couple weeks, most notably Mike Comrie and Chris Campoli headed to Ottawa for new Islander Dean McAmmond and a 1st rounder. There's also the Ryan Whitney trade in which Chris Kunitz and Eric Tangradi changed coasts from Anaheim to Pittsburgh. More is sure to follow today, especially the long-anticipated Jay Bouwmeester trade out of Florida. Whoever picks him up is going to send Florida a nice payday of players and draft picks. Also, if all of my stars align, Kyle Calder will find a taker and rid the LA Kings of this year's version of Brian "Skills" Willsie.
So what condition was this box in...the one that held the used pucks, I mean?
If you follow hockey and look for interesting trade rumours, you've undoubtedly come across the NHL Rumour website for the "Anonymous Hockey Blogger" who is such a useless waste of space and internetz bandwidth, I won't even link to his craphole of a page here. With a rumour success rate of 2.4% (As of 3/4/09), this chump's "sources" amount to little more than a dartboard. However...this leads other people to have fun with it and generate fun websites like The Ecklund Rumour Generator, from which I learned that "According to sources within the St. Louis Blues organisation, the New York Rangers are willing to part with D Wade Redden, a 7th round pick, G Henrik Lundqvist to obtain the services of D Erik Johnson. Remember, you heard it here first!"
That's a better trade than the Hawks just made, I can tell you that...
Now, I know many Rangers fans are somewhat unhappy with Wade Redden's performance this year, but apparently, St. Louis thinks he can turn it around in the stretch run if they're willing to trade away Erik Johnson. However, it would seem that despite (or because of) the recent Sean Avery acquisition, the Rangers might be writing off the year, since Erik Johnson is out for the season with a knee injury. Interesting trade, if it happens. :)
Wow...only made it one season with the Wings? That's pretty lousy.
So today, as all of you know, is the NHL Trade Deadline. There has already been some activity in the trade front over the last couple weeks, most notably Mike Comrie and Chris Campoli headed to Ottawa for new Islander Dean McAmmond and a 1st rounder. There's also the Ryan Whitney trade in which Chris Kunitz and Eric Tangradi changed coasts from Anaheim to Pittsburgh. More is sure to follow today, especially the long-anticipated Jay Bouwmeester trade out of Florida. Whoever picks him up is going to send Florida a nice payday of players and draft picks. Also, if all of my stars align, Kyle Calder will find a taker and rid the LA Kings of this year's version of Brian "Skills" Willsie.
So what condition was this box in...the one that held the used pucks, I mean?
If you follow hockey and look for interesting trade rumours, you've undoubtedly come across the NHL Rumour website for the "Anonymous Hockey Blogger" who is such a useless waste of space and internetz bandwidth, I won't even link to his craphole of a page here. With a rumour success rate of 2.4% (As of 3/4/09), this chump's "sources" amount to little more than a dartboard. However...this leads other people to have fun with it and generate fun websites like The Ecklund Rumour Generator, from which I learned that "According to sources within the St. Louis Blues organisation, the New York Rangers are willing to part with D Wade Redden, a 7th round pick, G Henrik Lundqvist to obtain the services of D Erik Johnson. Remember, you heard it here first!"
That's a better trade than the Hawks just made, I can tell you that...
Now, I know many Rangers fans are somewhat unhappy with Wade Redden's performance this year, but apparently, St. Louis thinks he can turn it around in the stretch run if they're willing to trade away Erik Johnson. However, it would seem that despite (or because of) the recent Sean Avery acquisition, the Rangers might be writing off the year, since Erik Johnson is out for the season with a knee injury. Interesting trade, if it happens. :)
Tuesday, March 3, 2009
Not a very hard goodbye, really
Dear Winter; It’s not you, it’s me...
We need to talk.
Winter, we've been through a lot in the last few months. We've had snow and tubing and rain and ice and cold and lousy driving conditions and morons who won't know how to deal with lousy driving conditions. I'm not saying that's all your fault, I'm just saying that I don't think I'm at a time in my life where I'm able to handle that all anymore. I feel constricted...a little suffocated maybe at having to stay inside all the time because of you. I need to go out and explore once in a while...and I don't think I can do that with you.
What I'm trying to say here is that I think we need to spend some time apart. This last snowstorm you gave me really opened my eyes and let me see that I don't really need you anymore. Yes, I know it was only a couple inches, and as much fun as you had with it, having to drag the snowblower out again, and the wind throwing it all back in my face just wasn't the kind of thing I wanted yesterday.
There's a new season that I've noticed a couple times this year...Spring. I haven't started anything with Spring yet, because I wanted some closure with you first. But the warmer temperatures and sun and ability to go outside are really appealing to me right now, and I'd like to explore that and see where it goes.
I know it sounds cliche, but I'd really like to stay friends, since I know I'm going to see you again later this year, but for now...I think it's time for a little separation. I hope you understand.
Sincerely,
Jeremy
We need to talk.
Winter, we've been through a lot in the last few months. We've had snow and tubing and rain and ice and cold and lousy driving conditions and morons who won't know how to deal with lousy driving conditions. I'm not saying that's all your fault, I'm just saying that I don't think I'm at a time in my life where I'm able to handle that all anymore. I feel constricted...a little suffocated maybe at having to stay inside all the time because of you. I need to go out and explore once in a while...and I don't think I can do that with you.
What I'm trying to say here is that I think we need to spend some time apart. This last snowstorm you gave me really opened my eyes and let me see that I don't really need you anymore. Yes, I know it was only a couple inches, and as much fun as you had with it, having to drag the snowblower out again, and the wind throwing it all back in my face just wasn't the kind of thing I wanted yesterday.
There's a new season that I've noticed a couple times this year...Spring. I haven't started anything with Spring yet, because I wanted some closure with you first. But the warmer temperatures and sun and ability to go outside are really appealing to me right now, and I'd like to explore that and see where it goes.
I know it sounds cliche, but I'd really like to stay friends, since I know I'm going to see you again later this year, but for now...I think it's time for a little separation. I hope you understand.
Sincerely,
Jeremy
Monday, March 2, 2009
I did that, I did that, that's my fault, I did that!
Sorry about the weather, everybody.
You're a jerk. What did you do?
So, you may have read on the Internets that there is a huge snowstorm in the northeast. That can be directly attributed to me.
Nice going, chump.
So over the weekend, I decided I'd had enough of winter (Okay, technically I had enough of winter around November, but that's beside the point), so I went to a local Home Improvement store (We'll call it "House Station"), and stocked up on the following items: Potting soil, plant food, grass seed, lawn fertilizer, grass edger, and a lawn spreader. The only reason that I didn't buy water seal for my deck was because they didn't have the clear version, and I don't feel like coloring my deck red.
Mother Nature, in her infinite lack of wisdom, decided to punish me for this offense by dumping another pile of snow on the entire northeast United States.
Sorry, everybody.
You're a jerk. What did you do?
So, you may have read on the Internets that there is a huge snowstorm in the northeast. That can be directly attributed to me.
Nice going, chump.
So over the weekend, I decided I'd had enough of winter (Okay, technically I had enough of winter around November, but that's beside the point), so I went to a local Home Improvement store (We'll call it "House Station"), and stocked up on the following items: Potting soil, plant food, grass seed, lawn fertilizer, grass edger, and a lawn spreader. The only reason that I didn't buy water seal for my deck was because they didn't have the clear version, and I don't feel like coloring my deck red.
Mother Nature, in her infinite lack of wisdom, decided to punish me for this offense by dumping another pile of snow on the entire northeast United States.
Sorry, everybody.
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