Category: digressing

RAW: 2.3

Okay, so they long term planned all of this out, and then realized much to late they had an extra week, right? Nothing Happened. Every angle and bit was just there to remind us who was fighting who and what we already knew – just treating as a two hour Heat for the show – nothing you didn’t figure out already (except maybe they really are splitting Steven and Victoria and that is horrible.) And This Is Your Life lived up to the first one, going far too long and having a poinltess ending. And that was before the run in.

Good to see they so thought out Tough Enough John’s character that he’s changed his name after one week.

That sure was a great finale of .hack//sign in terms of making me laugh for odd reasons. Like it’s not really an anime till someone has blue hair. And for making no sense, that too.

Anyway, Velocity is up. London/Noble was quite the new WWE style.

I think I’ll either do CMLL or not do CMLL. Those are the choices.

Predictions? So there should be results.

Horizon League Basketball:

place   my guess     off by     actual
1     UIC          1          Wis-Mil
2     Butler       4          UIC
3     Wis-Mil      3          Wis-GB
4     Detroit      0          Detroit
5     Loyola       3          Wright
6     Wis-GB       3          Butler
7     Cleveland    2          Youngstown
8     Wright       3          Loyola
9     Youngstown   2          Cleveland

So that was pretty bad. Why not predict the tournament badly too?

#4 Detroit-----
|----Detroit---- #1 UW-Mil------
#9 Cleveland---                |               |----UW-Mil----
|----Detroit----               |
#5 Wright------                |                              |
|----Loyola-----                               |
#8 Loyola------                                               |
|-----UIC------
#6 Butler------                                               |
|---Butler------                               |
#7 Youngstown--                |--UW-Green Bay-               |
#3 UW-Green Bay-                |-----UIC------
#2 UIC---------

I’m so proud to have called who would bomb this week on Dream Job the moment they announced someone would win from calling a number about Wendy’s cup. Except for the proud part. And the Dream Job part. And everything else.

Still, whoever told Stu to tone down his Stu-ness about six notches gets a Gold Star. Or circle.

Let me do my Lavar Arrington impression: [blows into the microphone]

I did Velocity. I didn’t do Heat yet, because hey eh whatever. Maybe tommorow. Maybe not.

Lance Storm is either the last person I ever want running into help me, or a non good turncoat Canadian back stabber. And he will PAY.

There are days where 15 minutes to write stuff here wins out over 15 minutes of extra sleep. This is not one of those days.

Fortunatly, Albert Ching is here (or there, in the AZUWebDevil) to relate a traumatic trip to carnival.

Anyone know a good Internet Sports Ticket Broker? Like, for instance, if I was looking for 2 or 3 upper deck tickets to all the 1st/2nd NCAA Tournament round games at the Bradley Arena, do you know of a site where I’d find them for a fair price and would feel relatively sure I wasn’t going to get ripped off, and I don’t have to wait and guess and lose as on eBay? Hit the comment link if you might now.

So I’m not sleeping yet, and turning on Radio@Netscape to find some music while I think about doing something useful, since there appears to be no chat I can sit in and talk to myself. I scanned the “Now Playing” listings of my usual channels, and Adult Alt says it’s playing the Clash. I’m thinking it’s an awesome twist of fate and even better when it turns out to be Rock the Casbah. What could be wrong with this?

Well, it could be the last ten second of the song, leading into a stupid Five for Fighting song.

And I know what you’re saying, they’re all stupid Five for Fighting songs. And you’re right.

Oh good lord, I bet Coach watched Dream Job and realized that he wasn’t the biggest tool. I’m so hoping that Stu gets whatever show it is that he really wants instead of this sports gig out of this show, so he can get away from ESPN and things I accidently watch instead when I should know better.

There’s disappointing bad, there’s mockable bad, and there’s bad that you don’t want to watch again (without a mute and fast forward button.)

And then I might watch it again next week so I have something to concerate my dislike on. So whatever.

My true disappiontment is that Tony didn’t rip anyone. The two guys who sucked were easy to pick, so much so far that you have to figure the guy who got the vote from the ‘net received because he was first.

Three CMLL recaps turned up this week – check the index if you’re missed one. And I’ve actually added e-mail links, though you have to be able to think to use them. Feedback on what you like, what you don’t, and what you need is always desired.

I have no particular plans for this week besides staying sane. And maybe catching up with CMLL. And maybe actually giving RAW and SmackDown numbers.

My wallet? Never arrived. Out $40 in cash, but if it was just a scam, dude never used my either my check or credit card. I’m guessing wrong address? I’d love to know what happened, Replacements card should show up this week, but I’m running on spare bills the last couple weeks and it’s a little bit of an annoyance. Need to get a closer bank.

Water started working last week, but I’m still not used to trusting it. Though some right now might work.

Velocity and Heat were inverses of each other.

Out of stuff to say.

So so bored. Need to do something this week.

Still no water. Read more (www.aurora-il.org), but it sure sounds like everything was rolling perfectly along till the very last water test before they could rescind the boil water failed, and now they’re back at square one. It’ll take two straight days of no tests to get an all clear, so no water till Saturday night, at least.

I’ve felt so out (and under) it for the last two days. Yesterday, I passed out in late afternoon when I really didn’t want to, and today I couldn’t when I told everyone I was.

I am drinking bottled water, but less liquid than normal and I wonder if that’s part of it. Shower I just took is making me feel better. Except worrying about the little bit of water that gets in your mouth. Let’s just move on.

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As strange as it sound, considering the last time I mentioned it, I’m going to miss Flea’s IWC 100 list. Not because of any numbers attached to the names or for the fun bashing said numbers, but because you got a glimpse of (some of) the more interesting people out there talking about wrestling. The shame in 1ryderfakin closing down isn’t as much people I don’t read write what they write in places they already write, it’s that I never get to read the comments about WHY Flea thought so and so was worth not only his time, but also my time. Because maybe I would and now I’d have to click those links and search and that’s not going to actually happen.

I don’t want to say everything’s well covered (looked at the cmllblog over there), but there’s a lot of good stuff on the ‘net about wrestling. Articles worth reading isn’t the problem; the problem is anyone else knowing those articles are out there.

Justin Shapiro’s WO.com Heat Report is one of the things I look forward to reading each week, but who’s going to know that when the link on WO.com’s main page says no more than “WWE Heat Report” and that’s the end of the promotion? I enjoy WeeklyVisitor, even when I’m making nonsensical jokes about their nonsensical jokes, but a quick look at the incoming links listed on Google show that not many other people notice ’em. (That may be wrong, since I’ve got one and it’s not up there.) Matt Hocking got a more high profile gig on OO not because he was doing goofy and different takes on RAW, but because he realized that if he moved to doing it right under Rick’s nose, it might actually get him noticed. And it’s not just funny stuff – I didn’t know Stuart’s NJ stuff existed till he dropped some info on me for a lucha recap.

There’s plenty of examples out there, and the thing is, if you did this instead of me, you’d probably have a different list. Some of it may be because you like one guy more than I do, but too much of it is because you’ve got a favorite guy that other people don’t know exist.

What we – we as people who want information and are always looking for more good sources of it – need is a site that searches out those golden nuggets of worthwile wrestling content for the rest of us. It’s different than what WrestlingDB and A1Wrestling do (though not far different from Rapp’s Wrapup) – links to everything without some quality information doesn’t help, because you still don’t know what’s actually good in the sea of mediocre. Long lists of links (like that IWC100 in it’s current state) don’t give you the Why’s of clicking, and aren’t dynamic enough.

I guess I’m wishing for something like a wrestling version of BaseballMusings or even InstaPundit – find me something worth reading, feel free to give me a quick take on it, and then go find something else. Let me know where the good stuff is at.

I basically just said “how about a site getting attention for other people (instead of focusing on themselves)” which is an insane enough thought that perhaps I should maybe have some more water.

Maybe when I invent about four more hours per day, I’ll do it. But if you’re looking for a niche yourself, it’s an idea worth stealing. (I might even be talked in to be giving MoveableType space.)

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To end on a different note, ex????thecubsfan.com writer Albert Ching brings you his thoughts on the Atkins diet (ASUWebDevil.com)

Water is not drinkable in Aurora. It has been that way since Saturday. It is because of “fecal coliform”. Which is animal droppings, basically. Scuttlebutt has it goose poop. It is Tuesday, more or less. They may be able to give to okay to drink it today. They may not.

It is driving me insane.

The great part of this site is that I can talk about absolutely nothing of importance and have no expectation that someone read this.

So, today, I had to get up at nintey minutes early. Knowning that my day would also probably last long as a result, I was in no hurry to start doing things – I had taken a shower (avoiding the water coming in my mouth!) the night before, so my plan was to stumble out of bed, find whatever remaining clothes I had left, and wander in the general direction of my car in 15 minutes to maxamize sleep time.

This more or less as planned. I was tranfixed by the pointless sports news update on my clock radio and left five minutes late, but I was aware few would notice/care. There was the slight problem of my wallet not being in my coat, but I didn’t really care to look. As I practice typical single American Male coat/clothes handling (drop it on the floor when you’re done with it, pick it back it up when you want it again), I didn’t care much of it because it happens from time to time and I get that pleasant surprise of finding my wallet eventually as a result. Plus, I have an extra drivers license in my car, which is another story involving me missing things. And I didn’t need money, because besides starting late and ending late, I knew my lunch chances were slim to none, and mostly in a vending machine variety. (I did not know that the vending machine would proceed to eat my change, but I do not know it all.) The change in the car will sufice, and it’s not worth looking for right then.

I’m doing whatever it is that I do in the daylight hours, and as I’m listening to one person teach an app to a user certian to forget everything that is being said by the time they use it, I get handed a phone message note.

Dave
Dentist
Has Your Wallet
708-xxx-xxxx

There are a few problems here.

My wallet is somewhere on the floor in my room, I’m sure.
The 708 area code is a county away
I haven’t been to my dentist in at least a month
And his name isn’t Dave.
Come to think of it, I don’t know anyone named Dave

This was a bit puzzling. The last time I know I had my wallet was lunch on Monday. Went to the Subway on the corner, forgot that the Hindu ladies who run the shop don’t offer the “3 cookies = chips” for the combo deal policy that the people in the city and my old haunt did, and was disappionted that the woman waiting in line behind me wasn’t as cute looking as the one I saw last week. I even remember that the bill was $8.95 (small breakfast -> big lunch) becuase I paid with a 20 dollar bill plus the 95 cents in change I got at 7-11 Sunday night, somewhat confusing the cahsier and getting me a 10 and two 1s back. Which was still in my coat this morning, while the wallet was not…

Because I never put that money back till later? Because I dropped it in the parking lot on the way back out? Naaaah, it’s gotta be in my house or in my car even, yet, I’ve got a weird note here. This wouldn’t have been the first wallet I lost (I have more of these stories) but it was strictly a wallet out of pocket, remove $20, wallet in pocket deal. How would I lose it?

I did call the number, and after the world’s most uncomfortable request for a wallet return (he’s mailing it – how do you mail a wallet?), I found out I’d get whatever it was (and whatever’s left of it – good move visiting the ATM Sunday! Maybe I should be checking my credit card for transactions) in 2-3 days.

Dr. Dave confused me even more though, by saying he was in Arlington Heights. Roughly, that means my wallet would have had to slip out of my pocket in the parking lot of Subway, wandered down an Illinois route for a few miles, jumped on the North/South tollway, kept going past the airport, and ended up 25 miles away from me. How exactly does that work?

And then how did he get a hold of me where I was? I didn’t have a phone number or anything in that wallet, I thought…maybe Dr. Dave saw my insurance card and did some research?

So now I’m home. And I can’t figure out HOW, but my wallet is actually not here, as far as I’ve been able to tell. I probably would’ve looked more, but I’m far too confused at this point.

ChicagoSports.com has a poll up

Commissioner Gary Bettman believes the Blackhawks will turn it around. When will this happen?

3.9% Next year (61 responses)
28.9% 2-5 seasons (456 responses)
25.2% 6-14 years (397 responses)
42.1% 15 or more seasons (664 responses)
1578 total responses

So, really, go ahead and skip next season. And the one after that. No hurry.