The Minnesota Wild, lost their first game last night in Los Angeles. Brent Burns had 5 minors in the game ( game summary). The Wild played a run and gun game, trading goals with the Kings for most of the night and didn’t have the control they’ve shown in the first five games, which included a win over the Stanley Cup champ ducks.
Off to St Louis, for a game with the Blues on Saturday night.
Here is an interesting article on the production of biofuels versus producing food. (William Yeatman on Biofuels on National Review Online)
Good to see the NHL is back for another season, but the refs still can’t quite call it even… A couple of smacks on the Wild players noses with Detroit sticks doesn’t get called, but Boogard gets called for a 5 minute interference and a match penalty on a questionable check. (see NHL Official Scoresheet)
Oh well, at least I get to see hockey again…. 
Intel ranks Minneapolis/Saint Paul as the 9th most unwired city. Seattle area is #1.
Contois Music and Technology seems to think that they should be allowed to patent the ability to sort songs by artist, genre, etc. Nice try. I am going to patent using windows to give people the ability to see out of buildings. When does the insanity at the USPTO stop???
Here are a couple of pictures of our new bundle of joy.
Kiera Ann Wisti
Born: 4/26/2005 12:39pm
Weight: 7 lbs 5.5 oz 20.5″
From this article about the Mac mini Salon.com Technology | Letters:
I’d happily buy an Apple machine if I could get a huge range of software at Staples for cheap (I can’t), if I could choose from buckets of hardware for a few bucks that I could pop in (I can’t), if it used the software and hardware I already paid for (it doesn’t), if it worked like the computers everybody else uses so we could work together (it doesn’t), if I wouldn’t have to pay for every minor upgrade (I would), if the company weren’t so secretive (it is), if I could expect my software to continue running from version to version as most Windows software does (it doesn’t), if I or one of my friends could get parts to fix it (we can’t), and most important, if there were some competition that would break Apple’s megalomaniacal mini-monopoly and I could comparison-shop Apple clones from different manufacturers (I can’t).
Why is it a good thing that you can fish through a bucket of crappy software at the local Staples store? What about all of the great apps that you can download from the ‘net? Why is a bucket of s*&t at Staples the benchmark for a good computer/operating system?
Oh well, Windows still sucks (read spyware/spybots/spambots/malware et al)!
It’s too bad that the sides could have either prevented this disaster before it happened, or atleast come to a reasonable agreement. From an article in the SJ Mercury News:
T is for TV ratings. A very bad sign when ESPN2’s substitute programming — think poker — doubles last season’s NHL viewership.
That will about sum up the thing the player’s don’t want to hear….
Oh well, back to CBS, for more of Survivior and Amazing Race….
In the spirit of Starbuck density, I have 8 Walmart stores within 15 miles of my house, including this brand new one. And that doesn’t include the 8 Sam’s Club stores, either. (25 mile radius, since they don’t allow a smaller circle.)
From Sperari’s blog:
Sperari ? From the Department of Really Unfortunate Advertisements Department
From ESPN.com: Page 2 - Basking in the NFL drama By Bill Simmons
Funniest Phone Call: My Mom
She called me during the weekend to ask why Randy Johnson was called “The Big Unit,” saying, “I don’t get it; why would somebody be nicknamed after the size of their penis? Why is this allowed? I’m not going to be able to watch him pitch now, I’m going to be frightened that something will fly out.” When I responded that it was just a nickname and probably had nothing to do with his locker room prowess, she said, “Well, why would you want a nickname that makes you sound like a penis? Who would do that to themselves?”
(You know it’s a good weekend when you get to hear your mom say the word “penis” two times without wanting to light yourself on fire.)
James Duncan Davidson has an interesting point about the recent Mac OS X version release dates here.
According to this press release: MnDOT Press Release, the $400,000 cost of providing live, accurate traffic reports and continuous coverage during serve incidents, is not worth the cost.
They say that the motorist can buy satellite radio or use any other radio station’s traffic broadcast. The KBEM reports are generally current and accurate. The other reports I have heard are neither. I have been at the area that they report as a crash and the area is completely cleared.
Contact Kevin Gutknecht (651) 284-0515 with your concerns. I, for one, believe this is one of the many things that the state used to right, to help motorists get around the metro area.
Thanks for the 15 years of service KBEM FM. I’ll miss the acurate and timely reports.
This meeting, the Vikings went to Lambeau Field and did what they couldn’t either home or road in the regular season. Get a win with 31 points.
After his second touchdown, Randy Moss gave the nation a show of what he’s all about. A very talented player with absolutely no class and no clue about the way a professional and adult should act. Unfortunately, Minnesota Vikings management feels that the correct way to deal with a star that can’t act professional, is to look the other way. Nice message for the kids out there. Act irresponsibly as long as you can play better than the next guy.
Vikings deserved the win. They took advantage of the Packers mistakes, and the Packers couldn’t get back from an early 17-0 deficit. Green Bay had a good season overall, but the defense needs a big overhaul. After their 1-4 start, they went 9-2. Minnesota won’t far quite as well next week more than likely. Even without TO, Philly won’t grant the Vikings the gifts that Green Bay did.
Oh well, go Vikes next week. Give the NFC North a good showing. Wait ’til next year….
Minnesota lost yesterday, but still made the playoffs, along with St Louis. Carolina didn’t win, and they’re out. Minnesota travels to Green Bay on Sunday (3:35pm CST) to play the Packers for the third time this season. Teams that are 2-0 in regular season play, are 10-5 in the third game. Go Packers!!
Well, Minnesota is hoping to get into the playoffs with either their win versus Washington or help from a loss or tie by either St Louis or Carolina.
Minnesota is feeling a bit under the weather with 10 or more player suffering from the effects of the flu. Randy Moss could be the backup QB on Sunday!! Go back to December 12th if you need a reason to be afraid of that!
Well, the much criticized Christmas Eve game has come and gone, with the Packers victorious in both games against the Vikings this year. It’s the first time in four seasons that Minnesota and Green Bay haven’t split the series.
Both games ended with the Packers winning 34-31 on a last second field goal, 858 total yards combined in the first game and 868 total yards yesterday. Packers went 2-2 on 4th and goal yesterday. Each team had success on kick returns: GB with 5 for 150 yards and MN with 5 for 152. Punt returns were not big: GB 1 for 7 yards and MN 3 for 3 yards.
All in all, a good game, but neither team can really brag about their defense.
Minnesota must either win in week 17 or get help from St Louis or Carolina this weekend to be a wild card team. Either team loses or ties, Minnesota will be in.
Have a safe and happy holiday.
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