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Monthly Archives: December 2010
Have A Happy Festivus
I’m just revisiting a post and video from last year’s momentus Festivus on account that another year has passed and another Festivus is upon us.
A Festivus for the rest of us
Today is Festivus, a secular holiday celebrated on December 23rd. The holiday, as portrayed in Seinfeld and now celebrated by many, includes practices such as the “Airing of Grievances”, in which each person tells everyone else all the ways they have disappointed him or her over the past year. After the meal the “Feats of Strength” are performed, involving wrestling the head of the household to the floor, with the holiday ending only if the head of the household is actually pinned down.
Top 15 Worst Sports Moments of All Time (via Listverse)
via Listverse
*whew* Morgan Freeman is NOT dead!
A great man and a great actor.
This man cannot be allowed to die. Seriously, he is far too awesome to lose to the grim reaper.
Information circulating on Twitter on Thursday alleging CNN reported that actor Morgan Freeman had died is a hoax.
via Who said Morgan Freeman is dead? Not us – This Just In – CNN.com Blogs.
Please Horc, Don’t Hurt ‘Em
Too Legit To Quit
If you’re a fan of the Edmonton Oilers, then this season could mark the light at the end of a very long and very dark tunnel you’ve been traveling through for about a decade. That being said, the tunnel isn’t as long as the tunnel the Toronto Maple Leafs have been driving through but… well, they’re the Leafs and they’re destined to suck for all of eternity.
There have been bright spots here and there; none of them burning brighter than the 2006 run for Lord Stanley’s Mug. With the Oilers coming out of nowhere all the way to game seven of the Stanley Cup final which, ironically, would spell the beginning of the end for the ‘old guard’ Edmonton Oilers. The team continued their tailspin for the next four seasons with the fourth season (2009-2010) marking the team hitting absolute rock-bottom; they finished dead last in the league, a first for the Edmonton Oilers.
Taylor Hall
However, with every death there is an inevitable rebirth. And at the NHL Entry Draft, the Oilers would use their 1st overall pick to select Taylor Hall to be their phoenix rising from the ashes of their burned-out team.
Previous draft years had yielded picks Magnus Paajarvi-Svensson, Jordan Eberle, Sam Gagner and the YouTube scoring wonder, Linus Omark. Going even further back, we can note players who have made it into the line-up on a consistent basis like Theo Peckham, Andrew Cogliano, Taylor Chorney (although not currently in the line up) and current backup goaltender, Devan Dubnyk.
Mixing a few wily veterans in with this much young talent, you get the feeling that it’s only a matter of time before the team can be considered to be a contender again.
I must admit that, in the past four seasons, I’ve been one of those fans who has been publicly chiding Kevin Lowe for offering up a multi-million dollar, multi-year deal to Shawn Horcoff after the 2006 Cup run. Prior to this season, number 10 had done little and offered up very little in the way of… well… anything of note since the spring of ’06.
This season, however, marks a pivotal time in Horcoff’s career. He would be named the 13th captain of the team and would centre two of the hottest young stars to enter the league, Jordan Eberle and the newly drafted Taylor Hall. With the roster being chock full of young players, the team needs a veteran player to step into a leadership role… a role that Tom Renney and the rest of the coaching staff feels belongs to Shawn Horcoff.
The 13th Captain
And not only has Horcoff been given the nod for the ‘C’, he’s also been centering two of the golden boys of the Oilers’ new era, Hall and Eberle. That’s no small responsibility; grooming these two young men into the future of the franchise. Let’s just hope that Horc is the guy that can do that… and with him out of the line-up due to knee injury, we hope that he can make his way back to continue working with not only these two rookies but leading the entire team. I’m not expecting great things to happen this year however, eventually, I think the Oilers can build themselves into a Stanley Cup contender… if they play their cards right.
And speaking of golden boys, let’s check out Linus Omark’s “cheeky” shootout goal from the other night against Tampa Bay… because I can never get tired of seeing this:
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The Royal Charts
Tracked by last.fm, here’s the most up to date list of the NJLE’s favourite songs as chosen by ME, the King:
Havatchoo!
The Black Knights always triumph!!
Why The Leafs Stink
The very definition of 'epic failure'.
It’s not bad luck. It’s not bad karma. What it takes to build a chronic loser.
A genuinely insightful article by Steve Maich published in Macleans on April 2, 2008 and has, somehow, gone unheeded by the Maple Leafs organization as nearly two years later and with no end in sight… the Leafs still stink.
God hates the blue and white — it’s that belief which binds together all those who call themselves citizens of Leafs Nation. On talk radio, in chat rooms, and in sports bars across the country (but mainly in southern Ontario) they share the misery of loving a team that does not give back. Not ever. Their bond is galvanized by the common struggle against forces beyond their control, and by the knowledge that they are hated (vehemently) by fans in Montreal, Calgary, Vancouver and beyond. It’s that sense of grievance and isolation that, in the absence of anything real to celebrate, holds them all together.
When Good XBoxes Go Bad
The Terrifying Next Step in Xbox Kinect Evolution: http://bit.ly/i6teMU
— Cracked.com (@cracked) December 7, 2010
Are Cartoons Actually Stopping Child Abuse?
It’s a phenomenon that seems to be gaining momentum on Facebook; many of my friends have spent the past few days changing their profile pictures and updating their statuses:
According to a Facebook Page that appears to be promoting the profile pic switch, this is the Campaign to End Violence Against Children – Childhood Cartoon Faces.
“Until Monday (Dec. 6), there should be no human faces on Facebook but an invasion of memories. This is for eliminating violence against children,” the page says. The undisclosed campaign creator asks Facebook users to change their profile pic and share the above statement in their status.
via Cartoons Invade Facebook to End Violence Against Children on Mashable.
Kick-ass stache, bro
I’m not going to beat around the bush; I think this “campaign” is a load of bullshit that ends up doing a disservice to the social issue that it is claiming to raise awareness of. Recent campaigns that have used the internet to propel their message include women updating their Facebook status with the colour of their bra (to get women thinking about a breast exam to catch breast cancer as early as possible) or the wildly popular Movember (to raise awareness and money in the name of prostate cancer).
Where these two campaigns differ from the current cartoon craze is that they both have a very distinct end goal in mind; to inspire people to be proactive about getting checked for two of the most common cancers plaguing young people. What message does this cartoon campaign promote? The inference is that changing your profile picture to a cartoon character will, somehow, be a positive move to eliminate violence against children.
Ok, great. Facebookers change their picture… now what? For 99.99% of people who change their picture in the time prior to December 6th, they will do absolutely nothing else. And why is that? Two reasons.
- The campaign has no direction. There isn’t even a link to the Facebook page promoting the campaign in any of the status updates. If there were, people could actually visit it to see that there are links to websites of organizations devoted to the stopping child abuse and donate some money.
- The issue of violence against children is extremely complex, often with roots in a myriad of social problems like poverty, alcohol and/or drug abuse or… well, the list goes on and on. With such a complex problem, trying to solve it or make a positive step is a daunting task that could require generations to even be able to make a dent.
I guess that one could say it has maybe inspired people to talk about it, at least. Raising awareness is a first step to making change. I’d say that, more likely, it gives people a false sense of satisfaction that they are doing something positive for the cause when, in fact, they haven’t done anything at all.