Take one goalie fight in a recent game that ended with the New York Islanders’ starter, Rick DiPietro, getting one-punched (and a broken jaw) from the Penguins back-up goalie, Brent Johnson
That game also saw Maxime Talbot of the Pens hit Blake Comeau of the Isles causing a concussion on Comeau
Let feelings simmer for a couple weeks.
Add six unanswered early goals by the (usually) hapless New York Islanders in the rematch with the (usually) much stronger Penguins
Stir-in the Penguins’ own frustrations having lost their star player, Sidney Crosby (and really, the league’s star player) with his own concussion injuries which rumours are starting to say just before the game happens might be the end of Crosby’s season completely
Spice with an NYI call-up from the AHL who has a nose for the net (and for other player’s noses) looking to prove something
Dating site, OKCupid, has a really interesting blog where they draw on their massive data pool from site members profiles and interactions to come up with some revealing information.
The Superbowl is always one of the most watched TV events of the year so most people probably saw this live yesterday or have heard about it by now.
So you probably also know that Christina Aguilera screwed up the words to the US national anthem before the game.
What you might not know is that there is evidence this happened because she (or her handlers or the person who programmed the teleprompter or whoever) took the incorrect lyrics from Wikipedia. I love Wikipedia to death but authority is definitely not its strong suit!
We have a PVR on our TV and one of the biggest benefits for me is the ability to all but avoid commercials – either by recording programs and watching them at a later time or even while watching a show in near real-time.
This is especially useful for “event” television like oh, I don’t know, the SUPER BOWL? (Did anybody catch Dana Carvey on SNL last night? I’m having flashbacks obviously!)
I’ve become a master of watching the first five or so minutes of a program then going away and doing something else for half an hour or an hour then coming back and watching the rest of the program in near-real time. With the ability to fast forward through all the commercials. I’ve even become so skilled that I frequently am able to “catch up” to live TV just as the hockey game or football game or whatever is nearly over so I can still watch the ending live!
It’s so wonderful to “gain” that hour at the start of the show to do something constructive rather than “getting more chips” or “bathroom break” which is about all you have time to do during the commercials if you’re watching live.
The only caveat – make sure you *never* log in to Facebook, Twtiter or pretty much anywhere online if you don’t want to have the score spoiled for you! (Even last night, watching the Flames game on HNIC, my iPhone kept beeping with push notifications every time a goal was scored. I didn’t look at it so at least I didn’t know *who* had scored!)
Believe it or not, RPL offers ~5000 programs a year. This was one of the best (and most successful) I’ve been to, popping down during my lunch hour last week:
