The bad news - over 500 viruses were making themselves at home inside my laptop. The good news - extended warranties for both the laptop and the Geek Squad services saved my bacon - and you all know how much I like Bacon. A complete scrub, rebuild and the latest in real-time virus and spyware protection later - my laptop is running like a brand new machine. It has much better manners - no sending out spam when mommy's not looking. Let's see: 3.5 yr old pc laptop with 2 new hard drives, 3 complete scrubs, I've dumped 2 different anti-virus programs and pitched Spysweeper out the window. I'm now using Kaspersky Anti-Virus which is a combo anti-virus/spyware sweeper. According to the Geek Squad it is the most exceltastic (the geek's word, not mine) piece of ANTI-EVERYTHING-BAD software out there right now. Yeah, well, that's okay for now but that small rash I'm developing is what's known as MAC envy. One more go round with a virus and I'm going for the cure: macbookpro. Although, seriously Apple - you can't put a friggin' 10-key pad on your laptops??
Too Much Pressure For One Kitty To Handle
For years, I've been telling folks that I'm coming back in my next life as one of two beings:
- A Cat - Sleep all day in the sun, eat when I want, dole some love when I feel like it, curl up on a soft bed at night (when not prowling about as I'm prone to do), and best of all - somebody else cleans my bathroom.
- A Man - Never having to find just the right pair of shoes, no clue - or expectation to have a clue - about relationships, distinguished aging, and best of all - the ability to pee standing up. I have to admit, up until last week it's been a tight contest for my choice of afterlife existence.
Then Vicki called and made the choice very easy for me, or rather her cat did.
The Brousseau kitty leads a great life: house to live in, furniture upon which to lay, unlimited buffet of cat food and fresh water to partake in. Kitty has toys to play with, laps to curl up in and yes, there's a human who scoops the poop out of her litter box. And that's where Vicki discovers there may a problem with Kitty. After $240.00 in tests and a consultation with the vet it's been determined that Kitty suffers from "Stress-Induced-Colitis". The cat. The cat who lives inside a house. The cat who never wants for anything, except maybe a few more hours of sunshine this time of year. Kitty has always been skittish and somewhat anti-social with strangers in the house. She'll spend hours under the bed when someone new comes to visit or if there are rambunctious kids running through the rooms. Apparently this skittishness has taken a toll on Kitty. She's on medications to help in her recovery and she should be just fine going forward. Except that everyone knows how much fun it is to give a cat medication by mouth. Rates right up there with giving a cat a bath. So, good luck with that, Vicki. I gotta tell you folks, after hearing this, it's a no-brainer decision for me on the hereafter...I'm coming back as a man. Clearly they've got the easier life, er - afterlife, okay - both.
Class of 2010
Finally, after all these years. The first women hockey players are inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame. And for you naysayers out there - suck it and stuff it. At least the women play 100% every game, every night. How many Wild players can say that, huh? Women hockey players understand what a privilege it is to play a sport for a living, or to represent their country. They understand how much harder they have to work at it just to get a 'pretty good' from all of you sexist, armchair know-it-alls.
Angela James
She's been compared to NHL players: “the aggressiveness of Mark Messier with the goal-scoring ability of Mike Bossy.” Angela has played every position, including goalie. She has represented Team Canada in women’s hockey competitions … including in roller hockey.
- Won four world hockey championship gold medals: in 1990, 92, 94 and 97.
- Won a medal in 12 world championships overall, with a whopping eight MVP awards.
- MVP of the now-defunct COWHL in 1991.
- Other Hall of Fame inductions include: IIHF Hall of Fame, Canadian Sports Hall of Fame and Black Hockey and Sports Hall of Fame.
- Will be the first black woman inducted into the Hockey Hall Of Fame
Cammi Granato
Granato is the sister of current Pittsburgh Penguins assistant coach and former NHL player Tony Granato. She even earned an invitation to the New York Islanders’ training camp by then-GM Mike Milbury in 1997, although she declined it. Cammi grew up in hockey, played hockey, married into hockey.
- Earned a gold medal (1998) and silver medal (2002) in the Olympics as a part of Team USA.
- Won one gold and eight silver medals at the IIHF World Women Championships.
- Will join Angela James as the first women to be inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame.
- Was also inducted into the IIHF Hall of Fame at the same time as James.
- Won the 1996 USA Hockey Women’s Player of the Year award.
Dino Ciccarelli
Ciccarelli played more than 1,200 games with five different teams and accomplished much. Although he's never won a Stanley Cup he's one of just 18 players to surpass the 600 goal mark and one of 45 players to pass the 1,200 career points mark. Ciccarelli made four All-Star teams in his career.
- 608 career goals (2 shy of Bobby Hull) and 512 assists. Say what you will about him, but the bottom line is that he scored a ton in his career - a total of 1,200 points in 1,232 games.
- In 141 playoff games played, he scored 73 goals and 45 assists for 118 points and registered 211 PIM.
- Sin Bin Totals: Ciccarelli finished his regular season career with 1,425 PIM.
- He was never drafted, look it up.
- Nicknamed the 'GarbageMan' - "It's just a matter of getting the puck on the net and getting traffic in front of the goalies. I don't know why more teams don't do it. I still believe 90% of the goals scored are ugly goals, 10% are pretty goals. You won't find many of mine on the highlight films," explained Ciccarelli.
- Also nicknamed 'Dino The Dinosaur' - just happened to coincide with the inflatable green mascot for Sinclair Oil Company. Those things still have a life of their own. You can find them on ebay and more importantly, in the State of Hockey Anthem video - check the 0.37 mark.
- Ciccarelli played 10 seasons with the Minnesota North Stars. Twice Dino scored 50 goals in a season. He was second only to Brian Bellows for scoring the most goals in Minnesota North Star history.
Because I'm always thinking of ways to amuse Robyn -
Walk The Dinosaur
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