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Monthly Archives: January 2009
Good Planning
You can’t make stuff like this up, can you?
Read this story. How is that for a happy ending for the pirates?
So that was the plan?
Too Much :-)
Yep, that was my reaction. 
Check it out here.
Respect from Canadian Media for Alex
A major piece on Alex Ovechkin in the major Canadian media, check it out here and thank you.
We are Spoiled in a Good Way
We are all sad. We lost 3-0 at home last night to FALL to 18-2-1. My email is as you would expect today: trade this guy; fire that guy; bench this guy; play that video; call the league on the refs, etc. etc.
We took about 80 shots on goal, 45 or so that hit the goaltender and the rest that were blocked by teammates of Mason. Young Mr. Mason is in a zone. That is his 6th shutout of the year as a backup.
Columbus plays a Ken Hitchcock like trap. It is very effective as they have shut us out twice this season.
We also had a bit of bad luck with Boyd Gordon injuring himself in warm ups and it was too late to get another player to replace him on the ice. Just an odd game all around.
You can’t win them all and we can’t think too much about what might have been as we play tonight in Montreal in another big game. Chill.
Good Move
Thank you President-Elect Obama. The first bunch of cash infusion into the banks hasn’t reached consumers. Instead it went as dividend payments to bank shareholders or is propping up balance sheets or has been used to make acquisitions of other distressed banks by the bigger banks.
In fact, it is a non event. Half a trillion dollars and it was like spitting into the wind. It has had zero affect as intended. Consumers and small businesses haven’t received any of these dollars which is a shame if not bordering on criminal. This system must be fixed and fast before all of the money goes away and is used in a manner that was not intended by our Government. We must always remember that these dollars are OUR dollars, our tax dollars, and our balance sheet that the government uses to borrow this money. These deficits will be inherited by future generations. We must see a benefit from these loans. No one has signed up to help the banks if the banks won’t help consumers and businesses.
Show Your Colors
Here is a cool new interactive product offering from the Washington Capitals and AOL. Check it out.
Pray for a Great Man
Jack Kemp is a great man; a great leader for our country; a great businessman; a great athlete; a great husband and dad; and a great friend to us all. He is also a great Caps fan and is very close to several of our partners in our sports team.
It was announced that Jack has cancer and is now in the battle of his life. He is a fighter and he is strong and we have his back. Pray for Jack and his family. Get well soon my friend.
New indieWIRE A-coming
Check out this first person byline by Eugene Hernandez regarding the new indieWIRE, which will be unveiled at Sundance later this month. I think folks will love the look, feel and new capabilities of the service. I am proud that we acquired indieWIRE and believe it is the ultimate one stop shop of all info and news regarding indie films in the entire universe. I have been using the new service behind a firewall and think it is really terrific. I think you all will like it as well.
Good
Good. Some of our players were disrespected. Good. They will play with a chip on their shoulder for the rest of the season. They can rest up for the second half of the season too. Good.
Good. We respect them and treat them like All-Stars. We will pay them like All-Stars too. Good. Our fans treat them like they are All-Stars too because they are, right? Good.
We will learn that the way we will get the respect we deserve is to win a Stanley Cup. Good.
End of this subject. Good.