Here's a video I came across of an Italian National Soccer Team practice.
Just file it under "funny because it's true".
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Tuesday, June 27, 2006
Friday, June 23, 2006
12 out of 16 isn't bad...
So, the round robin is over, and the round of 16 begins tomorrow. I successfully picked 12 of the 16 teams that went through. In Group A, Equador went through instead of Poland, in Group H, Ukraine (is STRONG!) went through instead of Tunesia, and I got E completely wrong as Italy and Ghana finished ahead of the Czechs and USA. So, here are my picks for the next round.
Germany vs. Equador - Germany wins. The home field advantage is just too much.
Argentina vs. Mexico - As much as I hate to pick them, Argentina is too impressive so far... They win handily.
England vs. Equador - I pick England, but they aren't looking great so far this tournament. But they should have enough to beat Equador.
Portugal vs. The Netherlands - Are you kidding? Portugal is a mere speed hump on Holland's path. Although, in seriousness, it'll be a good game since they're both strong teams.
Italy vs. Australia - I want nothing more (beside the Netherlands winning it all) than for Australia to win this one. I pick the Socceroos.
Switzerland vs. Ukraine - The Ukraine is not weak... The Ukraine is STRONG! (Hey! The same joke twice in one post... I'm getting my money's worth) However, kudos to the Swiss for finishing atop their group over France. The Swiss move on.
Brazil vs. Ghana - I think the African teams are the most entertaining to watch. However, the last remaining African team faces the defending champions, and Brazil should advance. Now, I'm off to locate Ghana on a map.... Hey! There it is, right between Cote d'Ivoire and Togo... That region had a lot of teams.
Spain vs. France - This could be the match to look forward to, but France certainly hasn't impressed. They certainly have the talent to win, but I'm going with Spain for this one.
Germany vs. Equador - Germany wins. The home field advantage is just too much.
Argentina vs. Mexico - As much as I hate to pick them, Argentina is too impressive so far... They win handily.
England vs. Equador - I pick England, but they aren't looking great so far this tournament. But they should have enough to beat Equador.
Portugal vs. The Netherlands - Are you kidding? Portugal is a mere speed hump on Holland's path. Although, in seriousness, it'll be a good game since they're both strong teams.
Italy vs. Australia - I want nothing more (beside the Netherlands winning it all) than for Australia to win this one. I pick the Socceroos.
Switzerland vs. Ukraine - The Ukraine is not weak... The Ukraine is STRONG! (Hey! The same joke twice in one post... I'm getting my money's worth) However, kudos to the Swiss for finishing atop their group over France. The Swiss move on.
Brazil vs. Ghana - I think the African teams are the most entertaining to watch. However, the last remaining African team faces the defending champions, and Brazil should advance. Now, I'm off to locate Ghana on a map.... Hey! There it is, right between Cote d'Ivoire and Togo... That region had a lot of teams.
Spain vs. France - This could be the match to look forward to, but France certainly hasn't impressed. They certainly have the talent to win, but I'm going with Spain for this one.
Friday, June 09, 2006
It Begins...
About 5 minutes until the kickoff of the first game at the World Cup in Germany. To start with, the host country Germany will play Costa Rica. Holy crap, what a great tournament this will be. Personally, I've entered three pools: Two office pools and one online pool. Here's how the standings will pan out for each group (the first two teams advance from each group)... and you can take it to the bank.
That's right, I picked the USA to advance over Italy. You can't go with all the favourites, or you'll never win a pool. What are ya gonna do about it?
Anyway, the tournament ends on July 9th, with Holland defeating Brazil. Again... take it to the bank.
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Oh, and by the way, I've been watching the first 15 minutes of this first game and all I gotta say is that all the games in HD are going to be GREAT!
Group A
Germany
Poland
Costa Rica
Ecuador
Group B
England
Sweden
Trinidad and Tobago
Paraguay
Group C
Netherlands
Argentina
Servia and Montenegro
Cote d'Ivoire
Group D
Mexico
Portugal
Angola
Iran
Group E
Czech Republic
USA
Italy
Ghana
Group F
Brazil
Australia
Croatia
Japan
Group G
France
Switzerland
Korea Republic
Togo
Group H
Spain
Tunisia
Saudi Arabia
Ukriane
That's right, I picked the USA to advance over Italy. You can't go with all the favourites, or you'll never win a pool. What are ya gonna do about it?
Anyway, the tournament ends on July 9th, with Holland defeating Brazil. Again... take it to the bank.
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Oh, and by the way, I've been watching the first 15 minutes of this first game and all I gotta say is that all the games in HD are going to be GREAT!
Thursday, June 01, 2006
How About A Picture To Pass The Time?
I decided that after it rained yesterday, it was a good opprotunity to take a nice panoramic shot off my balcony. Here are the results.
Thursday, May 25, 2006
Oilers Fans
Did you catch Game 3 of the Oilers vs. Ducks series on Tuesday night. What a fantastic game! Or, more accuately, what a third period! Eight goals, and a monstrous near-comeback by Anaheim. Crazy.
But actually this caught my attention... Before the game, the crowd was sing the national anthem so loudly, the singer actually stopped and held up the microphone and let the crowd finish the job. It was just amazing. I always thought that would be a great idea... a perfect way to really get the home crowd into it even more. There's a video of it posted on the web here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=meLpuF9UMvk. Those are quite the fans over there in Edmonton. Being a Leafs fan, I think we're pretty good, but I could never imagine the suits in the Air Canada Centre ever doing something like this. Good for Edmonton... I hope they win the cup.
But actually this caught my attention... Before the game, the crowd was sing the national anthem so loudly, the singer actually stopped and held up the microphone and let the crowd finish the job. It was just amazing. I always thought that would be a great idea... a perfect way to really get the home crowd into it even more. There's a video of it posted on the web here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=meLpuF9UMvk. Those are quite the fans over there in Edmonton. Being a Leafs fan, I think we're pretty good, but I could never imagine the suits in the Air Canada Centre ever doing something like this. Good for Edmonton... I hope they win the cup.
Thursday, May 11, 2006
>: PRINT LOG? Y/N
"Hey! All I have to type is Y.
Hey, Miss Doesn't-find-me-attractive-sexually-anymore: I just tripled my productivity!"
Not that I'm rating every episode and ranking them, but last night's episode of Lost was one of the best. A new Dharma station... Pneumatic tubes... More intrigue!
There has been something bugging me lately though. It seems that the characters are way too complacent with their situation. I know some people don't want off the island (ala Rose and Bernard), but it seems everyone just doesn't seem interested in discovering what the crap is going on around them. Like when Kate found the medical station and didn't mention it, Locke seeing the map that he didn't tell anyone about... and now there are these pneumatic tubes which, according to the video, "goes directly to us". Shouldn't they be all over this stuff? Either they don't care anymore, or they don't trust each other for some reason... maybe they think they're in a treasure hunt, and sharing information will cost them the prize.
And another thing... the video mentioned a ferry... A FREAKIN' FERRY! And most likely Locke and Eko will keep the info to themselves or block it from their memory and they'll go back to sitting on the beach or livin' it up in the hatch. Seriously, if I was there, I'd be searching for all kinds of tunnels and sources of power. It'd be sweeter than exploring the tunnels at UW.
Anyway, at least the show looks really sweet on my new TV.
Hey, Miss Doesn't-find-me-attractive-sexually-anymore: I just tripled my productivity!"
Not that I'm rating every episode and ranking them, but last night's episode of Lost was one of the best. A new Dharma station... Pneumatic tubes... More intrigue!
There has been something bugging me lately though. It seems that the characters are way too complacent with their situation. I know some people don't want off the island (ala Rose and Bernard), but it seems everyone just doesn't seem interested in discovering what the crap is going on around them. Like when Kate found the medical station and didn't mention it, Locke seeing the map that he didn't tell anyone about... and now there are these pneumatic tubes which, according to the video, "goes directly to us". Shouldn't they be all over this stuff? Either they don't care anymore, or they don't trust each other for some reason... maybe they think they're in a treasure hunt, and sharing information will cost them the prize.
And another thing... the video mentioned a ferry... A FREAKIN' FERRY! And most likely Locke and Eko will keep the info to themselves or block it from their memory and they'll go back to sitting on the beach or livin' it up in the hatch. Seriously, if I was there, I'd be searching for all kinds of tunnels and sources of power. It'd be sweeter than exploring the tunnels at UW.
Anyway, at least the show looks really sweet on my new TV.
Thursday, April 27, 2006
A Wii Revolution
So, Nintendo has officially named their next console, which had been using the codename "Revolution". The new name is, wait for it... "Wii" (pronounced "we"). Seriously? Wii? I had thought since it had been referred to as "Revolution" for so long, that the name would stick. I kinda liked "Revolution", but "Wii"? I just can't imagine saying things like, "I'm going to play some Wii", or "Want to have a game on my Wii". Just something not right about that. Oh well, I'll still buy it.
Sunday, April 23, 2006
Maybe I'm Being Told Something
You may remember this post from a couple months ago announcing that I had bought myself a new 50" DLP rear-projection HDTV. After all that fanfare and excitement, it sure is weird that nothing has been said about it since. Well, as most of you know by now, I had some problems with the TV and to make a really long a bitter story short, I ended up returning it to Futuresh**.
Of course, I still wanted a TV, but I took a step back to evaluated just the type I wanted. After going around to local electronic stores after my ordeal, I found a general low opinion of DLP technology, which convinced by to go another route. Then Dave got his plasma, and it all started to come together for me. Plasma was the way to go. Of course, these sleek sets are a bit more expensive than the DLPs, so to stay in the same price range I'd have to get a smaller size, or to stay with the same size, I'd have to add a considerable amount of money to the budget.
After consulting the latest Consumer Reports for plasmas and noticing a sale, I decided to go with the 42" plasma HDTV from Dell.
So, after ordering it on Wednesday, April 12 I was sent a confirmation email indicating the approximate delivery date to be Thursday, April 20. A few days went by, and checking the order status on Dell's website, I saw the date had been pushed back to Friday, April 21. No big deal. So, on Friday I was quite excited, however no TV came. The Dell site still says Friday as the delivery date, and the delivery company's site (Canadian Freightways) doesn't recognize the tracking number. So, I might get a TV tomorrow... I might not... I have no idea. I'm a little frustrated with this whole ordeal, going back to the Futuresh** incident. Sometimes I wonder why things don't just go as planned. Maybe I'm being told something along the lines of "you shouldn't be buying a TV", and the Dell will break down 4 days after owning it. I know, I know... there are worse things in the world to be frustrated with, so I'll just stop now that I've sufficiently vented. Well, if it eventually works out, you can come over and watch some quality HD programming like 24 or Lost.
UPDATE - I was just surfing the web, checking out my Air Miles balance. I noticed that if I had clicked on a link from the Air Miles site to buy my Dell TV, I could have had upwards of 147 Air Miles. So yeah, I'm totally kicking myself now. Stupid! Stupid! Stupid!
Update 2 - Oh, I'm definately being told something. Something along the lines of "bend over".
Of course, I still wanted a TV, but I took a step back to evaluated just the type I wanted. After going around to local electronic stores after my ordeal, I found a general low opinion of DLP technology, which convinced by to go another route. Then Dave got his plasma, and it all started to come together for me. Plasma was the way to go. Of course, these sleek sets are a bit more expensive than the DLPs, so to stay in the same price range I'd have to get a smaller size, or to stay with the same size, I'd have to add a considerable amount of money to the budget.
After consulting the latest Consumer Reports for plasmas and noticing a sale, I decided to go with the 42" plasma HDTV from Dell.
So, after ordering it on Wednesday, April 12 I was sent a confirmation email indicating the approximate delivery date to be Thursday, April 20. A few days went by, and checking the order status on Dell's website, I saw the date had been pushed back to Friday, April 21. No big deal. So, on Friday I was quite excited, however no TV came. The Dell site still says Friday as the delivery date, and the delivery company's site (Canadian Freightways) doesn't recognize the tracking number. So, I might get a TV tomorrow... I might not... I have no idea. I'm a little frustrated with this whole ordeal, going back to the Futuresh** incident. Sometimes I wonder why things don't just go as planned. Maybe I'm being told something along the lines of "you shouldn't be buying a TV", and the Dell will break down 4 days after owning it. I know, I know... there are worse things in the world to be frustrated with, so I'll just stop now that I've sufficiently vented. Well, if it eventually works out, you can come over and watch some quality HD programming like 24 or Lost.
UPDATE - I was just surfing the web, checking out my Air Miles balance. I noticed that if I had clicked on a link from the Air Miles site to buy my Dell TV, I could have had upwards of 147 Air Miles. So yeah, I'm totally kicking myself now. Stupid! Stupid! Stupid!
Update 2 - Oh, I'm definately being told something. Something along the lines of "bend over".
Wednesday, April 12, 2006
Curling Champions
Tonight was the championship game for the B Division for our Thursday Night Curling League. We were able to ride our recent wave of success and win the game and the title. However, like the past 2 games, it wasn't easy.
We started off great... after conceding a point in the first, we went on a tear scoring 7 point in the next four ends. Up 7-1, we decided to play a defensive, take-out style game. That turned out to be folly. We weren't as good with our takeouts as we were with our draws, and we ended up letting them score two 3 point ends in a row... tying the game up heading into the last end. Luckily we got it back just in time to score one point to win the game.
What is the trophy one gets for being on the B Division Championship team? A 750mL bottle of Jamaican Rum, that's what! Boo-yeah!
We started off great... after conceding a point in the first, we went on a tear scoring 7 point in the next four ends. Up 7-1, we decided to play a defensive, take-out style game. That turned out to be folly. We weren't as good with our takeouts as we were with our draws, and we ended up letting them score two 3 point ends in a row... tying the game up heading into the last end. Luckily we got it back just in time to score one point to win the game.
What is the trophy one gets for being on the B Division Championship team? A 750mL bottle of Jamaican Rum, that's what! Boo-yeah!
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