It’s the 4th April – and other than it being a Friday there’s not much more interesting than that. I just wanted to keep in practice posting here.
Actually I have a few writing ideas which I’ll work on tonight or tomorrow. Hopefully it will feel good to spill out some of my mind.
Well the Sabres went from being the team with the best regular season record last year to blowing a game against Montreal tonight and failing to make the playoffs. They’re in good company as they aren’t the first team to fuck up like that. People can say what they want about losing Briere and Drury, but the Sabres were one of the top 5 goal scoring teams in the NHL. What killed them was a weakend defensive core and a goaltender who redefines streaky. If I were the Sabres GM I’d be looking to trade Miller over the off-season while he’s still under contract. Pick up a couple solid defenders for him because, despite his serious flaws, he’s still highly regarded in the league. There’s always a fair group of goalies in free-agency each year, and the Sabres should pick up a solid netminder. They don’t need someone who can have amazing nights for them, they need someone who is stable – a goalie who you know exactly what to expect from night after night. Miller is not that goalie. I respect his ability, but I don’t think he has his head in the game enough to be a guy who can play 70+ solid games for you in a season. Maybe a few more years and he’ll gain the consistancy he needs, but I don’t think the Sabres can afford to keep waiting for that year where his game settles down.
Damn do I love my truck.
I’ve had it for a little over a month now and I’ve really gotten used to driving it. It’s still weird to be driving a vehicle that didn’t have several previous owners by the time I got it, but I’m loving it. I’m slowly creeping up on 1,000 miles (to and from work puts about 18 miles a day on it). I’ve yet to take it out on a road trip but I am definitely looking forward to it. I’m not sure where and when that trip will be, but it’ll be all about the drive. Yes, gas prices are outrageous, and yes, one of the downsides to truck ownership is the paltry gas mileage, but that’s not going to stop me.
So far the only accessories I’ve gotten for it are all weather floor mats to replace that carpeted ones that were already looking pretty wrecked after only a couple of weeks. At some point I want to get the bed divider for it. There’s a few other things that I’ve been looking at as well. Of course with the wedding most of this is going to have to wait, but that’s okay, I’m going to have this truck for quite awhile.
I’ve never much been a fan of April’s fools. Tons of corny jokes, the fact that any internet site I read for entertainment is generally filled with so much made up crap (and most of it not overly clever) that it makes it unreadable. You can’t trust people. Not that I’m big on trust to begin with, but today only makes it worse.
Worse still when something relevant actually happens you’re not sure if you should believe it. Friends getting spontaneously married, or another friends house burning to the ground. Yes, both of these things have happened to people I know on April 1. Of course you are on gaurd and figure maybe they are just trying to pull something over on you. Personally I think the whole tradition is rubish, we should abolish the 1st and just start April on the 2nd instead.
In an effort to learn something new – I like to try and pick up one new skill a year – I think I’m going to attempt to learn Ruby on Rails. Why? Couldn’t tell you, but what the heck, all the cool kids seem to be doing it!
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