11/06/09: Friday Five

Pre-S. I know I can't count anymore...

Magnus Opum: Bands' best CDs (so far for some)

Minus the Bear - Planet of Ice (They Make Beer Commericals Like This is a close second)
Bjork - Vespertine <-- This one is probably my favorite of the bunch. Radiohead - OK Computer
Jimmie's Chicken Shack - Bring Your Own Stereo
The Mars Volta - De-Loused in the Comatorium
Soundgarden - Superunknown
Alice in Chains - Dirt
Stone Temple Pilots - Tiny Music...Songs from the Vacitan Gift Shop


That's about all the bands I have all or most of their albums. Most other bands I like I only have a few albums or only buy the songs I like.

Suck it Trebek,
Mike

Friday Five Six, 04/04/08

The best hockey players ever, including the future...

GOALIE:
Martin Brodeur - I know, you think I should have said Patrick Roy (I say it "Patty Roy", where Roy is pronounced like boy...) But, the truth is Brodeur is just better. Better save percentage, better win percentage, better GAA. Like 30 more shoutouts, all in 2 less seasons. Brodeur only had one season where his save percentage was under .900, his first. Roy had three. If Brodeur plays next year, and wins games at only 2/3 rate he has throughout his career, he'll best Roy for most wins ever. And next season he could conceivable pass Terry Sawchuk for the most shut-outs ever. The only thing going against Broduer is play-off wins, but maybe Roy just played on better teams. Oh yeah, there's also that one thing in 2001, when Roy and the Colorado Avalanche beat Brodeur and the Devils in the Stanley Cup finals, but we can look the other way on that for now.

DEFENSEMEN:
Bobby Orr - One time, while killing a penalty, Orr kept possession of the puck for more than one minute. The only reason he lost possession? He scored a shorthanded goal. Orr is arguably the first offensive defensemen though he didn't slack on defense. (Canadiens spell it defence, but they were taught by British folks, and we all know they speak English wrong.) He was known to often take the puck the length of the ice, meaning he gained control of the puck while playing defense. When he retired early due to knee problems (I think it was knees), the NHL was bright enough to realize what they just saw end, and he was inducted into the hall of fame at age 31, younger than anyone else.


Doug Harvey - Doug Harvey played hockey before I was born, but for some reason people seem to think he was one of the best defensemen ever. He played on 11 consecutive all star teams and won the Norris trophy seven times. Frankly, I think that everyone considers him one of the best because he had two first names. But not just that, they are both cool, asskicking, rough names: Doug and Harvey. He's actually from Frenchy Frencherville, so his name could have easily been Claude Michele, Jean LaPoof or something super soft and girly, but no, he was just Doug Harvey.

OFFENSEMEN:
Mario Lemieux - Mario Lemieux basically was the offense when he played for the Penguins. He scored almost 60% of the teams goals during his span. He scored 10 shorthanded goals twice in a season, one of those seasons he had 13--more than anyone else. One time he scored 5 goals in one game: one even strength, one shorthanded, one on the power play, one of a penalty shot, and one into an empty net. Plus Lemieux was banged up quite a bit. I can only imagine that he'd be a lot closer to Gretsky's gretaness if he wasn't hurt so much. Only Gretsky scored more points per game then Lemieux over the course of their respective careers. If Lemieux didn't come back after surviving cancer, he would have averaged more points per games than Gretsky.

Mike Bossy - Bossy was one of the best shooters. He scored 50 goals in 9 straight seasons, even Gretsky didn't do that. Along with Gretsky and Lemieux, he was one of the few players to score 50 or more goals in the first 50 games of the season. He scored more goals per game than other other player in NHL history. And even though his name was Bossy, he won the Lady Byng trophy for good sportsmenship 3 times, in only 10 NHL seasons. Like Orr, his career was cut short by injuries.

Wayne Gretsky - I really don't need to say anything here, but I will. 2,857 points in 1,487 games. That's the most points ever, the most that there ever will be and best points per game ever (almost 2). In second place (a distance second) is Mark Messier, "only" 970 points less at 1,887. And he needed over 250 more games than Gretsky to get that close. (Close is still pretty far away.) Gretsky scored at least 50 goals in the first 50 games of a season three times. One of those times, he scored 61 goals through 50 games. He scored 10 hat tricks in a season twice. He scored more points in one season then anyone ever will (215) and more goals in one season (92) and more assists in one season (163). He can fly and eat nails. Also, he was in a cartoon with Bo Jackson and Michael Jordan. (Michael Jordan is the best athlete ever, so that's pretty cool for Gretsky too.)


People who could have made the list, but didn't:
Patrick Roy
Guy Lafleur
Rocket Richard
Sidney Crosby
Chuck Norris
Ray Bork bork bork

Friday Five 12/07/07

Fortunately, Meglo*Life is a large enough company that I often overhear people saying stupid and/or funny things. Unfortunately though, I am also exposed to lots of idiots.

Five things I wish I could say to people at work, but I won't, based on past experiences.

1. As two women stop to chat in the middle of the hall:

"Hey, I have an idea for you?! Why don't you just stop to talk right in the middle of the hall? People love it when you get in their way! We really have nowhere else to go, and walking around your stupid asses helps us burn extra calories. You should get some kind of fitness-helper award. Hooray for you. Idiots."

2. As the elevator is about to close and someone (who is not handicap or 400 lbs) holds it up, only to get on to ride up one floor:

"Good thing the elevator is here for you, or else, how would you get your lethargic ass to your desk. Sloth nuts."

3. To the guy who cleverly backs his car into the 'Motorcycle only' parking spaces, narrowly missing other parked cars and two huge cement posts designed to prevent cars from parking there:

"Hey asshole, see those two huge cement posts and the sign that says 'Motorcycle parking only?' That means your crusty ass, 3 cyclinder, spray paint black and Bondo® gray colored, 1989 Toyota Celica, which must have a hole in the muffler, isn't supposed to park there, you inconsiderate, lazy shit."

4. To the lady who uses speaker phone to call, and talk to, her assistant (who sits 15 feet away):

"Here's a megaphone. Pinch your noise when you use it: Your grating voice isn't quite loud or annoying enough. I'm glad the world revolves around you. Seriously, your arm wattle is hot."

5. To the guy who walks across the building, (with a print out of a vague exhibit he asked me to fill out with ambiguous directions), to tell me a different number belongs in the "other" category:

"Oh I know it's wrong. I filled in the 'other' number wrong on purpose. I just wanted to see if you were stupid enough to: a.) print out the exhibit, write the correct numbers on it in ink, and walk over here instead of emailing it to me, and b.) too dumb to just fill in the correct number on an exhibit I couldn't care two donkey craps about. Guess what? You passed, you are truly a moron. I still can't figure out how you manage to get your pants on in the morning."

Someone once said I was sarcastic. Or did they say I was just a jerk?

Friday Five 11/30/07

I love food. It's usually my favorite thing to eat. The best thing about food is, not only is it delicious, but without it, you would die.
Michelle makes me food too, which is good, since as I already stated, I love food and I need food.

Five Awesomely Delicious Meals that Michelle makes for me, because she knows what's good for her (and what's good for me)
The order is not important

#1. Chicken(or Country) Fried Steak - It sounds weird but it's so good it makes me tear a phonebook in half.

#2. "Little Hat" Pasta stuff with pancetta, prosciutto, and peas - I eat this stuff so quickly, my stomach explodes!

#3. Chicken Pot Pie - There's no need to type anything about this awesomely delicious meal, so I won't even type this sentence you're reading.

#4. Pasta e Fagioli - This soup is so good I eat it until I stop.

#5. Corn Salsa - It's not the kind of stuff you'd eat on chips. It's got some heat to it, and nice with chicken and cool wheat beer.

Boner petite!

Friday Five 7/27/07

Top Five Lightsaber duels, from the Stars Wars movies, not the books, or comics, or some geeks on YouTube!, in order from good to best:

#5. Darth Vader vs. Obi Wan, Episode 4 - This is the first time you actually get to see a lightsaber duel. Pretty cool symbolically too, since Obi Wan's death is the catalyst to Luke's pursuit of the force.

#4. Yoda vs. Count Dooku, Episode 2 - Sure, a little green dude-thing that can barely hobble around with a cane all of a sudden can flip and jump and what not. It's pretty cheesy and I'm sure some real fans of the franchise chuckled when Yoda went all apeshit. I did. But through out all the movies you constantly hear about how awesome of a jedi Yoda is, and finally, you get to see it. I liked that.

#3. Yoda vs. Darth Sidious (Emperor Palpatine), Episode 3 - Again, Yoda goes all nuts, but this time, it's against a better bad guy. I also like this fight for reasons similar to #4. In the original trilogy, why would this awesomely bad ass dude like Vader serve some crusty old raisin faced short dude wrapped in a blanket? In the duel against Yoda, we get to see that Palpatine really can whoop up on some jedi trader punks if he needs to.

#2 . Darth Vader vs. Obi Wan, Episode 3 - During this is battle, Darth Vader is still mostly human. This fight is not only wonderfully choreographed with great special effects and cool music, but it's also highly significant to the plot of the story. Without the defeat of Anakin here, who knows if Darth Vader would ever become beaten down enough to be subservient to the emperor enough to go along with the emperor's plans.

#1. Darth Vader vs. Luke Skywalker, Episode 6 - How can this not be the top lightsaber battle? It's the climax of the story, and it restores order to the galaxy once again (until all the damn Expanded Universe books came out.) Luke shows he has become a true jedi and the good that's still inside of Anakin is finally set free. I especially love the part after Darth Vader has been knocked down by Luke and the emperor is using force lightning to kill Luke. Even though he has a helmet on, the camera angles and music make the emotions on Darth Vader's perfectly clear. It's such a great scene. Thinking about it now brings a tear to my eye. R.I.P., as one with the force, Jedi Master Anakin Skywalker.

May the force be with you.

Friday five 7/20/07

Five delicious beers that are not big time commerical beers (in CT):
- Barrington Brewery Nut Brown: Tasty brown ale, like Newcastle, only slightly better
- Thunder Hole Ale: Frighteningly named brown ale (not about your butt), again better than Newcastle.
- Stone Ruination IPA: Excellently hoppy and bitter, drunkness inducing brew. Not distributed in CT.
- Sierra Nevada Porter: Good in late Autumn and winter, by the fire, with a naked chick by your side- reminds of Robots due to Vermont vacations and reading selections
- Long trail Hefeweizen - an actual, real, (but introductory), hefeweizen! Long trail is pretty big in CT, but I doubt anyone drinks this particular style of beer.

That's all, piss off.

Friday Five: The new Movie

Not really a movie.

Here is a list of the Friday Fives so far.

11/06/2009
04/04/2008
12/07/2007
11/30/2007
7/27/2007
7/20/2007
6/22/2007
6/15/2007

Friday Five 6/29/07

My iPod has over 3,000 songs in it. That's like 192 hours worth of music. I usually listen to it at work, since: a) The lady next to me talks very loud and all day long, and; b) I work about 192 hours a day.

Right now, I'm listening a song called Just Kickin' Like A Wild Donkey. It's okay.

I have a lot of different kinds of music on there from classical, jazz, real heavy metal, awesome, and even a little bluegrass.

I have a lot of favorites, but only a few real favorites. The thing is, some of my favorite albums aren't always by my favorite bands. It's actually pretty rare that I like every song on an album. There are only a few albums I have that I do.

Five albums I can almost always listen to (I don't need to be in the mood) and I pretty much like every song on the album, even though the band is probably not one of my favorites unless they are:
(the order is sort of mostly meaningful)

OK Computer - Radiohead (11 of 12 songs - Fitter Happier isn't really a song anyway)
Superunknown - Soundgarden (14 of 15 - Spoonman is just too stupid for me)
Bring Your Own Stereo - Jimmie's Chicken Shack (13 of 13)
Dirt - Alice in Chains (13 of 13)
...And Justice for All - Metallica (9 of 9)

By the way, I purposely excluded "Greatest Hits" and "Best of" albums.

P.S. I don't intend for this blog to become a weekly top five list, it's just that I haven't done too much worth writing about lately.

Friday Five 6/22/07

First Five Inductees into the Limpiefoot Hall of Fame:
All time rank included
1. Sean - multiple MVPs, one of the founding fathers
2. Dave - 'el loco
2. Jamie - protecting the innocent from violence
4. Nate - even though he wore shorts on his head
5. Jon - cheesegrater incident aside...

Firday Five

Ha ha ha...

Damn...that's some funny ship. A real knee slapper.

Word. You know that this blog is all about what I'm always doing sometimes. (Right now, I'm stratching myself and typing with only one hand.) Back to two hands.

But I wonder if all three of you actually read the blog because I type funny stuff.

Anyway. On Fridays, I'll post a list of five things. This way you'll always know that I'll update the blog at least once a week.

PS. Some Fridays I won't post a list of five things, but I'll try to do it most Fridays. And I'll spell Friday correctly in the title next time too.

Since today is Friday, I figured I'd start today.

The order is almost always meaningless, unless it isn't.

Five songs by musicians you likely haven't heard off that may be worth a listen if you might like that sort of thing:

- Cat Power -The Greatest
- The Fall of Troy-Cut Down All the Trees and Name the Streets After Them
- This Holiday Life-Firefly
- Imogen Heap-Headlock
- Coulter-Delta (Hold and Fix)
- Tin Hat Trio-Happy Hour (comes in a close sixth)