Linky Links

Stuff I found interesting or amusing and thought I'd share.

- 10 ways to have a better conversation.

- Are McAfee's ratings worth ESPN's headaches? The fact people are wring about it says "yes" - besides this is the least of Disney's problems.

- Congrats to USA's Junior hockey!

- Tucker Carlson Episode 60 with Bret Weinstein.

A Confession but Not an Apology

I need to get something off my chest - I bet on the Canadian hockey team on Sunday. There I said it. This does not make me a traitor or a bad American. In my mind - it just means that I've finally realized that the purpose of placing bets is to win money (like last week when I took Cleveland over the Celtics).

Let's face it - the Canadian hockey team was just more talented than the American team. All I had to give up for an even money bet was one goal. I thought that an excellent bet and I took it. That doesn't mean I wasn't conflicted. I justified things to myself by saying my bet had no impact on the outcome (and it doesn't). I said to myself that "hey I bet on the American team on Friday." I saw Don Cherry wearing a pin supporting the troops and found some mental solace in that tidbit.

Besides - I thought this bet was a mortal lock! A sure thing! And it very nearly was.

Let's face it - the two goals the US scored were flukey. The first one should have been an offsides call and the puck just trickled through under Luongo's arm and uniform. He makes that save 99 out of 100 times. The second goal came with just seconds to play. The Canadian team should have flipped the puck at the empty net by then.

I will admit to rooting for the USA during overtime but wasn't too disappointed when Sid the Kid scored the winning goal since it meant a push for my bet.

If the same opportunity came up again. I'd make the same bet again. Probably for more money. I make no apologies.

Linky Links

Miscellaneous stuff I found interesting.

- Hitler's Reaction To Last Night's USA Hockey Victory Over Canada. The last line is killer.

- Won't some MLB team give Kris Benson a shot? Won't someone think of the boobies.

- Wow - this sounds like a bad episode of CSI meets NCIS. Amy Bishop may have booby-trapped buildings with herpes bombs.

- Double wow! Mariana Trench to scale

- Scorpion Venom Could Make a Safe Alternative to Morphine

- 10 animals with the longest life spans

- Photo gallery taken by orbiting astronaut in the last week

- Code of my blog set to music - this tune will be in my head all day

Linky Links

Some stuff I found interesting and wanted to share.

- Eric McErlain supports the troops and thinks the IOC is a bunch of tossers. I agree with both positions.

- Weapon of Choice - one of the best music videos ever! Christopher Walken 2012!

- Bugs and Cranks have 4 things about baseball that gets under their skin. I'll agree with pitch counts and Hall of Fame voting.

- Central Fall RI to fire every high school teacher. To which I say - Good! The school is among the worst in the state with the current teachers - how worse can they be with a new crop or just rehiring the teachers who want to be there? The union overplayed their hand badly. I think we'll start to see more examples of this hubris on the part of the teachers unions and the taxpayers sick of footing the bill.

- T-Shirt Wars. Great Stop Motion Video