A Pre-Drinking Live Blog

I drink. Likely too much. But I would argue that most of my best ideas emerge during that drinking sweet spot between being buzzed and drunk. Whether this is true or not, I can't remember. That's the problem with blasting through the buzz into drunkeness, you don't always remember what happened. But at the behest of others, I've decided to live blog my buzzed ramblings for posterity. Without further adieux...

• Maple Leafs fans are the Afghan tribesmen of the NHL. No one knows what they're so proud of, given their abomination of a country, but they're proud.. freakishly so actually.
• Just abandoned the Canucks-Leafs game for the Humanitarian Bowl starring Northern Illinois and Fresno State. Ladies and gentlemen, the 2010 NHL!
• Canucks vs. Leafs. 40 minutes. Two goals. I score more than that.. sexually. Actually no, no I don't. [Sad Face]
• The NCAA just sent a strong message to Cam Newton and Auburn by throwing the book AT OHIO STATE!? Congratulations Congress, you're no longer the most corrupt institution in America.
  

This Week's Poetry Corner

Starbucks line-up.
Three people
talking in line.
For five minutes.
Time to order.
Who wants what?
Nobody knows.
Bullet to head.

Edmonton: A Concise History

The City of Edmonton was founded in the summer of 1795 by Sir Thomas Wolfe of Manchester, England. Initially selected because of its proximity to the mighty North Saskatchewan River and its position on a hill overlooking the river valley, the city quickly expanded east and west during those early summer months. Sadly, the arrival of winter brought with it the lynching of Sir Thomas Wolfe. The city was subsequently named after the man responsible for the lynching, James Edmonton.

Required Reading for December

• From ESPN's The Sports Guy: How to Brainwash Your Daughter into Hating the Lakers. Simmons should be up for Parent of the Year for this. http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2/story?page=simmons/101201&sportCat=nba
• From Slate: The Federal Reserve (after Congress forced its to) finally comes clean about the emergency measures it took in 2008. Here's an interesting fun fact: Goldman Sachs would have failed without Fed loans (about $35 billion a day at one point). Also scary -- companies as seemingly sound (and foreign!) as Toyota, Harley Davidson, and Caterpillar also used the Fed facilities (to roll over commercial paper). http://www.slate.com/id/2276605/
• From the Department of the Obvious and the Ministry of Hypocrisy (via Wikileaks): Booze, sex and drugs in the house of Saud. http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/dec/07/wikileaks-cables-saudi-princes-parties
• Personally, I think Ricky Gervais is hilarious. I also knew he worked his atheism into his stand-up, which I admire and respect. However, I didn't know he was this well spoken about his disbelief in God. From the WSJ, Ricky Gervais explains why he doesn't believe in God: http://blogs.wsj.com/speakeasy/2010/12/19/a-holiday-message-from-ricky-gervais-why-im-an-atheist/ And the follow-up piece, Gervais answers critics of the previous piece: http://blogs.wsj.com/speakeasy/2010/12/22/does-god-exist-ricky-gervais-takes-your-questions/ Merry Christmas!!