Well my friends (if there are any of you that still read this),
It's that time of year again. The time of year where optimism overshadows realism, where hopes and dreams cloud out rational thought. Yes, that's right, it's time for me to pick how many games the Lions will win this year.
Now, before i make my yearly pick, let me explain why I think the Lions will be FAR better this year than last...
Reason #1
The defensive line. Let's face facts, they sucked last year. They couldn't pressure the QB, thus making it easy for the recievers to get open, and the QB to pick apart our secondary. Let's look at the upgrades we've made. - we picked up Suh...a beast of a man drafted 2nd overall. We traded for Corey Williams, who plugs up the middle like no one else. WE also got Vanden-bosch as a free agent. He is a great pass rusher, and with these 3 guys, it will be tough to know who to double team. They WILL get pressure, and make it easier on the secondary. Our overall defensive numbers should get out of the basement of the league this year.
Reason #2
Our passing game will be MUCH improved. Stafford is in his second year at starting QB. The second year is where the biggest jump in talent level happens. He's a stud, and will throw double the TD's as INT's this year. Helping out will be the fact that we got a solid #2 reciever in burleson. They can't triple team calvin anymore. Adding to the help is Tony scheffler...a GREAT recieving TE that can stretch the middle of the field, making the safties stay honest, and not cheat to the outside recievers.
Reason #3
2 running backs! Finally Detroit can use 2 running backs with different strengths. We got Javid Best in the draft, and that guy can break plays wide open. Look him up on you tube...he's a speedster, with great hands out of the backfield. Giving Stafford one more option to throw to.
Ok, here's the prediction...
8-8.
I know what you're thinking, "chuck, it cold be higher than that". I know it could be, be we have a HARD schedule this year, and i prefer to have reachable expectations.
would i be suprised if they won 9 games, and made the playoffs? no....well, maybe, but i can tell you one thing, if the lions make the playoffs, i'll be there! mark my words!
-chuck out
Thursday, July 22, 2010
Monday, July 12, 2010
mach 15
Now, i may not be an expert on shaving, due to the fact that i have the facial hair of a pre-teen, and only shave a couple times per week, but are there that many men complaining about irritation from their razor? And complaning so much that different companies feel the need to advertise about "the most comfortable shave every during every comercial break?
The fusion pro glide for example is probably the sharpest metal known to man. The diagram clearly shows that a layer of the metal is peeled away, creating a thinner, and therefore sharper blade! The sharper blade aparently reduces drag, and doesn't pull on the hair while cutting it. And if there is one thing i hate, it's undue drag on my razor! Not to mention that it's got like a built in "comfort strip" that (according to the commercial) leaves a blue hue in it's wake that apparently represents the imense amounts of comfort it provides.
Then there's the debat over which razor is "the closest shave ever". And how do these companies strive to become the razor with the closest shave? They add more blades! I remember when the mach 3 came out. It had 3 blades! It was an incredible amount of genius. Why the heck would i want to shave with 1 or 2 blades, when i could be using 3!? Since that time, the whole industry seems to be scrambling to be the first company to release a razor with just one more blade. I think we are up to 5 or 6 already.
I plan to make a killing by jumping over blade #7-14, and just making and marketing a 3 inch wide 15 blade razor. Not only would it be "the closest shave ever" but it would also be "the most comfortable shave ever" because i would have like 5 different "comfort strips" releasing that famous blue hue. It would also cut your shaving time in half, leaving you more time to hang out with that girl who's wearing your button up shirt, and no pants that's in every comercial.
-chuck out
The fusion pro glide for example is probably the sharpest metal known to man. The diagram clearly shows that a layer of the metal is peeled away, creating a thinner, and therefore sharper blade! The sharper blade aparently reduces drag, and doesn't pull on the hair while cutting it. And if there is one thing i hate, it's undue drag on my razor! Not to mention that it's got like a built in "comfort strip" that (according to the commercial) leaves a blue hue in it's wake that apparently represents the imense amounts of comfort it provides.
Then there's the debat over which razor is "the closest shave ever". And how do these companies strive to become the razor with the closest shave? They add more blades! I remember when the mach 3 came out. It had 3 blades! It was an incredible amount of genius. Why the heck would i want to shave with 1 or 2 blades, when i could be using 3!? Since that time, the whole industry seems to be scrambling to be the first company to release a razor with just one more blade. I think we are up to 5 or 6 already.
I plan to make a killing by jumping over blade #7-14, and just making and marketing a 3 inch wide 15 blade razor. Not only would it be "the closest shave ever" but it would also be "the most comfortable shave ever" because i would have like 5 different "comfort strips" releasing that famous blue hue. It would also cut your shaving time in half, leaving you more time to hang out with that girl who's wearing your button up shirt, and no pants that's in every comercial.
-chuck out
Tuesday, January 5, 2010
The bankrupt party
Those you you that actually read my blog, know me well enough to know that i'm fairly middle of the road when it comes to politics. I don't really lean to the right or left of the political scale... so the following will be a fairly neutral article about the political state of our country...
Naw, I'm kidding!! I'ma slam the liberals for a bit. If you are a liberal, i don't want this to sound judgmental, or condescending. I'd just like you to realize that I'm better than you.
So news came out today that there are six Liberals who ran for office in our last election, including former leader Stephane Dion that still have not paid off their campaign debts. Seems they were already granted an 18 month extension on their loans, and the deadline for that was jan 1. They are no longer eligible for anymore extensions, and this matter will now have to be resolved through the courts.
It has not been released how much money they all owe, but an "insider" has said that Dion has approx, $80,000 left to pay. The original bill is said to have been around $950,000. Now that election was in 2007, and here we are in 2010. At 6% interest (which was the going rate at the time of the loan), think about all those interest payments he's having to make.
As a donner of the liberal party, how do you feel knowing that your $500, is not making a difference in the campaign, but instead just paying interest...?
My second question is, If These liberals can't even handle their 1 million dollar campaign budget, how do they figure they'll handle all of Canada's budget of billions of dollars? hmmmm?
Don't get me wrong, i do like Harper, and what he's doing for Canada, but i don't agree with everything he does either. Harper comes up with ideas, and strategies, and runs our country fairly well...at the same time constantly putting out attack adds against the liberals, and the NDP. To me,it's not really necessary. Canadian politics have always been riddled with attack adds, but Harper seems to use them more than most.
On the other hand i would LOVE it if Liberals would actually come up with idea's on their own, and explain how they work. I read Canadian news almost everyday, and i constantly see liberal quotes that look like this "Stephen Harper is running our country into the ground, if WE were in power, we'd do things better!" or "Our plan for the country includes more jobs, and higher wages" really? that sounds great! But how the heck do you plan on doing these things? no one knows. Maybe they plan on using your tax dollars the same way they run their finances in their campaigns...
-chuck out
Naw, I'm kidding!! I'ma slam the liberals for a bit. If you are a liberal, i don't want this to sound judgmental, or condescending. I'd just like you to realize that I'm better than you.
So news came out today that there are six Liberals who ran for office in our last election, including former leader Stephane Dion that still have not paid off their campaign debts. Seems they were already granted an 18 month extension on their loans, and the deadline for that was jan 1. They are no longer eligible for anymore extensions, and this matter will now have to be resolved through the courts.
It has not been released how much money they all owe, but an "insider" has said that Dion has approx, $80,000 left to pay. The original bill is said to have been around $950,000. Now that election was in 2007, and here we are in 2010. At 6% interest (which was the going rate at the time of the loan), think about all those interest payments he's having to make.
As a donner of the liberal party, how do you feel knowing that your $500, is not making a difference in the campaign, but instead just paying interest...?
My second question is, If These liberals can't even handle their 1 million dollar campaign budget, how do they figure they'll handle all of Canada's budget of billions of dollars? hmmmm?
Don't get me wrong, i do like Harper, and what he's doing for Canada, but i don't agree with everything he does either. Harper comes up with ideas, and strategies, and runs our country fairly well...at the same time constantly putting out attack adds against the liberals, and the NDP. To me,it's not really necessary. Canadian politics have always been riddled with attack adds, but Harper seems to use them more than most.
On the other hand i would LOVE it if Liberals would actually come up with idea's on their own, and explain how they work. I read Canadian news almost everyday, and i constantly see liberal quotes that look like this "Stephen Harper is running our country into the ground, if WE were in power, we'd do things better!" or "Our plan for the country includes more jobs, and higher wages" really? that sounds great! But how the heck do you plan on doing these things? no one knows. Maybe they plan on using your tax dollars the same way they run their finances in their campaigns...
-chuck out
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