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
Wednesday, December 23, 2009
Hype(r) activated
So, today is December 23, 2009. Mark your calenders, because the Olympic flame hype has reached Leamington! The streets will be lined with thousands of onlookers as they wait anxiously to see... someone dressed in all white jog by holding a glorified stick with a little fire on it...
Let's turn back the clock a little bit here... (insert wavy flashback sequence)
The last time the flame was in leamington was in the mid 80's. Back then, the Olympic flame was far more hardcore... let me explain. "the eternal flame" actually burned constantly, for years and years the fire never went out. It was a symbol for worldwide competition of the best athletes in the world. It united countries who would otherwise be at odds. It would have been an honour to be entrusted with carrying such an eternal symbol.
Ok, flashback to the present...
The "eternal flame" just like most other things in our generation is nothing more than a big publicity stunt. They choose a few important people from each town that get to carry it, then the fire is PUT OUT, and driven to the next destinaiton, where there are more camera's to catch the action.
I watch TSN every morning, and they always have a section on where the flame had been the previous day...you can track it online as well. They show clips of people carrying it, and a map with the towns it visited. "and we're all back there going...yeah fine, just get me where it says on the ticket."
They have this idea in Leamington...they'll have someone important have the flame on...wait for it... a tomato harvester, while the mayor drives it through town. REALLY!? What the heck does a tomato harvester have to do with the olympics? Or any sporting event for that matter?
And i've heard people talk about "all the tourist dollars that this will bring leamington!". Um...hate to break it to you pal, but the flame is here for like 45 minutes... and probably the only tourist dollars you're going to make is if one of the camera crew get a hackerin' for some 7/11 penuts.
I say we go back to the old school where the "eternal flame" never actually goes out, and it's actually RUN, not driven across the country by actual athletes a mile at a time. I bet most of our "important polititions" would be out of the running, because they can't actually run a mile straight.
Eternal flame, you've changed...you've changed for the worse.
-chuck out
Let's turn back the clock a little bit here... (insert wavy flashback sequence)
The last time the flame was in leamington was in the mid 80's. Back then, the Olympic flame was far more hardcore... let me explain. "the eternal flame" actually burned constantly, for years and years the fire never went out. It was a symbol for worldwide competition of the best athletes in the world. It united countries who would otherwise be at odds. It would have been an honour to be entrusted with carrying such an eternal symbol.
Ok, flashback to the present...
The "eternal flame" just like most other things in our generation is nothing more than a big publicity stunt. They choose a few important people from each town that get to carry it, then the fire is PUT OUT, and driven to the next destinaiton, where there are more camera's to catch the action.
I watch TSN every morning, and they always have a section on where the flame had been the previous day...you can track it online as well. They show clips of people carrying it, and a map with the towns it visited. "and we're all back there going...yeah fine, just get me where it says on the ticket."
They have this idea in Leamington...they'll have someone important have the flame on...wait for it... a tomato harvester, while the mayor drives it through town. REALLY!? What the heck does a tomato harvester have to do with the olympics? Or any sporting event for that matter?
And i've heard people talk about "all the tourist dollars that this will bring leamington!". Um...hate to break it to you pal, but the flame is here for like 45 minutes... and probably the only tourist dollars you're going to make is if one of the camera crew get a hackerin' for some 7/11 penuts.
I say we go back to the old school where the "eternal flame" never actually goes out, and it's actually RUN, not driven across the country by actual athletes a mile at a time. I bet most of our "important polititions" would be out of the running, because they can't actually run a mile straight.
Eternal flame, you've changed...you've changed for the worse.
-chuck out
Monday, November 2, 2009
Sit Down!
Julia and I are fortunate enough to get to a fair amount of sporting events each year. We go to redwings games, Tiger games, and usually a Lions game. Many things annoy me about some of the fans at these events, but there is one thing that really gets on my nerves.
At any given time during the event, you can look around your section and find people on their cell phones. Some are talking on them, others taking pictures, and still others texting. Now, I have a small issue with texting to start with...why would i punch in a tonn of buttons to try to piece together a sentence, when i could just call the person? But that is a blog for another time...
Now if it were up to me, people wouldn't even have their phones on during a game. You just spent like $100 to watch this game...you don't need to call your Friend to talk about what you are missing in this weeks episode of Smallville. There are a few reasons I can sort of understand why you'd be on the phone at some point during a game...got a call that you had to take, taking pictures seems fine, and even texting a buddy who isn't at the game to make him jealous. These all seem to be fair excuses to be using your phone. But there is one thing that ticks me off more than anything else...
The guy in front of you picks up the phone, and his conversation sounds like this... "Hey man, where are you sitting?...Which section is that?...Is that near the little ceasars sign...no, i can't see you waving...stand up...what are you wearing?...what row are you in?...oh there you are!...Sweet seats man...can you see me?... I'm sitting in section 123...I'll stand up right in front of everyone while the play is going on so you can see me...can you see me?...no I'm farther to the left...no look left...I'm wearing my Jersey...no look LEFT!...I'm the guys waving...you see me?...AWSOME!!!...we can see each other...alright,well, see you Monday!"
Seriously guys?! You need to waste your time trying to find a friend, who's somewhere in the stadium, and stand up right in front of me waving!? And for what? So that on Monday you can talk about how awesome it was looking across the stadium at each other? These people need to get a life! And it's not like it's only happened once...i see it multiple times every time i go to a game.
People need to check their lives out!
-chuck out
P.S. - does everyone else also feel like they are smarter than the average person?
At any given time during the event, you can look around your section and find people on their cell phones. Some are talking on them, others taking pictures, and still others texting. Now, I have a small issue with texting to start with...why would i punch in a tonn of buttons to try to piece together a sentence, when i could just call the person? But that is a blog for another time...
Now if it were up to me, people wouldn't even have their phones on during a game. You just spent like $100 to watch this game...you don't need to call your Friend to talk about what you are missing in this weeks episode of Smallville. There are a few reasons I can sort of understand why you'd be on the phone at some point during a game...got a call that you had to take, taking pictures seems fine, and even texting a buddy who isn't at the game to make him jealous. These all seem to be fair excuses to be using your phone. But there is one thing that ticks me off more than anything else...
The guy in front of you picks up the phone, and his conversation sounds like this... "Hey man, where are you sitting?...Which section is that?...Is that near the little ceasars sign...no, i can't see you waving...stand up...what are you wearing?...what row are you in?...oh there you are!...Sweet seats man...can you see me?... I'm sitting in section 123...I'll stand up right in front of everyone while the play is going on so you can see me...can you see me?...no I'm farther to the left...no look left...I'm wearing my Jersey...no look LEFT!...I'm the guys waving...you see me?...AWSOME!!!...we can see each other...alright,well, see you Monday!"
Seriously guys?! You need to waste your time trying to find a friend, who's somewhere in the stadium, and stand up right in front of me waving!? And for what? So that on Monday you can talk about how awesome it was looking across the stadium at each other? These people need to get a life! And it's not like it's only happened once...i see it multiple times every time i go to a game.
People need to check their lives out!
-chuck out
P.S. - does everyone else also feel like they are smarter than the average person?
Monday, October 19, 2009
Perhaps you too have had some of these same thoughts:
- More often than not, when someone is telling me a story all I can
think about is that I can't wait for them to finish so that I can tell
my own story that's not only better, but also more directly involves
me.
- Is it just me, or are 80% of the people in the "people you may know"
feature on Facebook people that I do know, but I deliberately choose
not to be friends with?
- Do you remember when you were a kid, playing Nintendo and it wouldn't
work? You take the cartridge out, blow in it and that would magically
fix the problem. Every kid in the world did that, but how did we all
know how to fix the problem? There was no internet or message boards
or FAQ's. We just figured it out. Today's kids are soft.
- I would rather attempt to carry 10 plastic grocery bags in each hand than
take 2 trips to bring my groceries in.
- I have a hard time deciphering the fine line between boredom and
hunger.
- That's enough, Nickelback.
- I love the sense of camaraderie when an entire line of cars teams up
to prevent a jerk from cutting in at the front. Stay strong, brothers!
- While driving yesterday I saw a banana peel in the road and
instinctively swerved to avoid it...thanks Mario Kart.
- Why is it that during an ice-breaker, when the whole room has to go
around and say their name and where they are from, I get so incredibly
nervous? Like I know my name, I know where I'm from, this shouldn't be
a problem....
- You never know when it will strike, but sometimes there comes a moment at work
when you've made up your mind that you just aren't doing anything
productive for the rest of the day.
- There's no worse feeling than that millisecond you're sure you are
going to die after leaning your chair back a little too far.
- I hate being the one with the remote in a room full of people
watching TV. There's so much pressure. I love this show, but will
they judge me if I keep it on? I bet everyone is wishing we weren't
watching this. It's only a matter of time before they all get up and
leave the room. Will we still be friends after this?'
- As a driver I hate pedestrians, and as a pedestrian I hate drivers,
but no matter what the mode of transportation, I always hate cyclists.
-chuck out
think about is that I can't wait for them to finish so that I can tell
my own story that's not only better, but also more directly involves
me.
- Is it just me, or are 80% of the people in the "people you may know"
feature on Facebook people that I do know, but I deliberately choose
not to be friends with?
- Do you remember when you were a kid, playing Nintendo and it wouldn't
work? You take the cartridge out, blow in it and that would magically
fix the problem. Every kid in the world did that, but how did we all
know how to fix the problem? There was no internet or message boards
or FAQ's. We just figured it out. Today's kids are soft.
- I would rather attempt to carry 10 plastic grocery bags in each hand than
take 2 trips to bring my groceries in.
- I have a hard time deciphering the fine line between boredom and
hunger.
- That's enough, Nickelback.
- I love the sense of camaraderie when an entire line of cars teams up
to prevent a jerk from cutting in at the front. Stay strong, brothers!
- While driving yesterday I saw a banana peel in the road and
instinctively swerved to avoid it...thanks Mario Kart.
- Why is it that during an ice-breaker, when the whole room has to go
around and say their name and where they are from, I get so incredibly
nervous? Like I know my name, I know where I'm from, this shouldn't be
a problem....
- You never know when it will strike, but sometimes there comes a moment at work
when you've made up your mind that you just aren't doing anything
productive for the rest of the day.
- There's no worse feeling than that millisecond you're sure you are
going to die after leaning your chair back a little too far.
- I hate being the one with the remote in a room full of people
watching TV. There's so much pressure. I love this show, but will
they judge me if I keep it on? I bet everyone is wishing we weren't
watching this. It's only a matter of time before they all get up and
leave the room. Will we still be friends after this?'
- As a driver I hate pedestrians, and as a pedestrian I hate drivers,
but no matter what the mode of transportation, I always hate cyclists.
-chuck out
Thursday, August 13, 2009
Rule # 1
You know how hockey has unspoken rules that govern how players are allowed to fight, such as: no sticks, no gloves, no helmets, no kicking, fight ends when 1 player goes down, and we do not speak about fight club. Ok, I made that last one up, but you get my drift.
NHL's Unspoken rules must stay unspoken because the NHL can't look like they condone fighting by saying "this is how you should fight". But at the same time, they want it in the game because the fans love it. So instead their is an unwritten code of rules that fighters must follow, so that fighting stays in the game, but they can also avoid injury.
The NHL has basically banned bench brawls...which is unfortunate, but there is still hope to see dozens of players clear benches and throw down...in baseball.
In light of the recent activity in baseball...ie: the tigers bench clearing brawl with the red sox, I thought it might be nice to write out some ground rules for baseball fights, because let's face it...a lot of baseball players suck at fighting...it's rare to see a good fight. Sure, benches clear a dozen times per season, but it normally ends with teams just running out there at full speed, slowing to a walk, and yelling once they get close enough to the other team.
So here are my proposed rules to make baseball fights awesome!
#1 - If a pitcher is going to intentionally hit a batter, and the batter charges the mound, the pitcher must meet him at the mound. Too many times i've seen pitchers who look tough when they throw a 95 mph fastball at a guys ribs, but when he comes for payback, they high tail it to the outfield hoping that one of the other players on the field will be able to stop him before he's caught. Basically if you have the balls to hit a guy, you better have the balls to stay and fight.
#2 - Catchers have one opportunity to get in on the action. They must catch the batter BEFORE he gets to the mound. After a batter is hit, the catcher can at that point make sure the batter doesn't get to the mound. If the batter gets away clean, and makes it to the mound, the catcher has an unfair advantage with his extra padding, and therefore must let the fight at the mound take place. I realize that catchers feel like they have to protect their pitcher, but like i said before, if the pitcher is going to hit the batter, he better also take the consequences like a man.
#3 - We all know that bench clearing brawls are always taken to the next level when the bullpens also get involved. So rule #3 is that the bullpens should always be ready. These guys should be ruthless... just think about the concept... a bunch of guys sitting in a caged area with nothing to do except think of ways to get at the other team, should the opportunity arise.
So this is a good start...there are probably more sweet rules we could add, but lets start small and work our way up from there.
-chuck out
p.s. look out xfl next season xlb makes it debut!
NHL's Unspoken rules must stay unspoken because the NHL can't look like they condone fighting by saying "this is how you should fight". But at the same time, they want it in the game because the fans love it. So instead their is an unwritten code of rules that fighters must follow, so that fighting stays in the game, but they can also avoid injury.
The NHL has basically banned bench brawls...which is unfortunate, but there is still hope to see dozens of players clear benches and throw down...in baseball.
In light of the recent activity in baseball...ie: the tigers bench clearing brawl with the red sox, I thought it might be nice to write out some ground rules for baseball fights, because let's face it...a lot of baseball players suck at fighting...it's rare to see a good fight. Sure, benches clear a dozen times per season, but it normally ends with teams just running out there at full speed, slowing to a walk, and yelling once they get close enough to the other team.
So here are my proposed rules to make baseball fights awesome!
#1 - If a pitcher is going to intentionally hit a batter, and the batter charges the mound, the pitcher must meet him at the mound. Too many times i've seen pitchers who look tough when they throw a 95 mph fastball at a guys ribs, but when he comes for payback, they high tail it to the outfield hoping that one of the other players on the field will be able to stop him before he's caught. Basically if you have the balls to hit a guy, you better have the balls to stay and fight.
#2 - Catchers have one opportunity to get in on the action. They must catch the batter BEFORE he gets to the mound. After a batter is hit, the catcher can at that point make sure the batter doesn't get to the mound. If the batter gets away clean, and makes it to the mound, the catcher has an unfair advantage with his extra padding, and therefore must let the fight at the mound take place. I realize that catchers feel like they have to protect their pitcher, but like i said before, if the pitcher is going to hit the batter, he better also take the consequences like a man.
#3 - We all know that bench clearing brawls are always taken to the next level when the bullpens also get involved. So rule #3 is that the bullpens should always be ready. These guys should be ruthless... just think about the concept... a bunch of guys sitting in a caged area with nothing to do except think of ways to get at the other team, should the opportunity arise.
So this is a good start...there are probably more sweet rules we could add, but lets start small and work our way up from there.
-chuck out
p.s. look out xfl next season xlb makes it debut!
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