jepryor's blog
Sat, 01/03/2009 - 22:43 | 
My NHL hopes live on...
Today my hopes for one day being tapped to play in the NHL were sparked to life. Capitals web producer Brett Leonhardt was called up from the IT department to fill in as backup goalie for an injured Jose Theodore (hip flexor) until Hershey's Simeon Varlamov could get to the arena. Varlamov couldn't make it for the opening of the first period because the Bears were still in Texas. The Bears lost 3-0 to San Antonio Thursday and are scheduled to play in Houston Saturday at 8:35 PM.
At 6' 7", Leonhardt would have tied the record for the tallest goalie to ever play in the NHL. At 6' 2", 168 pounds, I would be the scrawniest player in the NHL. But I'm open to the opportunity despite my wiry composition.
Leonhardt had to sign an amateur tryout contract before game time. I, for one, would love to see the terms of such a contract.
Player gets zero compensation for any performance. Player understands it's likely he'll get pulverized if given the opportunity to take to the ice during game play...."
So here I am, NHL! Come and sign me!
The Pterodactyl says Moo.
It is common knowledge in the paleontology community that the pterodactyl says moo.
*As noted in comments below, local paleontology hobbyist Scott Guenthner reminds us that the pterodactyl also clucks. In a peer reviewed article yet to be published, Guenthner discusses his research on the calling and mating habits of the pterodactyl. Guenthner states that the flying creatures would cluck, not unlike a modern chicken, for regular communication but would shift into more of a mooing vocalization in order to attract a mate. Guenthner's research holds that the pterodactyl faced extinction after its feeding and mating ranges overlapped with early bovine ranges. With the pterodactyl's visual acuity, which is well documented as being poor to nonexistent, they often tried to mate with a creature resembling today's yak. These attempts usually led to trampling death for the pterodactyl. After a time the pterodactyl tended to favor mating attempts with the yak over its own species. Guenthner's paper closes by proposing the extinction of the pterodactyl proves that "once you go yak, you never go back."
Droid Wife
I was just reading a story over at
http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/article2023392.ece and while I'm shocked at some of the details I have to say I'm not very surprised this has happened.
For those too lazy or too busy to go read the story for yourselves, some guy has made The Stepford Wives a reality and built himself a robot. She cleans house, reads news, etc etc...
The part that really got me to thinking though was the fact that he spent just two years and around $21,000 on the project. When you think about it, that's a lot less time and cash a lot of guys put into finding a real live woman to live with. And for the socially inept slob, that's quite a bargain. What's more, he'll never have to worry about losing half of his posessions in a divorce settlement!
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