Man we're analysing (sic) the trades more extensivly (sic) then I analyse wellheads at work.

Hey all - just a reminder about the BBQ of fun and Ed and Mary's tonight!

Come and eat lots of food! Yum!

If you don't know where we live, give us a call - 988-1643.

It is a matter of the minutes you play and the teams you're on, as well. I'm certain that Tarnstrom's +/- is adversely affected by the fact that he was on the Penguins at their worst, and he was one of the go-to defenseman on that team at the time (especially considering the failure of the Sergei Gonchar experiment.)

On the flip side, Staios didn't play as many of the crucial shifts against top lines of other teams last year, and didn't play on the first PK unit (against the opponents' top PP unit.) Not to say that his +/- isn't deserved, it's just hard to make the comparison across teams and situations like that. You'd agree, having seen him play, that Tarnstrom's a better defenseman than his numbers suggest.

I don't really see Three-Dot as a key defenseman as much as a more reliable alternative to a rookie learning on the fly (à la Matt Greene in these past playoffs).

hey, should we be at all worried that Daniel Tjarnqvist's +/- for the past four seasons (most recent first) happen to be: -11, -4, -20 -22 ... and he's a bloody D-Man? and he's 30 this year, so it's not as though we can really expect him to be improving, can we?

by comparison, Steve Staios' last four years (most recent first) 10, 17, 13, 10 make him look like a golden boy, and Spacek 3, 8, -13, -23, and even Igor did better -11, 19, 7, -3. Actually, Staios is starting to look like a hero. and Tarnstrom... I'm a little concerned... had a dismal -37 2003-2004 ...

actually, in my random searching of names, thus far only Jovanovski and Niedermayer had better +/- than Staios... eat that!

so bloody bored... why is scientific research so much about thinking and reading papers... and searching for the friggin' papers? This is so incredibly dull. thank goodness I don't need to be in the lab to do this. ...because I'd be getting even less done.

there's nothing out there... which bodes well for me in terms of publishability, but still... there's nothing out there. How am I supposed to figure out what I'm doing when there aren't any papers to read? stupid aspen trees = weeds mentality... morons! haha

That crocodile art thing is pretty funny.

Bird wise I prefer the call of doves, sounds typical, but when I was younger I remember hearing them on a family vacation. There was a small cliff where a whole flock of them were nesting. Their call is quiet haunting.

ah, sandhill cranes... my favourite spring forest sound...

this one's titled: "The Last Thing You See If A Crocodile Attacks You!"

well, Jesse, if only there weren't about 12 other things going on Saturday (day and eve)... I would love to join your revelry, but I just plain can't. So, perhaps I'll aid in your getting sloshed some other time. Have a blast, though.

It looks like saturday I will be going slacklining in the afternoon, probably at the leg(doesn't look quite right... maybe the arm? or I suppose legislature would also work) grounds or maybe emily murphy, and then heading out from there for either supper or straight to the black dog. It seems to be the bar that has been chosen for saturdays festivities. silly little box, always telling me what to do!!! anyways, if you want to do any of what has been mentioned come on out, or if you just want to see me ripped out of my skull, as I've been told that is what is going to happen, than also come out. 218-5373 to reach me.

Not looking good in "Working Al" world right now. One of our senior geers just resigned and is working for our competition. Don't know what this means... Probally they now have to use threats of physical violence to try and keep us here.