Nice commerical D3, how did you guys do in the game?

This is a commercial that was played during the opening season game between the Celtics and Heat on Tuesday night sometime during the 3^rd quarter.  That was when we were beating them.  This commercial came on while the Celtics were beating the Heat, priceless.  It’s a classic case of one team who cares about playing basketball as a team and winning a championship for the team and most of all the fans.  The other team is only concerned with endorsements, commercials, and how they play individually, it’s proved when they refer to it as winning a ring rather than winning another championship (the rings are for the players not for the fans).  The only reason the “dream three” all moved to Miami is to win a ring, nothing wrong with that but it is wrong when the only person you want to win a ring for is yourself.  Either way it was great to see happen what I knew was going to happen: Lebron James puts down 31 points while Bosh had 8 and Wade had 13, which are solid numbers.  However, the Celtics were able to play more as a team, with Pierce getting 19, KG 10, Allen 20, and even Big Baby came off the bench and scored 13.  Rondo dished out 17 assists (no one on the Heat got over 6).  Smart shutdown defense and game management were able to get us that win against such a heavily favored team.  Now we just have to listen to how “awesome” LA is…shit, why do most analyst hate all Boston sports teams?  Seriously, next time a Celtic Heat game is on TNT pay attention to what the commentators say.  Can’t remember who it was but every time the Heat scored he would scream “YES!” then explain what just happened while for us he would just pretend to get excited then explain.  It’s disgusting how much of the sport world is in love with the Heat or the Jets or the Yankees or the Capitals (the Bruins went 2-0 against them at the beginning of the season if you don’t remember).

P.S. – I love Lebron’s and Wade’s dunks on the fast breaks, just another “hey look at me!” moment.  Why don’t you guys look at up the scoreboard then try and showoff.  I didn’t see Nate Robinson dunking like that (and he can dunk like that) on his fast break.

Germans, dildos, and cops, what else do you need

This is in my top 5 funniest videos online of all time.  This guy just doesn't care that he is being arrested.  I thought it was over with the dildo but then he pulls out some panties and decides to suck the dildo for some weird German reason.  It's great that the cop doesn't even know that the guy has a dildo so the guy just starts poking him with it.  Cop gets so pissed too cant you just laugh something like that off, the guy did.  Well by the end of the video the guy knew his fate and just accepted it, but he did go out with bang and you can't take that away from him.

P.S. - So this is another hilarious online video that I am sure everyone has seen.  Just thought I would remind you guys, just thought:

Drunk History is F-ing hilarious

This is a video of Duncan Trussell (a historical expert) talking about Nikola Tesla and how Tesla invented alternating current, but he did it while he was hammered.  There are about seven of these Drunk History videos and they are all hilarious.  It is absolutely genius how they set this up too.  They got famous actors to come in and mouth over whatever nonsense Trussell was saying and somehow matched up perfectly.  The other videos are great and I definitely recommend watching them.  Here’s another though because this is one of my favorites:

Music Sample of the Week

So I am going to start posting videos of music that I really enjoy.  It's good music and everyone should hear it.  I wanted to post this video first because I just heard it for the first time the other day.  This guy Igor Presnyakov is absolutely dirty at playing the guitar, one of the best I have seen.  He reminds me of another group I started following in high school, Rodrigo y Gabriella, because they would strum their guitars and drum on them at the same time.  They were able to make it sound like there were four people in the band, when I listen to Igor I think it’s a guy with seven arms he is so good.  My roommate commented that the only thing he did not like was his voice, which I found interesting.  I feel like his voice really completes him as an artist; he looks like this beat up old man who can kick the crap out of any song on guitar so why shouldn’t he sound that way too.  I have added his channel on Youtube to the links section check out some of his other covers, which include: Sweet Home Alabama, Use Somebody, Love the Way You Lie, No Woman No Cry, and many more with some of his own songs in there.

It's going to be a good fall and winter!

This was a good weekend to be a Boston sports fan; the Bruins had a great 4-1 win on Saturday over the New Jersey Devils and the Patriots had an awesome come from behind victory in OT against the Baltimore Ravens earlier today.

On Saturday the Bruins faced off against Kovalchuk and the Devils.  Tim Thomas got the start for the second game in a row and couldn’t have played better; a huge save came on a dangerous shot by Kovalchuk during a penalty kill at the beginning of the 2^nd to keep it tied at 0 (p.s. – I love Jack Edwards, especially when he says stupid things).  Other notables were Jordan Caron getting his first career NHL goal, and Shawn Thornton and Michael Ryder got their first goals of the season with Lucic tallying another goal making it 2 for the year.  Tyler Seguin picked up his first career NHL assist but the most important part of this was that if you squinted your eyes it looks just like Mark Savard, which is a huge loss to this team right now so it is important that someone can step up.

(Total Savard pass, can't tell you how Seguin saw Ryder but somehow gave a perfect pass for Ryder to snap it over Brodeur's glove)

The Patriots looked to even up the score with the Ravens after the shellacking the Ravens gave us in the postseason last year (which came on my 21^st birthday but it was just another excuse to drink a lot).  With it being our first game without Randy Moss and Deion Branch’s first game back it was tough to tell how we were going to do.  All in all it was a great game, we struggled mostly on offense through 3 quarters and our defense was pretty solid (minus all the penalties Meriweather racked up, one might lead to a fine).  Even with all the bad there is plenty of good to come out of this game.  In Branch’s first game back he recorded 9 catches for 98 yards and a touchdown being the only Patriot to score a touchdown in his second stint after being gone for 4 years.  Another notable was Zoltan Mesko’s 65 yard punt in overtime; it set the Ravens back on their 19-yard line which was huge (every time New England needs to punt, everyone must do this!).  Another great game for Danny Woodhead, nothing that jumps off the page but he did have some great runs for first downs, two of them came on back to back plays that set up the 5-yard touchdown to Branch; I am still seeing little bits of Kevin Faulk whenever I watch him play, he has even got really good at picking up the blitz.  There were a few streaks that we kept alive after this week: Tom Brady’s 23^rd straight win at Gillette in the regular season putting him 2 behind Brett Favre, Wes Welker has had 68 straight regular-season games with at least one catch (that includes all 54 games he has played for us), the Patriots are the only NFL team to begin each of the last five seasons with a record of 3-1 or better through their first 4 games.  Like I said, there is a lot to feel good about but there is a lot that the Patriots need to work on before they play San Diego next week, which the way the Chargers are playing shouldn’t be too bad but we can’t underestimate our opponent.

Cross platform reporting

Not really sure what I am supposed to say about the chapter we were supposed to read for this week.  The book is right it is really important to know how to use cross platform reporting to make your story the best it can be.  Mary Sheppard is quoted talking about a recent hire to her company, “he’s a writer – but he can talk to the web developer and he can tell him what he wants.”  Eventually the web developer will have a background in journalism so they both know where each one of them is coming from.  Also, the author gives a list of events for a reporter that is covering a train derailment:

·         Arrive on scene with a camera operator

·         Tweet the situation for followers

·         Conduct news gathering

·         Provide a live-to-air radio report

·         Confirm facts with the newsdesk for website update

·         Return to the newsroom

·         Edit a video report for the evening TV newscast

·         Check for reaction online and engage with those who have commented

With the advances to cell phones, for instance the iPhone which has unbelievably great video quality, most of these can be done on scene and almost no need to go back to the newsroom.  That’s what I think; I clearly have never been in the field doing any kind of reporting like this.  This was an interesting chapter and it was great to see how different online platforms can serve different purposes.

Bruins split their opening weekend

The Boston Bruins went 1-1 against the Phoenix Coyotes in their opening weekend abroad in Prague.  To an untrained eye the first game was nothing special for Bruins.  They looked nervous and for almost three periods seemed lost on the ice.  Giving up three breakaways, which is usually what they give up in a month, wasn’t what the Bruin’s fans were hoping for.  However, the first game did have some light in it.  Tuukka Rask had an unbelievable game which was masked by their 5-2 loss (Rask only allowed 4 goals, the 5^th was on an empty net).  Rask walked away with 32 saves and a few huge saves on breakaways; in reality that should have been a 7-2 victory but we are lucky to have Rask as a goaltender.  Also, off season pickup Nathan Horton found the back of the net on a pass from Milan Lucic in the slot to score his first goal as a Bruin.  He would score again on a power play 9 minutes into the third.
The second game is where the Bruins regained their stride.  Tim Thomas picked up his 18^th career shutout (it looks like Thomas and Rask will split games almost evenly this year) and looked good in his season opener despite having hip surgery back in May.  Horton picked up his third goal, while Lucic and newly acquired Seguin got the other two (that being Seguin’s first goal in the NHL).  They looked much more relaxed and got back to the more physical style of play they are used to.  The only thing I did not like is when we are leading in the third period, our style of play completely changes.  Usually this is not a bad thing but it is when we start playing only defense with 11 minutes to go.  If we only play defense then the only thing that will happen is the other team will score.  We need to keep fighting until at least the 5 minute mark, which is still plenty of time to score three goals.  A lot of teams would come from behind on us last year and that is because when we have a lead we just sit in our defensive zone and lightly clear the puck every time.  This needs to stop, we need to play our game for the whole game.  Other than that I feel that it was a great game and I am excited to see the rest of the season.  GO B’S!

P.S.- Here is a video of Seguin's goal, thought I would add it because it was nasty and reminded me of old Brady to Moss:

Good to See You Again

Deion Branch has been traded to the Patriots from the Seahawks for a fourth round pick in the 2011 draft.  This is the best news I have heard in a long time.  I had a feeling that the Patriots were working on something to make up for Moss going to Minnesota, so what is better than a player that is known for working well with Tom Brady.  Branch is a Super Bowl MVP and can finally leave Seattle, a less talented quarterback, and a city where a trade never worked out.  Seattle gets a fourth round pick, which is great for them, and they prepared in the off season to make up for a possible Branch trade.  We still have our first round pick in the next draft and if we stay healthy we are a dangerous team.  I already can’t wait for the next time the Patriots and Jets meet, we will be ready.  This works out for everyone and no one is happier than me.

Woman gets smashed by car and says whatever

Whats crazy about all of this is that she only has minor injuries to her arm and collarbone.  Seriously she just ate that crash and thought nothing about it.  I wonder what would happen if I got hit by a car and was sent 40 feet into the air.  I am 90 percent sure that I would just explode into a million pieces.  Not going to lie I am a skinny kid, I can take a hit but I don't know about a car going 80 on a side street.  I roll my ankle by jumping into a trench and I am out for like 5 weeks, this lady just gets demolished by this car and dusts herself off.  Seriously how did that car just not see her.  Not to mention that there is like 2 other lanes they could have been driving in.  The driver was probably aiming for her.  Honestly no one could have been paying that little attention to not see this person at all.  The only explanation was that the driver was texting, guess it's time to ban it in Brazil too.

No Randy, please don't

Randy Moss has been in talks with the Minnesota Vikings about a trade, all that separates them now is an agreement on a long term deal.  I am getting to this so late because I have been too busy crying and watching highlights of Moss being nasty.  I knew it was going to happen I just didn't think it would happen until the end of the season.  Not surprised that he is going to the Vikings though, they need him the most (other than us of course).  Moss is a solid player and has always contributed to our team, I don't care what people say.  He knows that he has a specific job on our team and he carried it out; however, not everyone could see that.  Moss was meant to sprint down field basically every play.  When he wasn't being double teamed (and sometimes when he was), Brady was able to get a throw to him.  He cleaned up his attitude and gave us some great years.  Moss came here for a ring and he was never able to get one, 2007 was their year and they missed it.  Now Moss is going back to play for the team that drafted him in the first round in 1998, with Brett Favre as his quarterback (now it sounds weird).  So here's to you Randy...wish you could have won one with us.

One of the greatest games I have seen.

Tonight The Patriots were the first team in NFL history to score a touchdown passing, rushing, on an interception return, on a blocked field goal attempt, and on a kickoff in a single game (it also all came in the second half).  It safe to say that special teams stepped up, but underneath it all is a single player that made most of this possible.  Pat Chung blocked a punt and a field goal, and was also able to get an interception that he brought back himself 51 yards.  One of the blocks was taken back by Kyle Arrington for 32 yards and the other was brought in by a 12-yard run by BenJarvus Green-Ellis.  Chung wasn’t the only player on the field with a big game; Brandon Tate ran back a kickoff return for 103 yards to begin the second half, his second of the season. Another record set tonight was Tom Brady becoming the quickest QB to reach 100 wins in the history of the NFL.  Wes Welker came down with 8 catches for 70 yards, while newly acquired Danny Woodhead caught Tom Brady’s only touchdown. 

Not everything that happened during the game was great, tonight was the first game that Randy Moss did not have a reception while playing for the Patriots, going on a 51 game streak.  With a bye week coming up the Patriots have plenty of time to prepare for Baltimore.