Friday Links: Happy "The Expendables" Day Edition

by Poor College Student on Aug 13, 2010 6:00 AM CDT

So many action heros in one film. I might have to take a seditive just to reduce the chances of an adrenaline overload.

Blues News:

Averagejoe's piece over at the SBNSTL (That's a lot of goddamn letters) echoes Brad Lee's sentiments concerning what appears to be another coming season without Lord Stanley

NHL News:

Puck Daddy asks if 'Hard Knocks' would work for an NHL team. Short answer: No. Long answer: Hell no.
This satisfies the hockey card nerd in me all over again! No bubble gum, though.
News Corp will not be buying the Dallas Stars.
While I had a hell of a time trying to navigate through this PPP link, the basic premise of an NHL video game tournament amongst the natives here at SLGT doesn't sound like a bad idea. Any takers? We can get into particulars once interest is shown (or abandon the idea if it's a dud).

Other Stuff:

All the Steven Slater news that's fit to be on the web. Steven Slater's the flight attendant who recently made quite the exit by deploying the emergency exit chute and making an exodus with a beer or two.
Collegehumor finally made those National Park maps more accurate.
The Evolution of Mickey Rourke's Face. I swear all of these are Getty Images so hopefully the SBNPD doesn't come down on me to harsh.

Video:

More from the desk of Maverides: Jane Austen's Fight Club

That's all I've got for today's links. Stay tuned for F-You Friday, unless we've fucked up. Not that that's ever happened before or anything.

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NHL tourney?

I’m game for it, Xbox 360 preferred

Baltimore Blast - 6-time MISL/NISL Champions
Let's go Blues!

by UIWWildthing on Aug 13, 2010 6:54 AM CDT reply actions

I can't play video games worth a ding-dong shit...

…too old for that kind of stuff.

I grew up on pinball… Evel Knievel FTW!!!

Still, if it goes down, I’m in as the obligatory sacrificial lamb…

"If we do not prepare for ourselves the role of the hammer, there will be nothing left but that of the anvil."

-- Otto von Bismarck, 1851

http://futurenotes.blogspot.com

by Tomorrows Blues on Aug 13, 2010 7:09 AM CDT up reply actions

I'm pinball age too

Ran out of video game mojo on the original Halo.

Gorgar ruled the pinball world, but I totally pwned the Eight Ball Deluxe machine at the Jamestown Mall Aladdin’s Castle.

The race is not always to the swift, nor the battle to the strong. But that's the way to bet. - Damon Runyon

by baroose on Aug 13, 2010 9:44 AM CDT up reply actions

We used to cheat pinballs machines

by putting ash trays under the legs at Red Pin Bowling Alley in St. Ann. Well, at least till the owner got wind of our scheming and threw us out. Then we moved over to Mardi Gras in Cypress Village and used pounded out pennies to get games. Got caught there too. Fucking criminals in training we were.

Just a chew toy for the hockey gods

by spectr17 on Aug 13, 2010 10:22 AM CDT up reply actions

We used to ditch school and go up the hill to the 7-11...

…and play Evel Knievel all day long.

Ah, the good ol’ days at Highland High School, Thornton, Colorado.

"If we do not prepare for ourselves the role of the hammer, there will be nothing left but that of the anvil."

-- Otto von Bismarck, 1851

http://futurenotes.blogspot.com

by Tomorrows Blues on Aug 13, 2010 3:03 PM CDT up reply actions

I almost died cuz of Evil K

Every kid in town wanted to jump shit cuz of that guy so we built this ridiculously tall dirt ramp. All we had was Schwins with NO suspension so kids were skying and crashing, breaking arm and cracking frames. My frame let go and I landed asshole first on the seat support pipe after the seat when flying off. I’m here to tell you that yes, you can rack yourself in the ass region. I had to sit on one of the doughnut things for a couple days from that goofy idea.

Just a chew toy for the hockey gods

by spectr17 on Aug 14, 2010 12:37 AM CDT up reply actions

Count me in...

I’m definitely in on the NHL tourney…also prefferable on 360

by k10patel on Aug 13, 2010 7:45 AM CDT via mobile up reply actions

I'll play for sure...but I'm at work all day and busy this evening...when was this going to go down?

by hockeyno93 on Aug 13, 2010 9:50 AM CDT up reply actions

I have a PS3

and I’m not particularly good at NHL10 but I would be in if it was on the right day. I could just be a bracket filler if necessary.

by Bleedbluecp2 on Aug 13, 2010 9:58 AM CDT up reply actions

Same here

PS3 only but willing to get stomped into the ground if you need a spot filled

No one knows why, but second only to eating the brains of the living, the dead love affordable pre-fab furniture.

by Maverides on Aug 13, 2010 10:31 AM CDT up reply actions

I would be game but.....

I only have the Wii……

And Im not going out and dropping another 300$ just to play the damn system once…..

So Im out…..

I still maintain Vladimir Konstantinov got what he deserved...If you can't handle that then kiss my ass......

"I've got a bad feeling about this..."

by dablues7 on Aug 14, 2010 7:19 AM CDT up reply actions

Jane Austen's Fight Club . . .

someone at work introduced me to that clip about a week ago. It’s still funny and confusing as all fuck.

St. Louis Game Time . . . I need another beer.
And I can also write things in 140 characters or fewer.

by Donut King on Aug 13, 2010 7:01 AM CDT reply actions

The only thing that could possibly make "The Expendables" better...

…is if a bleached-blonde Jennifer Love Hewitt and mmm-mmm-good brunette Jennifer Connelly were also in it as the Savage Sisters (anyone remember the “Savage Tales” comics from the 80’s), a female mercenary duo who had an unfortunate tendency to have their clothing strategically torn and/or lost…

"If we do not prepare for ourselves the role of the hammer, there will be nothing left but that of the anvil."

-- Otto von Bismarck, 1851

http://futurenotes.blogspot.com

by Tomorrows Blues on Aug 13, 2010 7:13 AM CDT reply actions

Mr Depends probably has

some amongst the 14k bagged and boarded sitting in the basement.
Damn those could easily buy me a new mini van.

Hockey players wear numbers because you can't always identify the body with dental records.

It is the sweet, simple things of life which are the real ones after all. Laura Ingalls Wilder

by luvhockey on Aug 13, 2010 8:03 AM CDT up reply actions

The bigger question is...

…why do I have this thing for women named “Jennifer?”

"If we do not prepare for ourselves the role of the hammer, there will be nothing left but that of the anvil."

-- Otto von Bismarck, 1851

http://futurenotes.blogspot.com

by Tomorrows Blues on Aug 13, 2010 3:04 PM CDT up reply actions

Mickey Rourke's face

did something bad in 94-95.
Bad drugs? Boxing? Botch surgery?
All of the above

Hockey players wear numbers because you can't always identify the body with dental records.

It is the sweet, simple things of life which are the real ones after all. Laura Ingalls Wilder

by luvhockey on Aug 13, 2010 8:04 AM CDT reply actions

I didn't get to post in the Brad thread

And it would be pointless to post in it now since it’s not on the front page anymore I think, but the Joe piece gives me reason to talk about it real quick.

But I really have to side with our prospect department on this one. I guess my problem is: Outside of re-signing Brad Winchester, what in this off-season did we do wrong? I look in the free agent market and see Ilya Kovalchuk and a bunch of players we’d have to pay in the 2.5-3 mill range to play on our 3rd line. We traded for a guy we think could be our goalie of the future, made a nice under the radar pickup with Sobotka, and brought back Perron, EJ, Steen, and Cola at good prices, and we took a guy who I legit think has 1st line talent with a mid 1st round pick in the draft. The only think I can think of that we could have done differently was buyout Brewer and re-sign Dream Weaver, but I’d still say we had a very good off-season.

Breaking News: I'm currently in the process of writing "I will not say and/or type "that word" 1,000 times.

by Novacain on Aug 13, 2010 9:27 AM CDT reply actions