Friday, October 31, 2008

Get Fuzzy



So lately I've discovered a comic strip called "Get Fuzzy." I just found it one day in my local Saturday funnies and I've been addicted ever since. It's about this wise-cracking Siamese cat named Bucky, his pal, the kinda dim, Satchel the Pootch and their "master" (which is debateable-especially if anyone of you out there have a cat) Rob.


Bucky just kills me. He's so arogant and self-centered (like I said, he's a cat) and Satchel is quite careful not to upset him for fear of Bucky's sinister reprisals. But once in a while he gets Bucky, leaving him frustrated, wondering how this dim dog got the better of him. But overall, Bucky controls most of the situations (at least he thinks he does) leaving Satchel, Rob and Rob's friends scrathing their heads-but from a distance.

Tuesday, October 21, 2008

A Second NHL Team in Toronto?

If this turns out to be true, it will most certainly tick me off. Why? Well, first off Winnipeg and Quebec lose their teams to American cities and there are some other, perfectly good Canadian cities just clamoring for "big league" entertainment.
The city of Hamilton have been begging for a NHL team since it hosted the infamous 1987 Canada Cup. That request has been continually blocked by the NHL Board of Governors, particularly the Toronto Maple Leafs and Buffalo Sabres.
Regina has been (kind of) wanting one since the St. Louis Blues were a hair from moving north to-believe it or not-Saskatoon.

Halifax has also shown some interest (I personally would like to see a team out on the east coast) and the aforementioned city of Winnipeg has a state-of-the-art arena that is only six or seven years old. I mean, the AHL team that inhabits that building now continually draws more people than some southern NHL franchises. Why there aren't more teams in Canada astounds me.
Yeah, I know, it's the politics and the tax burdens. But I think mainly it's the short-sightedness and incompetence of Gary Bettman, who should have been out of there years ago.

So as for another team in Toronto? I say nyet!