Missing Out on the Big Prize

Tonight I feel like I've been run over by a steam roller. I got the green light to buy a car and it slipped thru my hands. I was on the computer booking a plane ticket to go get it and before I hit the button to send my money to US Air I checked to make sure it was still available. You guessed it--NOPE. The dealer had agreed to hold it thru Saturday and was closed Sunday. I was flying down in the morning to get it. Almost the car of my dreams. That dream car is a Mercedes CLK63. One badass machine. This car is its brother---a Mercedes CLK500. This car looked perfect and sounded perfect, but I wanted to have someone look at it for me before I flew down. I had someone contact an in-law to go look at it for me and I never heard back from this person--or the person I asked for help. Kinda strange as this person was going to look this morning and now the car is gone and nobody is returning my calls or emails....I smell a rat as the person who was looking at the car has a couple MB's in their garage.

I'm really just mad at myself. i should have just gone on my own. I wanted the car and my wife said OK. Why couldn't I have just got on the plane and gone? This car had only 14000 miles on it and had all the options I wanted. Sure there is still the one up here that I tried to buy last week. I'll wait a few more weeks and when they realize that car is $5k too high maybe they will call, but its not the same car. I wanted this other one you see. I broke my own first rule in car shopping. Don't fall in love with a car. Even if its the little brother of your dream car. I gotta move on, but I feel like I'm moving on without a piece of me.

A few more thoughts

I've had a few days to calm down from the Free-Agent signings of the CBJ. Zherdev was traded along with Dan Fritsche. Niki Z will fit in with the Rangers. He is from Moscow which is one of the worlds most cosmopolitan cities and coming to Columbus was a shock to him. Just look at how he dressed. That stuff did not belong on any man in Cbus. In NYC it won't get a second look. Good luck Nik and Dan. Fritsche will really have to step it up to stay in the league. He has the ability and I hope he surprises us all. Kristian Huselius *might* replace Zherdev in the lineup, but he wants to be here so I see this as a bonus. We'll see on the 3 new defenseman. I need to watch some youtube clips on them before making a judgement.

One more thing. Would all the experts quit using the word upside. What the heck does that realy mean? Please.

CBJ and the Benz

Campbell to Chicago and Hossa to Detroit. 

Get this... People still think the CBJ have a chance. I say a chance to once again finish in the basement and get a top 5 draft pick. God this is depressing. Scott Howson is the guy that said to prepare for the press conferences and big news. I bet he regrets that statement now. OK enough Hockey as I am seriously depressed about that at the moment.

I drove a couple cars yesterday that I would like to own.

2006 Mercedes Benz CLK500

2008 Mercedes Benz C300

I want them both. The problem is I liked the C300 a bit better and there are none anywhere within 300 miles equipped with the options I want. The CLK500 makes a great consolation prize, but after driving the other I'm not sure I would be able to see a C Class and say Damn! My little bro has the C63 which is the C on MAJOR 'roids and I like having the younger brother to that car. OTOH the CLK500 is a rocket and I like rockets. Anybody out there wanna lend me like $7500 so I can get the C350 and land right in the middle?

Oh Well There's Always 2010-2011

Brule to Edmonton for Torres is an Ok deal. IF IF IF his knee is rehabbed.

Mike Commodore? Are you kidding me. This is the "Big Splash" on UFA's? I think our worst fears have been realized. Nobody wants to come here. The past is destined to become our future. Get used to low to no scoring games for the foreseeable future. At almost 9pm of UFA day 1 Howson gets a solid D. Some of it is not his fault, but he has had a year to make this franchise more of a destination. All that sitting back and doing nothing has now caught up to him. But hey you can buy partial season tickets (10 or 20 games) without a PSL AND get Playoff tickets if they ever get there. Hmmmm.

Do we really care that Dan Fritsche for Pavel Kubina is the current rumor? Will it matter?

Sure we have more money to spend, but the talent is gone. The big name players that will attract fans to the arena are not going to be traded here. We have no #1 center and in all likelihood have no hope of moving up with the moves that Chicago Blackhawks, Phoenix Coyotes, and Edmonton Oliers have done in the Western Conference. Hell we may be contenders for the first pick in the Draft next year. This is really not the way things were planned out. As a pessimist i must say this is how I saw it playing out today and for Scott Howson its only going to get worse. Can the man do a trade without Edmonton and Kevin Lowe?

Its Time and I'm not Feeling Great

Today is the day the dreams of the CBJ fans get revved up. I'm not so sure. The Blue Jackets said there would be numerous press conferences for their big doings and so far they have made one deal which I felt they overpaid and several potential UFA targets have slipped thru their fingers. They could have gone after Ryan Malone, but we were beaten to the punch by Tampa Bay. JM Liles signed with Colorado along with Stinky Foote. Whoopee we get a 4th round pick since Foote resigned (for 3 mil as opposed to the 4 million he said he had to have). Pitkanen will not be coming here as we have no assets that Edmonton wants. Frankly I am not expecting any big time UFA's to come here. Its pretty sad. We finally have the money to spend and there are not any super stars available so we will (once again) over pay for mediocre talent and still be short of the playoffs. This win now approach will be a failure and before long this team will be a complete afterthought and will be in Kansas City or Hamilton Ontario. Sure Brendan Morrison might sign and it will be an improvement, but look what LA, Phoenix, Tampa, and Edmonton have done. They have gone out and made the deals to improve while we sit back and look in the mirror.

Mirror mirror on the wall please bring Brian Campbell to the fold. And while you're at it have some of his friends come too.

Summer

So we got a new Heat Pump installed on Monday and since everything was 17 years old we just had them install a new Furnace and Humidifier as well. All I can say now is it is COOL in the house. Luckily for us the 3 weeks without cooling found the second 2 weeks to be unseasonably cool. This was great as it kept the price of the new equipment down as all the companies were not making service calls. Bonus! I ended up buying Trane equipment and couldn't be happier. 16 SEER heat pump and over 90% efficient furnace. Of course my new car is now cooling the house.... Maybe in a couple months I'll get that Mercedes Benz.

The kids have been busy and I am calling this the summer of camps. OSU hockey Camp, Turcotte Stick Handling Camp, Laura Stamm Powerskating Camp, and Chiller Hockey Academy for Frudoch. Poppy has been to Sandlot camp and has Zoo camp and Tennis camp coming up. Fru will be doing the tennis as well. Of course I've been driving them to all these camps and I wish I had a car to drive... Oh well you get the picture I want a new car to save a few bucks on gas. We still have the FFO to Kiawah coming up in August. FFO? Forced Family Outing..... Yeah oh what fun

Independence Day is one of my favorite holidays. Besides the pride in my country I just always loved it. I have always been a Fireworks fiend. The neighbors all come out for my shows. It will be a little less this year, but still I will have a huge mess to clean up. Parades and Fireworks are awesome.

Calling all CBJ Fans

I got this email from the NHL today. They have fan panels for each team where they send surveys to get your opinion. The CBJ is lacking....

Hello David

As you know, the NHL Fan Face Off Team is planning to send out a survey in the next week on NHL game attendance. Currently we do not have enough game attendees from your favorite NHL team in the panel.

We apologize for the frequency of emails on this subject, but we are asking one last time for your help to recruit fans from your favorite team to the NHL Fan Panel. All they have to do is visit www.nhlfanfaceoff.com and click on join to see if they qualify to be part of the NHL Fan Panel.

Thank you for your continued support of the NHL Fan Panel.


The NHL Fan Face Off Team

Well you should know what to do. Go to their site and register. Its gonna be another long season. This will give you something to do. Free agency in T minus 5 days..........

No really I am alive......

Ok I admit it. I have not posted every day like I promised. Its just been one of those years. To catch up on some stuff I'm still in great pain from my shoulder. I didn't like what the shoulder expert said so I've done nothing except pop pills.

Roger Clemens is still a liar. Well thats news...

I got out to Indianapolis to race and did pretty well considering the pain. I used a HANS Device which is to keep from breaking your neck in a crash and it kept the pressure on my shoulder equal and distributed the pressure so I could race pain free. The results speak for themselves. A second place with fastest race lap and a 5th due to losing a contact lens with about 5 laps to go. It made racing a little tough and alot dangerous as I had no depth perception. In any case it was a great weekend and its nice to podium again.

I have one question. When is the country going to wake up and realize B. Hussain Obama is not who he appears to be? The liberal media has fawned over him to new left levels. Hillary had reason to gripe. But hey thats racism.

Is it getting warm in here? Oh yes it is and thats because our heat pump died. Of course the timing is perfect as I was about to buy a new car. And not just any car. A Mercedes. Dammit.