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Christian Erhoff also has two goals for the Sharks, and will likely have a career year. He's always shown flashes of offensive brilliance, but about halfway through last year he started playing solid D every night, and his ice time has skyrocketted. *edit* I once saw Brad Stuart score two goals in 30 seconds. It was the last game of the season, and the Sharks were down by 2 with about 2 minutes left. The building was emptying and suddenly Stuart struck twice. They won in OT. Still, he's a bit inconsistent, but he's a great addition for Boston. His offensive moments are a bit spotty, but he's also solid on D.

I'm sure the expectations are higher with marquee talent.

Anyone catch the TV show "Smith" with Ray Liotta? I was enjoying it and they cancelled it 3 episodes in. It seems like a waste, I'm sure that cast wasn't cheap, but it was bringing in over 8 million viewers. Anyways, there's a petition here if anyone is interested. They could at least finish the season out, it had some solid storylines. Oh yeah, it had the guy from Johnny Zero in it. I loved that guy, and I feel pretty bad that he has another show cancelled without even getting a full season out.

I doubt it, sounds like the guy just got his license and lost control.

This used to be fairly common near where I live. We have a mall that's close to a small airport, and the mall has been hit about 8 times in the last 40 years.

I wasn't insulting you by saying they are in the ladies section, that's where they actually are. You see, the flat style of glasses with large lens is really only popular among women. Men's glasses tend to curve back to fit the face. http://www.eyewearpalace.com/product_detail.asp?ProdID=2711

Uh, there's no NPC interaction in BG1, at least in comparison to BG2. They'll have little voiced interactions that don't stop the game. One character telling the other that they shouldn't be so evil, etc. Having also played BG2 first, it makes the game seem bare And there are plenty NPCs from the first game that never made it into the second one in a playable capacity, unfortunately. You accidentally murder Ajantis in the Windspear Hills, and Xan/Montaron are obviously killed by the Harpers. Quayle becomes Aerie's adopted father ("uncle", whatever) and settles down, Tiax is imprisoned in Spellhold, one of the bards (never used him) is killed by a werewolf in one of the forest maps around Suldanesslar, another of the bards I believe is mentioned by somebody to have written a song about you. Dynaheir and Khalid are murdered by Irenicus. Viconia and Edwin are still playable, as are Jaheira and Minsc, obviously. I guess the "canon" BG1 party consisted of the PC, Imoen, Minsc, Dynaheir, Jaheira and Khalid. Pretty similar to what I used, actually, except I replaced Khalid right off the bat. There are probably a few I'm missing I've been trying to install the banter mod for BG1tutu, but it's not working <{POST_SNAPBACK}> I remember Jaheira died very early to an Ogre in BG for my game. I mean she really died too, like bits and pieces all over the place. Khalid was a bit broken up, but he was actually a lot more tolerable after a bit. I think he does better without that bossy bitch in his life.

I just played a frustrating game in real life. We were down 1-0. The refs had already disallowed one goal of ours because of an early whistle. With 50 seconds left, I broke free and was in alone. As I put the puck in, I heard a whistle. I knew something was wrong, and when I turned around the far ref was waving off the goal. I guess our goalie headed to the bench when I started my break, and our extra skater jumped on before he reached the wall. The ref gave us a penalty and brought the puck back to center ice. I was so teed off, it's a frickin' lower divisional game with no bench coaches. They should let us play the game instead of completely changing the outcome. We lost 2-0 after an empty net goal.

In the Ladies eyeware section of Lenscrafters.

I'm thinking people will stop pointing to the Sharks "goalie controversy" as a problem. Nabakov shut out the Isles, and then Toskala played 57 minutes of shutout hockey, including an insane grab off of Langkow. Dion Phaneauf has a huge frickin' jaw.

I love how there are always really bizarre scores at the beginning of the season, like 8-6. You only get that for the first few weeks while everyone is warming up, and then it settles down.

*ahem* Matt Carle continues to score goals. It's only two games in, but I've yet to see Malkin, and I think Carle is looking good for rookie of the year honors.

Sharks will struggle on D for a chunk of the season, but I keep expecting them to move Toskala or Nabakov for a seasoned D-man. Still, I'm not too worried about them, they've got a young group that knows how to move the puck. They will make mistakes, but they have the offense to make up for it. Case in point, Carle missed his assignment and the Blues scored last night, but a few minutes later he made a great play and scored the first goal of the season. They won't shut many teams out, but they'll supply a good deal of offense.

For defenseman fantasy purposes, picking up Matt Carle is a good idea. The kid just scored in front of the net. He should be good for at least 50 points this season.

Milan Michalek had 7 goals in 6 preseason games. I hope he keeps that up during the regular season.

No you don't. It's not like being a vamp is hard, like it was in Morrowind. Bceome one, get the bonuses, enjoy it. (just make sure to feed) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> I'm afraid of the dark, so being a Vampire was a bit of an issue.

You can cure vampirism quickly by visiting a temple right away. If you let it fester, you have to do a long quest.

The only folks responsible for 9/11 are the folks who planned it and flew planes into buildings. Blaming politicians will not resolve anything. There are also quite a few people on the radar as security threats. People act like Osama Bin Laden was numero uno before 9/11. He is now, but you can't predict stuff like this. The blame game is a waste of time. Let's play the "enact change for the better" game.

I'm still playing NHL 07 every night. It's still very challenging, but I'm a bit frustrated at the lack of goals. I had an exciting 4-3 win in OT last night, but usually games are 2-1 affairs.

I'll keep watching it to see if it improves, but I think the 4400 was a lot more interesting off the bat. Some of the stories are painful, like the druggie guy. I like the Japanese guy.

Silicon Valley.

I'll always take Sturm in any pool, since I've got a soft spot for ex Sharks. But he's actually a pretty good pick up, as he'll be top line in Boston and as long as he's healthy, he's consistent. Comrie is about equal, I would think, but I haven't looked closely.

Oh man, we are having the same problems! You can't even lift a guys stick with getting a penalty. I'm hoping it will calm down a few games into the season, but my team was in the box pretty much the entire game last week. It wasn't like the other team was getting called, either. The penalties were 15-5.

Nolan played in an adult league during his rehab out in San Jose. He was playing defense, but he didn't dominate or anything. He had something like 8 points in 6 games.

Uh, my fantasy football team is 1-1. It's like a RPG/strategy game where real people get hurt.