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Awful

Rain, traffic, accidents… Wow that commute sucked.

Does Don Sweeney Deserve a Honeymoon Period?

Question for Boston Bruins fans:

Does new GM Don Sweeney deserve a honeymoon period where we lay off the major criticism for a while?

For me? No. He doesn’t. In fact, I already have him on the hot seat. Doug Hamilton, gone and not replaced. Not even close. Milan Lucic, gone and not quite replaced. We’ve got some new forwards to try and fill his skates, but does anyone really believe we won’t look at that trade and wonder what could have been? And what did we get in return? Three first round picks (yay!), none of whom passed the conditioning test on the opening day of training camp (boo!). Also, Zac Rinaldo… because what the team that can’t score or play defense really needs is a goon.

Remember the start of the baseball season when Red Sox Manager John Farrell tried to tell us that the Sox had five aces when everyone with even the smallest brain could see that we actually had five fifth starters? Was I the only one who kept thinking of that statement as I watched the Bruins roll out six sixth defensemen last night? When Torey Krug is getting 20+ minutes of ice time, something is seriously wrong. Now I know we’ve lost two legitimate top pairing guys to injuries, but the depth is clearly terrible. Isn’t it then the GM’s job to build up that depth and replace the missing pieces? How did Sweeney react to the Siedenberg and Chara injuries? Well, he didn’t. He failed to supply a roster that could compete in an NHL game.

I suspect we’re going to see a lot of games like last night’s over the course of this season. Even after Chara and Siedenberg (I’m spelling that wrong, aren’t I) come back. I suspect Tuukka Rask is going to set a new league record for most shots against in a season. Is he good enough to be the only line of defense on the ice? Not nearly. No one is.

I know last night was only game #1 of the Sweeney regime, but given the performance so far, I can’t imagine his job isn’t in jeopardy already.

Parent Teacher Conference

Parent teacher conferences are so boring. Your step kid is amazing! Over and over again. Boring!

Hehe

My First Apple Watch Issue

It was bound to happen sooner or later, but I just stumbled upon my first Apple Watch issue. Last night I noticed that none of the third party apps I’ve installed were working. I got a prompt to unlock my iphone, even when my iphone wasn’t locked. Odd.

I tried again today and got the same error. I googled the error message and found an Apple Forum post that told me I needed to unpair my phone and watch, and then re-pair them. The unpairing process includes a back up, so I wasn’t going to lose any data.

The unpairing worked as expected. No issues. When I tried to re-pair them though it acted a little strange. First, the watch rebooted and then went through a pretty slow process that looked as though it was un-synching. None of the how to’s on the Apple Forum mentioned that. After a few minutes I was prompted to pair the watch to a phone and I was off and running. The phone gave me the option to restore from a back up and most everything worked. The only thing I’ve noticed is that the MLB app seems to have gone missing. Not a big deal though as it only showed info from games played by the team I have marked as my favorite on the iPhone App and that team’s season is over.

Everything is back to normal now, but having to unpair the watch and the iphone still counts as my first largish Apple Watch issue. Hopefully it is also the last.

To show that third party apps now work, here is a pic of my ceiling, taken with ProCam:

Baseball

The Cubs won a playoff series! Well… it was just a playoff game, but it counts if they advance to the next level.

The Division Series is set. Both teams I picked in the wild card play ins won. (I’m 2-0 for the post season so far!)

In the American League we have the Rangers and the Blue Jays. Despite being an AL East team, I am picking the Blue Jays to win the pennant. Why? Because I hate it when pundits talk about how big moves at the trade deadline never have all that big an effect on the standings. Well, the Blue Jays went all in at the deadline and took over the division after that. So the pundits can suck it. (The Mets did the same thing, but I ain’t picking them cause they are from effin’ New York. Screw that)

We also have the Royals and the Astros. As I said before, all the Astros get for winning the play in is the honor of losing to the Royals. Enjoy it!

In the National League we have the Cubs and the Cardinals. The Cubs don’t have a prayer but I’m rooting for them. Why? Go watch Back to the Future II and find out. 2015 is the year. It’s destiny, and Marty McFly has money on it.

As for the Mets and the Dodgers? I hate them both. Not only that, they are both New York teams (sort of). I have to decide which team I hate the least. The Dodgers, I guess. I’ll pick the Dodgers. I’ve been to Dodger Stadium, so I guess that clinches it.

So in summation, the League Championship Series round will be the Blue Jays and the Royals in the AL, and the Cubs and Dodgers in the NL.

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