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Clock

My wife and I bought a car last year.  I just saw that I had a voicemail.  I listened to it.  It was the service department at the dealership calling to remind me that daylight savings time starts on Sunday.  They offered to help change the clock in the car, if by chance we need help.

I might be nitpicking here, but I think that’s taking things across the line that separates quality customer service with annoying the shit out of everyone.

That might just be me though.

RPMarch

So Robbie, what’s the deal? When you finished off your February recording project you said you were just going to keep going and do another one in March. You even came up with a clever stupid name for it, RPMarch.

So where are the constant updates that make us, your loyal readers want to claw our own eyes out?

Well here’s one.

I have bass and drum tracks set for five songs. There are a total of nine songs in the plans at this point. I need to come up with at least one more. I have four songs left over from the kids’ Christmas vacation, when I tried to write a few songs for a goofy EP idea. I have one idea that I had during February that I never got around to. I also have two outtakes from Things and Stuff that I want to see if I can salvage. Then there is one song that I came up with a couple of nights ago, and the one Tempest Fero song I want to add to the TF Redux collection. That’s nine. My goal is 10. So far so good.

There you have it. The RPMarch Day Six update. I hope you enjoyed it, and I hope you are pleased that I haven’t quit on this idea yet.

Yet.

NHL Trade Deadline Postscript

Chiarelli, Bruins Fulfill Intention of Bolstering Defensive Corps – Boston Bruins – Blog

Well if Peter Chiarelli calls Andrej Meszaros bolstering the defensive corps then I guess we have to take his word for it.  Personally I’m not so sure.  It seems clear the guys he wanted all went elsewhere at surprisingly low cost.  Why couldn’t we get anyone better when we had the same picks and prospects that other teams sent in their trades?  I don’t know.

Meszaros might be a decent pick up.  He was paired with Zdeno Chara on the Slovakian team in the Olympics, as well as in the distant past in Ottawa.  More likely he’ll fill the same roll he filled in Philly:  Healthy scratch.

On the upside, we just saw seven deer in the woods behind the house.  We also saw a chipmunk but I don’t think that was related.

NHL Trade Deadline

NHL Trade Tracker – ESPN

Well, there is only about 45 minutes left until the NHL trade deadline.  The Bruins have not made any moves yet.  No top four defensemen coming our way as of yet.

Callahan went from the Rangers to the Lightning for St. Louis.  Two players the Bruins don’t really need, but who I was seriously liked to have seen in a Boston uniform.  There was a defenseman in Ottawa that was rumored to be on Boston’s wishlist who signed a two year extension.  Crap.

Marion Gaborick went to the Kings.  Would he have fit in with the Bruins?  Probably not.

We’ll see how things unravel in the rest of the hour.

Go Bruins.

Trade Deadline Day

The Bruins beat the crap out of the Florida Panthers last night thanks to a hat trick by David Krejci.  Ever since going AWOL last season, it pleases me to no end to watch Tim Thomas get shelled.  After yesterday’s trade that brought former Vancouver goalie (and Thomas’ 2011 Stanley Cup Finals opponent) Roberto Luongo to Florida, it will please me even more to watch Thomas sit on the bench as Luongo gets shelled.  I don’t expect that will happen though.  I can’t imagine Tim Thomas makes it through today’s 3:00pm ET trade deadline without being moved.  He has a no trade clause, but I expect he’ll waive it for just about any team.  I can’t imagine he’s happy about being Luongo’s back up, although now there is no question of whether or not he needs to pump Lu’s tires.

The trade deadline is a fun day to be an NHL fan with an internet connection.  I just wish it fell on a weekend so I could actually pay attention to it.  I expect to find a live blog following the news this afternoon (I’m in a meeting all morning) but I don’t expect to actually have any time to look at it.

The Bruins need a defenseman.  Preferably a top pairing kinda guy but at least a top four.  They have a huge hole to fill with Dennis Seidenberg (am I even close to spelling that right?  I could look it up but… lazy) being out for the season.  That’s the big need.  Beyond that they are just looking for depth all around.  They have been tied to a number of big names, mostly forwards, but that might be just an attempt to drive up the price for their rivals.  Specifically, Ryan Kesler has been rumored to be going to Pittsburgh for a few days now.  Suddenly the Bruins are in the talks too.  As much as Kesler NEEDS to be a Bruin, I think that has more to do with trying to get Pitt to over pay than an actual chance of him coming here.  Who knows.

Enjoy the trade deadline, and may the Bruins hit the jackpot.