Weekend Wrap

Well it was about time that Kate From England and I had a normal weekend. With all the work I have been doing on the new show , I had forgotten what it was like to just sit on the couch and relax with Kate. Let me tell you, there is nothing better than sleeping in on a Saturday (after a wonderful Friday night of beers and tequila), waking up with nothing to do but chill out and watch some Lost. And to top it all off, the B's FINALLY beat Buffalo this year. Although the hockey season (for Boston) is lost, it was good to see the Bruins play a competitive game for once. The B's also fired GM Mike O'Connell on the weekend which I find quite amusing. What does this say of the Joe Thornton trade? It would appear Mr. O'Connell did NOT know what he was doing if 4 months later after the shocking deal he is relieved of his duties as GM. I am not saying that Sturm, Primeau and Stuart have not played well (in fact I have been pleasantly surprised) but trading the league's leading scorer is never a good way to run a hockey team. (Ok, I know Jagr has 1 more point than Joe, but Joe has played two games less...in my mind he will win the scoring race.) And poor Glen Murray, he must be baffled at how his year has gone. Going into the lock out, it appeared Murray would never wear the Black and Gold again; surprisingly O'Connell finally offered Murray what he was worth and therefore Murray resigned with Boston. Cut to a month later and Murray is on a line with Joe Thornton and Sergei Samsonov and all appears to be well. Well Mr. Murray I am sad to say that as of Monday March 27th, there is no joy in Mudville, you are stuck playing on a line with Marty Reasoner and Mariusz Czerkawksi thanks to Mike O'Connell. And what other great decisions has Mike made this year? Oh that's right he kept Andrew Raycroft in Boston, re-signed Tim Thomas to a THREE YEAR DEAL! Now don't get me wrong, Thomas has been fantastic and is the only thing keeping the B's somewhat competitive, but a 3 year deal for someone who has played 35 career NHL games and is 32 years of age?!?!?! And the best thing yet is that Hannu Toivonen is still on the roster. So you get my point...I am not sad to see O'Connell go, but it is only a matter of time before Harry Sinden finds himself another puppet and the Bruins management will continue to under pay players and have sub-par seasons.
On a happy note, Kate and I had a turkey dinner last night. It was great to have some home cooking after a few weeks of eating in crappy Boston, Austin, Toronto bars. We went grocery shopping and bought one of those small serving turkey "roasts". Well Kate and I were quite deceived by the turkey "roast's" packaging as we had our next 15 meals planned out. "First we'll have a turkey dinner, then turkey sandwiches for lunch, then turkey soup for dinner, then turkey turkey for a snack...etc"....well let me tell you friends although the turkey boasted a price tag of $10, it certainly would not cover the 15 or so meals we thought it would. In fact, it barely made 2 servings for dinner and we had to cook some sausages just to ensure there would be no late night hunger. DAMN YOU TURKEY BASTARDS FOR YOUR APPEALING PACKAGING! Anyway, word to the wise...next time spend your $10 at KFC, you'll certainly get more meat for your dollar.