Gettin' Noisy In Boise

Just got back from watching the Idaho Steelheads win the National Conference title series for the ECHL, essentially hockey's AA minor league. (My wife asked for tickets for the whole family to the game for her Mother's Day present -- I'm like the luckiest guy in the world.) They closed out the series against the Alaska Aces tonight by winning 3-2 in the fifth game of a planned 7 game series, and will face the winner of the Dayton-Florida series for the Kelly Cup.

The game was really good. Tied 2-2 after the 2nd period, Idaho scored a short-handed goal about 5 minutes into the 3rd, and then when the Steelheads' goalie stopped a penalty shot (unfairly awarded to Alaska by the blind refs) with just over 5 minutes left, the crowd knew the Steelheads would pull it out. There was some excitement during the last couple of minutes, but in the end Idaho had the win.

All in all, an excellent way to spend a Tuesday night in downtown Boise.

Thompson Pwns Moore

I want to see more of this direct confrontation with the insane left:

Breitbart.tv Exclusive: The confrontation over Cuba continues. Michael Moore has challenged Fred Thompson to a health care debate. At issue -- Moore's trip to Cuba and Thompson's criticism of that trip. Moore noted Thompson's evident favor for Cuban cigars as a possible violation of the trade embargo. Now, Thompson responds. Cigar in hand.

Watch the video.

What's In A Name?

Interesting article in today's New London Day about the name of the Sub Base there; here's an excerpt:

Naval Submarine Base New London is the Navy's formal name for the base that is physically located in Groton and Ledyard.
“It is confusing to people,” Groton Town Manager Mark R. Oefinger said.
If an idea floated around the Subase Realignment Coalition meeting Monday gains any traction, “Groton” may be added to the title.
Coalition members discussed renaming the entire installation Naval Station Groton and keeping the name of the lower base, where submarines are docked, as Naval Submarine Base New London.

The article goes on to discuss possible problems with this "solution" -- New Londoners not wanting to give up their one current claim to fame, and the possible desire of Ledyard to be included. My compromise: Just call the whole thing "Submarine Base Connecticut" and make no one happy.

Heroes Prediction

The next-to-last episode of the season of Heroes is about to start in the Eastern and Central time zones, so I'd better put my prediction about this episode out there so I won't be accused of cheating.

I predict that Hiro's dad has a power himself -- the power to manipulate metal. He'll be able to fix Hiro's sword.

I also predict that, rather than resolving the current plotline this season, Heroes will have a very exciting, but frustrating, season-ending cliffhanger.

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