XG/MGE Company Scam Update, Random Thoughts from the Sports World (Roids, Kidd, Sampson), And Six Hours Per Day of Wii is A Bad Idea
I hate misremembering to write blog entries.
Quick-hitters:
- Has Firefox always had a “Undo Close Tab” option? Cool!
- Current rebate-o-meter: $1,700. The Presidents’ Day sales weren’t as brutal on my wallet as I thought it was going to be.
- I was home yet again this past weekend (more on that later). Can you blame me? There’s no way I’m passing up free food!
My dad did another prayer on Monday, so we got to take home some of that stuff. My mom bought some clams, and sauteed me some of that as well. My aunt heard that we were back in town this past weekend, so she made us some more steamed buns (and boy, were they fluffy!).
What can I say? I’m spoiled!
- I got an email a few days ago from the BBB regarding the XG/MGE Company headache I’ve been dealing with lately. Here is the company’s response to my dispute:
The checks have been scheduled to be mailed out on 03/14/08.
Um…ok.
- Random thoughts from the sports world (since there is so much to talk about, and I really don’t want to go in depth with any topic in particular):
1) If Andy Pettitte were to run for a political office in NY, I’d give him a 50/50 chance of winning. Did you see that amazing performance he put up?
But seriously, how much better does Pettitte look than his buddy, Roger Clemens?
1a) Speaking of ‘roids, how bad did former Dodgers’ C Paul LoDuca and RP Eric Gagne look after their non-apologies? I don’t understand why baseball players either won’t vehemently deny steroid rumors, or apologize for something other than distracting their team.
I’ll say what just about anybody with half a brain might be thinking: if I were accused of taking ‘roids, and I didn’t, I would be screaming denials and threatening lawsuits on people. In that regard, I can respect Roger Clemens, but I can’t respect the guy for being willing to throw anyone and everyone under the bus to save his own ass. His own wife? Pettitte “misremembering?” What’s next? Is he going to throw his kid under the bus too?
2) Jason Kidd is finally a Mav, and Keith Van Horn got a $4 million contract to un-retire and spend 30 days in a Nets uniform. No thanks to Devean George and Jerry Stackhouse’s mouth, the Kidd deal cost the Mavs an extra $11 million, and I’m still not sold that Kidd makes the Mavs championship material. The Mavs are going to miss Devin Harris a ton—who’s gonna defend Tony Parker, Deron Williams, et al.?—and don’t overlook the loss of DeSagana Diop.
As for Van Horn, $4 million to sit on the end of the bench for 30 days? Nice!
3) Due to time constraints, I will make this thought short and sweet.
Kelvin Sampson (Indiana Men’s Basketball Coach) must go. Yesterday.
Assuming the allegations against him are true, he would have been caught committing the same infractions twice at two different institutions! For all the crap Bobby Knight did in his time at Indiana, I don’t think he ever cheated (twice!).
Way to lead from the front, (soon-to-be-former) Coach Sampson.
- As I mentioned earlier, I was back in MPK yet again for the long weekend. I brought home my Wii to let my oldest sister have a go at it. I figured she would enjoy playing Wii Tennis and Wii Bowling, but never did I expect my Wii to log about EIGHTEEN (18) hours of gameplay over the three days!
Six hours per day of Wii Sports, several switches of the Wii-motes (I really need more than two!), and plenty of pain pills and ointments later, and I finally had to pack up the Wii on Monday night. Some highlights of the Wii-part over this past weekend include the following:
1) Prior to the weekend, the Ung family Wii Bowling record stood at 188, owned by yours truly. After one game, that record was stretched out to 194. The younger, older sister then proceeded to annihilate that record, notching a 220, and it would have been a heck of a lot more had she not thrown a 6 on the first throw, frame 10 (she had thrown five consecutive strikes prior to a 6-2 in the 10th and final frame). A bit miffed, I began playing game after game after game, determined to get the record back.
(Pathetic, huh? :P)
It took a while, but I reclaimed the Ung family record, with a 252. My sister attempted to reclaim the record, and pushed her personal best to 239. My mom…thank goodness for the Wii Remote jacket.
Playing Wii Tennis was a heck of a lot more fun, though, especially watching a bunch of newbies trying to figure out how to hit the ball.
(Tangent: I may have to finally retire from Wii Tennis; at least, I’ll have to retire from playing against CPU opponents. Even the 1900- and 2000-rated CPU opponents are not much more than a distraction to me :P. Now I gotta figure out how to hit that curvy shot! We spent hours trying to hit that damn thing on demand, and all I got out of the attempt was a sore right arm.)
I think it’s time for me to buy another Wii party game. Any suggestions, other than Mario Party or whatever the latest flavor of Super Smash Bros. is?
Until next time!
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