Scooter Chronicles

The last part of the answers, after some late questions.

My friend Brian asked the following:

How do you think the new expansion clubs are going to affect the AFL over the next couple of seasons and beyond?

I think overall, it will be good to have more teams. However, I think they will reach a limit where expansion beyond that would be silly. It’s obvious that the sport is doing well outside of Victoria, it’s “homeland” so to speak. Some of those teams have even won championships and rather quickly (if comparing them to St. Kilda, at least). But if they continue to push too far, they could start seeing more failures.

I don’t know much about...

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Who’s Watching the Watchmen?

I was this weekend.

This is (obviously) the movie version of the graphic novel that I read and REVIEWED recently. I don’t want to rehash the synopsis, so I would recommend reading the review.

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I won!

In some respects it was anti-climatic. My team was doing very well and the Bombers were missing key players due to injuries. But I still wondered if for some reason my team would all of a sudden have a bad week. Glad they didn’t!

The second part of the questions are as follows ……

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From our friend John:

What do you think the Blackhawks chances of a second (back to back) cup are?

I think they are very slim. That’s not to say that the Hawks aren’t a formidable team. They are and will be for the prolonged future. But they had to let so many character guys go, plus Niemi, due to the salary cap, that I think this hurts them in the short term. The new faces will have to get acquainted with each other and it will take some time to build that chemistry with the core of Toews, Kane, Keith, and Seabrook. So I don’t think...

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Here are the answers to the questions from Roger:

Who will be the participants and winners of the next World Series, Super Bowl, and Stanley Cup.

Wow! These are tough. Especially the Super Bowl. The season hasn’t started and I’m not what you would call a huge, knowledgeable fan. But I’ll take a crack at them.

World Series: I’m going out on a limb and saying it will be a repeat of 2008 – Philadelphia Phillies v. Tampa Bay Rays. Betting against the Yankees is probably dumb, but what the heck. I just think the Rays are better managed, and that’s saying something since the Yanks’...

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Today is mine and Marcia’s 9th Anniversary. We will be heading out to dinner with the boys tonight. Probably going to the Sharp Edge. We’ve been there once thanks to Marcia’s Uncle Joe. They have good food, though not really kid friendly. Their biggest claim to fame is a huge, and I mean HUGE, selection of beer, with about 40% of it being Belgian.

This past weekend I finished reading “Watchmen” by Alan Moore (story) and Dave Gibbons (artwork). It is the collection of twelve comic books, making up an entire graphic novel. The collection won a Hugo Award in a category named “Best Other Form”, which was created for it specifically and hasn’t been used since. (The Hugo Awards now have a Graphic Story category.)

The story is set in an alternate history. In the late 1930′s, superheroes started popping up on the scene, though none of them had any actual superpowers...

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For the first time in the history of my team, I won a playoff game!! My team has had a habit of being one of the perennial powerhouses during the regular season, but had always choked in the postseason. Now my team heads to the Grand Final (championship game)! We beat the Los Angeles Highwaymen this past week. They were the champs in 2008. However, we will be facing the Edmonton Bombers in the Grand Final. The Bombers will be making their sixth appearance in the Grand Final. (By the way, that’s every single one!)

Should be a good game.

OK, I’ve decided to do another round of questions from my readers.

The rules are, you can ask me anything, and I have to answer it. (Maybe even correctly and truthfully …….. ha-ha-ha!)

Just post your questions in the comments of this post.

Over this past weekend I finished reading “Half World” by Hiromi Goto, with some illustrations (including the cover artwork below) by Jillian Tamaki.

Turning Amazon.Com and School Library Journal, here’s a rundown:

A prophecy tells that only a child born of the lifeless Half World can reunite the three worlds of Flesh, Spirit, and the Half World that have been split asunder. Enter Melanie Tamaki, fleeing from some school bullies. She arrives home to find that her mother, bedridden when she left...

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