61 thoughts on “April 13, 2017: Wild”

  2. A loss is a loss, but there was a lot of positive to take away from last night.
    Allen was insane in the cage. He was the only reason that game wasn't a multi-goal blowout.
    Every Wild line had chances. No puck luck, but man did they work their butts off which I think (hope) bodes well for the remainder of the series.
    The only forward not to tally a shot was Chris Stewart.
    The officiating needs to be better, even though neither team scored in a combined 7 power play opportunities.

        1. Should be the eTix site when the presale opens in a few minutes. I think the presale is online only.

          2. I have 4 in the cart and am ready to check out, but I only need 2. Anyone else want the second pair, or should I dumped them?

            [edited] - Thanks DK!

            2. Heh. I was tempted to buy 4 as a hedge against needing to buy secondary-market tickets for the Saturday show. There's a good chance this Sunday show doesn't work for my schedule. I backed off at the last minute because there are a lot of fans out there who'd like to pay a reasonable price to go. In the end I can sell the two tickets I have and hopefully not lose _too much_ on the exchange.

              Excited!

      1. I used to go east on Maryland off of 35E every day to get home. My belief was always that the speed trap was a pretext for drug & gun searches.... or, based on the experiences of my ex-BiL:

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        1. I suppose that was possible here, too. But this was definitely a speed trap. Just two motorcycle cops with their guns out pulling over people systematically. They weren't really equipped I don't think to arrest anyone.

  5. In SF for a ten o'clock event at the Golden Gate Bridge. Got up at 4 to make sure we were here on time.

    The most important part: where to have lunch after....

      1. We ended up here: Pacific Catch in the Marina District (~North Beach). I didn't realize it was a chain. Hole-in-the-wall with about 4 tables and bar seating. The clam chowder was among the best I've ever tasted, and we had a boatload of poke (three preparations: traditional Hawaiian style with ahi; "California" with salmon and avocado; and a creamy version; the first was excellent, the second good, the third, ok).

        1. also, and more seriously, I had a front-row seat to a ceremony at the Golden Gate marking the beginning of construction on suicide-prevention nets for the bridge. Last year alone, 39 people jumped to their deaths from the bridge, and another 180+ were at the bridge with intentions of jumping but were deterred or stopped by staff and other means. My agency is a small financial participant in an expensive project, but the testimony I heard was...moving.

    1. We are. I'm a big fan, from the very beginning, and now my wife and kids are into it, too. But, we have the last two or three sitting in the DVR waiting for us to find time to watch anything, so we are a few weeks behind.

      I did hear one thing that happened, I believe in this week's episode, if that's what this is about...

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          1. Oof. Ok, that's definitely not the impression I got of what happened. I was looking forward to it being a positive event, but evidently not....

  7. Hopefully this will amuse many of you, but specifically Hess:

    Yesterday, our installers went on a job to set up a 5.1 (five speakers, one subwoofer) system in a man's basement, as well as mount a 65" TV. Pretty basic stuff, in general. He was getting a Klipsch set of speakers - not our best, but he can do a lot worse. He got their $250 center channel, which is physically very large, as well as two sets of floorstanding speakers. Floorstanding speakers for the rear speakers isn't something you see often, since the fronts do the heavy lifting, and the rears are there for a feeling of immersion. I see it with people who buy the high-end stuff, but rarely with this kind of thing. But it's cool, and there's no downside. He did end up buying the cheapest receiver, though, which is woefully underpowering the speakers he bought, and defeats the purpose of spending so much money on them.

    It gets better: this is a 15x10 room. Better still: the couch is floating in the middle of the room, and eye level is about five feet from the 65" TV.

    Of course, the couch must be centered for the purposes of audio, right? No, because in a first that I've heard of, he wants all four speakers in front of him, but still wants the receiver to be in surround mode.

    I honestly want to pay him a visit just to hear how bizarre it looks and sounds.

  8. Sears can't go out of business fast enough. I placed an order for store pick-up, but it wasn't there. Its been over a week and it still isn't there and it says I already picked it up in their system, a thing that I did not do. Now I'm getting the run-around from their customer service reps (whom I can only talk to via chat or email. Would rather swear at them on the phone if this is how they're going to be) and can't even get ahold of the store it should be at because I keep getting a busy signal.

    I JUST WANT TO ORGANIZE MY GARAGE DAMMIT!

    1. I was offered a new order, with a refund on the old one (I hope), shipped to me instead. They gave me an order total $40 HIGHER than what i initially paid. And that was with a $40 discount. They were going to charge me for shipping!

      1. We were recently sent the wrong item by Target. They got the color wrong. It happens, not really the biggest problem in the world.

        So when my wife went to arrange the exchange (it wasn't in stock at a nearby physical store), she asked for them to do whatever kind of express shipping they do so that we could get it quickly, since we were supposed to already have it. Their initial offer was to split the cost of the shipping. My wife pointed out that we didn't send the wrong item in the first place and the customer rep immediately caved and said they would pay for the shipping. What I don't understand is if it's that easy to talk you out of it, why even bother making the customer experience negative by asking for us to pay half the shipping?

        1. No kidding, it makes no sense. In my case, I was already on my second attempt with them and I lead it off with saying I wanted one shipped to me no charge. I was dumbfounded this dude thought I would pay $40 top ship a $100 item that I was already mad about. I know customer service is hard because people are often unreasonable, but come on, man.

          1. Customer service is also hard work because management is so often not invested in it.

          2. On the plus side, they didn't send people to beat you up and give the seatitem that you had already paid for and received to an employee.

  9. We ended up at the Sea Salt Eatery last night. Pretty cool place, but I'm guessing it's a lot better when it's not chilly, grey, and raining.

      1. Already back. Work trip. Boss' wife has him on a diet so he said he needed seafood. Ended up getting deep-fried soft-shelled crab. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

          2. I've had it in NOLA, and, while it's good, I would still rather have fried oysters. Or oysters on the half shell. Or oysters rockefeller. Or basically any time of oyster if it's in season.

            1. Why not both?

              I used to frequent a sushi buffet in Davisville for lunch back when I was a dilettante intellectual rather than a hard-working bureaucrat. Oysters, deep-fried soft-shell, and grilled hamachi tail were just some of the goodies we partook in along with obscene amounts of sashimi.

            2. What the doc said. To that end, we sent off one of the bosses last week with a farewell lunch at antoines. I had the chargrilled oysters to start and the soft shell crab for the main. Yeah, baby.

              2. Everything at Antoine's is so ridiculously slathered in buttery creamy sauces that my stomach needs several days to recuperate.

                (Yes, I realize this is so beyond a first-world problem, but still...)

                1. Things are a-changing at toines as the head chef had to depart due to health reasons. But your point is well taken. It's not a light meal by any stretch.

    2. The place in town I really want to get to right now is Young Joni. (Not a seafood place.) Every time I've checked, there's not a reservation to be had other than really early or really late, but at some point I'm going to get there.

  10. Got the Yard Goats opening game going on the 1410 AM. 2-1 Fisher Cats over H'istan.

    Top of the 4th nail biter, with 1 out, the Shire has bases loaded, and the 'Goats just turned a nice DP to get Yency Almonte out of trouble.

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