the max

"Hope is a good thing, maybe the best of things, and no good thing ever dies." - Shawshank Redemption

I love how when I open Homer's head, the booklet and all of the cardboard/paper packings falls out and lands on the floor. Yeah, definitely a great thing. Can't wait for normal packaging.

Which is why people buy the sets. Plus, sometimes listening to the commentary can be kind of amusing, if you like that sort of thing (behind the scenes stuff).

Dear Master Arnott, Recently, I got into an argument with a fellow hockey fan on the internet. The internet, Master Arnott. INTER-NET. Nevermind. I got into an argument with a fellow hockey fan who called me a moron for daring to suggest that you are an underachiever who has never lived up to your huge potential. I realize that some of the potential that you had might have gone by the wayside when you essentially became a system player with the Devils. But now, you've comfortably settled into averaging 50-55 points a season and seem to be happy. Don't worry, retiring and knowing that you never played as hard as you could isn't something that you regret for the rest of your life. In short, I apologize to you sir. You've obviously realized that you can coast on reputation and size and not have to put as much effort in to be as good as you used to be. I hope you accept my apology. Please send me as many free items as possible. Love, Max!!

Your FOX affiliate spoils you. Mine runs it once a day, only newer episodes at 4PM, when I'm usually working.

Wow. Never been called that before. Guess when you call out players who underachieve, you're a moron. I'm'a go cry in my room and write a letter of apology to Mr. Arnott.

They're being babies on the simpsonsbox.com website too. Talk about being bitter. Not all of us like Fisher Price plastic toys amongst our dvds.

That's what you get. In real news, other than Arnott bashing, the Bruins agreed to terms with Brad Boyes and a host of others. And TSN is reporting (on their website) that Eric Brewer accepted his QO with the Blues.

Who's being sarcastic? I've never seen a hockey game with Jason Arnott, obviously. He exists in a world that remains unseen to my eyes. He's unassailable in the eyes of many because of his size and ability to pile up disappointing seasons of ~55 points when he's capable of ~75-80 at least. Of course, I wouldn't know that, since I've never seen him play before.

Call me crazy, but I don't think this looks very good. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v97/maxpower27/boxsets.jpg

Right, I forgot that I've never seen him play. Not once. I never watch hockey.

Get seasons 3-8. After 8, I stopped enjoying it as much as before and it really descended into stupidity. The best season is 3, I think.

Because, coasting along and getting ~20 goals a season isn't what he's capable of. He's perfectly capable of being almost a point per game player, but he slacks off and is lazy and inconsistant.

Which is why I was uncomfortable with it from the start. Throw Timlin in the spot for the short term. At least he's been good this year and has closing experience more recent than Schilling.

Pretty much, yeah. He felt that he couldn't just come back after the ankle injury and start pumping out quality starts at the major league level. It appears that he can't pump out quality relief appearances either.

Because he has so much more talent than he shows. His rookie season in Edmonton had people salivating at the thought of what he could do. Now, he's basically become an inconsistant big man.

I just buy generic brands and save boatloads of cash. The girlfriend eats a lot of cereal, so we save something like 15 bucks a month just by buying generic brands of cereal. We made an exception with Frosted Flakes. They had a lightsabre spoon in them that we wanted to collect all three colors of. We only got like, 15 red and 1 blue. I don't eat cereal as much anymore and I'm partial to raisin bran or Kellogg's raisin bran crunch.

Jason Arnott signed his QO to stay with the Stars. Meh. I don't really like Jason Arnott, he's never really proven himself outside of his excellent rookie season, he coasts for a good amount of the season. Marco Sturm and Pat Marleau reupped with the Sharks. I like these signings. Sturm is wildly underrated. Roberto Luongo will meet with an arbitrator to get a one-year contract signed with the Panthers. After the one-year deal, I doubt he'll still be in south Florida.

Agreed, FTL sucks ass. You're better off going to Fort Myers to have fun. Go to Miami and try to score. If you don't score in Miami, you're not trying hard enough.

Happens in the NHL and NBA a lot.

Steve Carell is very funny, but not the deranged kind of funny that the Joker needs to be. He's more funny in a silly kind of way. Tim Roth would probably be the best fit for it.

"A Mighty Wind" from...A Mighty Wind

Where would Oakland's new stadium be located? I noticed that they have something of a map in your second picture, but is that close to the current stadium?

Board Member: This guy here is dead. Rachel Phelps: Cross him off then. Harry Doyle: [an Indians pitcher is removed from the game] Well, you can close the book on Kellner. [covers microphone] Harry Doyle: Thank God!

Martin didn't like him for whatever reason, so he'll likely grow a lot this season. I think he's the real deal.