Overheard in...

Just outside of Richland, WA headed to the airport. 4:50 AM on a Sunday.

Dad: Hmm. Not much traffic.

FINALLY

Expected Value of Pens Season

With Tanger going down and Sid maybe getting better, I've nailed down three scenarios:

1) Sid and Tanger come back, great chance of winning the cup (5%).

2) Tanger or Sid comes back, good chance of winning the cup (20%).

3) Neither are back, solid chance of making conference finals (75%).

Let's attach levels of producing happiness to these outcomes. From 1-10 where 10 is an awesome cup winning experience where Sid spinoramas to Geno for the one-timer to win in OT game 7.

1) 9

2) 7

3) 4

Expected Value: 9(.05) + 7(.2) + 4(.75) = 4.85 oof.

Maybe I'm a snob, but I just want to see my dudes crushing out there. Even if it's just Sid or Tanger out there and we get to the cup, I'd be sad that I wasn't watching all the awesome dudes getting after it out there.

Alright, hopefully this is the end of the pessimist posts for this stuff. Next 2 weeks will be big for the team.

When Girls Attack!... Your Amazon!

PMART - THE COMING

Man somehow survived the double earthquakes today and caught some of the pens game. Really great to see the pens put out a dominating performance, you guys. DJ is a personal fav, great to see him back, and of course free candy.

Listen man, I was super pumped about adding Paul Martin a year ago. This guy, with Coach Z, were gonna introduce a golden age of Pens D. Obvi, last year got pretty rough with the offense going to the guillotine. But the D was still spectacular. A lot of this was focused on Brooks, Z and Tanger who shut it down. P-Mart, even though strong, was supposed to flourish under Danny Balls' high tempo game where his puck handling skills, ever present in American defensemen, would explode into a puck handling fiesta. This didn't happen too much as the most he touched the puck was sometimes working the point on the PP.

Tonight this dude was awesome. He was pinching and flying through the habs zone. He must've had 5 incredible keeps on the blue line. Z struggled and took some penalties, so P-Mart had to re-up on the PK, but played high energy the whole game. I was super impressed, and hope that the incredible P Mart will show up on a regular basis.

Man. Go Pens.

J Cole - Cole's World

Well, after all the years and years of hype... It's really good. I was pretty skeptical, but man he mixed it up with some different stuff, but still focused on the mellow, relaxed beats that really go well with his voice and rhyme style. Highly recommended.

Ideas for Mary's Fantasy Football Team Name

Katnappers

Toms Toms Club

Sandman Cometh

Adele's Heartbreak

Hot Curry

Beat-your-ass Boutique

So You Think You Can Spin-move?

Please add ideas below!