After the game last night, which my Wife and I watched most of the second half, we were lying in bed.

“I like hockey’s rules better,” she says. “You take a rule breaker, put them in a box for two minutes and move on.”

Hard to argue with that logic.

“And intentionally giving up points?”

“Yes,” I said, “there would never be a situation where a defenseman skates around with a puck for ten seconds, then intentionally fire it into their own net. No.”

“I just don’t like football, I guess,” she concludes.

“Hold on,” I reply, “you love Scott Sigler’s ROOKIE universe series…”

She laughs. “Fine. As soon as there are at least three intergalactic species playing football, then I’ll start watching.”

thedailywhat:

Famous Fictional Twins of the Day

Mr. Whaite’s Movie Twins series

thedailywhat:

This is What the United States Looks Like at Nighttime

Here’s the latest view of the United States at nighttime captured by NASA’s Suomi NPP satelliteand revealed at the American Geophysical Union conference earlier this week on Wednesday, December 5.

Wow. You can almost see the outline of West Virginia there…

You there, with the cotton candy body spray/perfume/whatever you call it now….

Do you want to know what a guy thinks when a female walks past and he smells cotton candy? First thought, “WHERE THE F&@$ IS THE COTTON CANDY?!?!?”

Secondly, I would imagine that the guys most attracted to that scent would be overweight guys like myself who have that thought mentioned above, and…. pedophiles.

Please take a moment to consider what message you’re trying to put out there with your choice of scents.

Thanks.

thedailywhat:

This Seems Like All Kinds of Wrong of the Day: “How much would you pay for the universe?” asks Neil deGrasse Tyson, in this impassioned breakdown of the underfunding of NASA “day we stopped dreaming.”

But more importantly: “Do you realize that the $850 billion bank bailout — that sum of money — is greater than the entire 50-year running budget of NASA?”

[mentalfloss]

new-aesthetic:

Twitter users discover the Titanic was real.

I wonder how many of these people were in the “Chris Brown could punch me all he wants” crowd. I’m guessing more than a few. 

Although, I suppose I shouldn’t be surprised. Especially when “Mr Dragon Slayer” appears to have the twitter handle “@themilfmadness_”. That just screams intelligence and sophistication. 

(via merlin)

comicbooks:

Avengers Russian movie poster, photographed by WWE Champion CM Punk

Vancouver over the Kings in a sweep, just to get hopes up. Luongo doesn’t flake out until the second round.

St Louis over San Jose. I don’t trust the Sharks to get their shit together. Could go long, though.

Phoenix and Chicago. If Toews plays, then the Hawks in 5. If not, this series goes as long as Mike Smith lets it. If he can play shutdown, Phoenix advances. If not, the Hawks will find a way to win.

Detroit and Nashville. I want to pick Nashville, but this one is probably a coin flip, with different players coming up big every game. The stars will be stars, but the “secondary” stars decide it. I hope this one is a long series.

New York Rangers in a squash, in 4, over the Sens. Lundquist plays too well for Ottawa to get going.

Boston over Washington, in 6. I feel like the Caps can put together one or two games where they catch Thomas cheating too much and hang 5-6 goals on the board. Then the hammer drops. Cue Drowning Pool’s “Bodies”.

EVERYONE is picking the Devils over the Panthers, which makes me nervous. However, I think my boys can make it through. Say it goes 6.

Pittsburgh and Philadelphia. Cue AC/DC’s “If You Want Blood”. I think the Penguins survive, mostly on Fluery’s back. I hope this one goes 7, and I want none of the members of either team talking to the media during this series. Shut up and go.

My $.02……