I know I've got a project plan to work on, modification specs to approve, and invoices to review, but on a cold, drizzly afternoon like this I find myself wallowing in the rhetorical mud with Pudge, over the recent anti-Harold Ford ad that's been airing here in Tennessee. What a waste of time! Some people just can't seem to see things from another perspective.
With a nod to my beloved 1980 Detroit Lions, Another pound bites the dust... Another pound bites the dust...
Progress So Far
9/8/06: 209
9/15/06: 204.5
9/22/06: 206
9/29/06: 201
10/6/06: 197
10/13/06: 195
10/20/06: 194
10/27/06: 193
Just posted another entry over at the blog, and thought I would share.
Basically, I assembled data from the 2005-6 NHL regular season, and summarized by team the number of hits, giveaways, and takeaways, whereupon I ranked them in those categories and ran the numbers up against their regular season point totals, looking for any correlation.
For some reason our hockey team has had a lot of roster changes over the last couple weeks, and the end result is that we've got an uphill battle to fight the rest of this season. First, the zoomer who scored a ton of goals for us one night moved to New Jersey, then our top player (who's also the commish) decided he no longer needed to play on our team as he'd filled out our roster.
Weighed in at 194 this morning, which means I've lost 15 pounds so far, so that's nice. The wife and kids were up in Indiana last week, and in their absense I went off diet a couple times and went over my recommended daily caloric intake - not by a huge amount, but enough to slow things down a bit.
Things are starting to cook now over at the blog. I've posted about half a dozen articles over the last week which are truly breaking new ground in the realm of hockey stats, and the traffic and feedback are starting to climb. Daily traffic is about 10x what it was previously when I was merely posting commentary, and I hope to grow that number by another order of magnitude over the next few weeks.
Ever wonder who's got the top slapshot in the NHL? I've got a new breakdown available over at the blog showing which players score the most off the slapshot, broken down by shooting distance as well.
I went to the hardware store yesterday and loaded up on some steel wool, clear caulk, and aluminum flashing. There are a couple holes underneath our gas fireplace (for wiring and piping that comes in) which had plenty of room for intruders to enter, so those have now been sealed up. Traps have also been set in the crawlspace underneath the house, where I suspect the invasion has come from.
Ugh. Last night, a mouse decided to enter our humble abode. After a great deal of effort, we got him out the back door, but tonight, I saw him darting around behind the TV again.
The traps are set, let's just hope for a jackpot in the morning...
This week's result is a bit of a miracle, as last Sunday we took the kids to the Loveless Cafe here in Nashville, which we'd heard plenty about, but hadn't visited yet in our first year here. When taking in a classic Southern joint like this I'm not about to quibble with the diet, so I went right ahead with (reasonable portions of) fried chicken, mashed potatoes and gravy, and some wonderful creamed corn. My daughter went with her usual gril
Fresh data right out of the oven posted over at the blog. All NHL goals from the 2005-2006 regular season (non-empty net), broken down by distance and shot type (slapshot, wrister, etc.), along with a subset view of power play results.
The interesting thing to note here is the increased incidence of medium-range slapshot goals on the power play, as teams work the puck around and get clear shots from the point...
So I've posted my latest entry over at the blog, but now I'm having trouble posting a table there, and could use some advice. I've basically got a table with a dozen or so columns, and posting the text right into Blogger screws it up. So I made a
At long last, I've got the first article posted over at my hockey blog regarding a new level of statistical analysis for NHL hockey. Baseball is light-years ahead in this area, largely due to the volume of discrete statistical information that the game readily provides. Hockey, being a more fluid game, doesn't consist of such data points... at least until now.
What an unbelievable game tonight - Kenny Rogers dominating "the greatest lineup ever" (how many times does ESPN need to blow smoke up those Yankee skirts?), the Tigers scoring early and often, and best of all, Ernie Harwell doing some play-by-play in the ESPN booth. Hearing "he stood there like the house by the side of the road and watched that one go by," as Jason Balco took a called third strike brought back some great memories.
Still making good progress, weighing in at 197, which, according to BMI, moves me from being "Obese" to merely "Overweight." Sure, it's only a label applied by a formula, but I'll take the kudos where I can get 'em. I'm still a big fan of SparkPeople.com, and now the wife is getting sucked in, so we've formed a team and will work on this together. Perhaps the best thing is that I can feel the difference already while playing hockey - quickness is improving, and I've got more gas in
"It says he made us all to be just like him. So if we're dumb, then god is dumb, and maybe even a little ugly on the side." -- Frank Zappa
