curtprice: @NormSanders - management may be adamant that brewer is still capt...but they should be prepared for backlash when he underperforms...again.
curtprice: Ricky Horton doesn't like booing...he thinks fans should just be silent instead. Uh...What??
curtprice: @jprutherford - Critical year for Berglund, no doubt. He needs to drastically improve his numbers for the Blues to do well.
curtprice: @chriskerber -- and how many 1st round picks will we have to send to NJ?
WE'RE SHORTHANDED? WHO CARES?
After last season's improbable championship volleyball run at the YMCA by our team, Bye Week...I was anxious to see how we'd fair in the playoffs this season. We started off the season great, but then some schedule conflicts caused some of our players to miss some games, and we ended up finishing the season around .500.
After showing up and seeing that we only had four players (you're supposed to play with six), I was a bit concerned. But we had always played better shorthanded...but we'd never played two players short. (apparently Amanda thinks it's more important to go to NCAA championship games than it is to attend a rec league volleyball playoff game....pfft. Whatever. And apparently Anna doesn't read her email. Sheesh...some people.)
It was just Steve, Chris, Sarah and myself and we were matched up against Schoeny's Terminators in the first round...a team we have had words with in previous games, so let's just say we enjoy beating them moreso than other teams.
The first game was close the whole way. We had a 20-18 lead, but ended up losing 25-22. That game was pretty intense. A lot of long volleys and a lot of serious effort on a lot of plays...which should go without saying since our team of four players is covering the ground that six players normally cover.
The second game went a bit differently. We were down 4-1 early but then came back a bit and the score was about 8-8 when I started serving....and they never got the ball back. We destroyed them the rest of the way as we won the game 25-8. They couldn't handle my serve, but let's be honest...few can.
The only time the third game was close was when it was tied 0-0. We got out to an early lead and never really looked back as we won 25-13 I think.
All of this while shorthanded and playing with only four players.
That was fun...let's do it again next week in round two.
Last Updated (Tuesday, 06 April 2010 09:44)
NEW SITE DESIGN LAUNCH
I've spent the last few weeks working on redesigning the site. It's pretty much done now...so it's go time.
I'm sure I'll be adding little stuff here and there though.
Changes...
- Besides the new design, I've moved the site into the Joomla content management system which makes it easier to manage my content and updated the site from anywhere.
- You can now register with the site and post comments on any of my blog posts or on other articles throughout the site.
- I've added a ton of photo galleries, and these will by dynamically updated when I add more photos to each gallery, such as the Zoe Price gallery for example.
- There are now writeups and brief histories on the different hockey teams I have put together and/or played on, along with links to the corresponding photo galleries...including a writeup on...The Ball Park, complete with photos...man, that was a long time ago...I'm sure some of you will get a kick out of the few photos that exist.
Last Updated (Friday, 02 April 2010 15:19)
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Bizarro Curt Price received the least votes of any candidate running for either party...a paltry 1,574 votes out of 36,324 votes cast across 351 precincts...which ends up being 4% of the overall vote. He didn't even get 4.5 votes per precinct...yeee-ouch. I understand that he was only trying to win the Republican nomination, and he did get 19% of the Republican votes (woo! hoo!...I guess), but it's clear he would have been stomped in the actual election had he won the primary...because Democrats rule.
So, the election is over and Curt Price lost. I went to his website to see what he had to say about the defeat, becuase, you know...I was genuinely concerned...but his website was taken down and only this message remained: "Thank you for all your support."
Wow. Um...that's it? That's all you have to say? No letter to your people? No transcript of a speech? People donated him money, you'd think he would show his appreciation after the fact. And really, not only does he take money from people, but he took money from the same people who wanted to give money to me...and that pretty much means he's stealing from me, but my bank account isn't missing any money...DAMN HE'S GOOD!!
Maybe he should have talked about the experience, if he'll run again, or what he'll do next...instead of "See ya, wouldn't wanna be ya." Those folks in his campaign worked really hard, they deserve more...or maybe they didn't and don't, since he did lose pretty bad.
So I decided to check out his facebook page and see what he said there. Surely he will speak to his sheep there after this rough defeat. That's what all great leaders do, right?
His last message on Facebook was this: "Election Day today! Thank you all for the great support I've received during the campaign." And that was it. No more messages after that. Prior to election day, he posted all kinds of things...but after electionday...it was all crickets.
I guess it was a wham, bam, thank you ma'am kind of thing.
By the way...the Curt Price in Illinois is on a winning volleyball team, won his fantasy footall league, came in 1st place in our last poker tournament, just built a new house, has a beautiful wife and an amazing 5 month old daughter.
Hmmm....I think I am using up all of the good luck that is out there for guys named Curt Price! ...but then again, I am thirsty, and my water cup is all the way downstairs...
Last Updated (Tuesday, 30 March 2010 15:34)
