GET REAL HASBRO!!!

Ok I just went to price out Risk, the game of global domination, and apparently its now a good idea to TOTALLY destroy the greatest game I ever played in my life. Risk used to be awesome with its cool little men and cannons and horses but now Hasbro decided to replace the coolest game pieces ever with ARROWS!!!!! Why would anyone chose to play with plastic arrows??? Its like do you want to drive a Mercedes or a card board box! Why on God's green earth would Hasbro do this? It was perhaps the worst business move ever, its like Leonardo DiCaprio decided to stop making iconic movies and just strictly started guest starring in Lifetime movies! I cannot express my rage and disappointment at how horrible ruined Risk is for me.

NHL Top Ten Power Rankings

This could end up being a weekly, bi-weekly, monthly or whenever the hell I feel like updating feature.

1) Washington Capitals (17-6-2)
A rough loss to Atlanta last week left coach Bruce Boudreau calling out Ovechkin for under-performing. The team responded well with 3 straight wins to retain the best record in the league.

2) Pittsburgh Penguins (16-8-2)
Winners of seven in a row, captain Sidney Crosby has 25 points in his last 12 games, eclispsing Steven Stamkos as the NHL's points leader. nuff said.

3) Detroit Red Wings (15-4-2)
With Pavel Datsyuk emerging as more than just a Lady Byng contender with his hot start on the score sheet, and great play from tender Jimmy Howard, this team has all the makings of a cup contender.

4) Philadelphia Flyers (15-6-4)
As much as it pains me to say it, this team is SCARY good with a legit #1 goalie in Bobrovsky. Let's see if the rookie can keep it up all season.

5) Dallas Stars (14-8-1)
Dallas's up-and-down season continues but four consecutive wins has them in the top 5. Bard Richards may be the most valuable player to his respective team so far this season.

6) Montreal Canadians (15-8-1)
Carey Price continues to dominate opponents with a blistering 1.95 goals against. They rank 24th overall in goals per game, so if Price does not continue his great start look for them to falter in he standings.

7) Vancouver Canucks (12-7-3)
Vancouver needs some work scoring 5-on-5 but the power play is more than making up for it ranking 1st in the NHL. Combine that with a heating up Roberto Luongo and you have a very dangerous team in the west.

8) Atlanta Thrashers (12-9-3)
5 straight victories on the backs of Ondrej Pavlec and emerging superstar Dustin Byfuglien has them into the top 10.

9) Tampa Bay Lightning (13-8-3)
Tampa touts the 7th best offense in the NHL, unfortunately they have the 29th worst defense. Stamkos and St. Louis are keeping this team above water for now, but don't be surprised if the finish middle of the pack come April.

10) Columbus Blue Jackets (14-8-0)
One of the more surprising teams so far, Columbus's backup goaltender Mathieu Garon has a 1.33 goals against, yet is somehow still stuck on the bench behind starter Steve Mason. Nevertheless, Columbus has played well enough to deserve a top 10 ranking.

Is This Madison Square Garden Bridge For Real?

UPDATE: I don't even remember blogging this but i have to say it wasn't that bad for being shitfaced at the time and I'm actually quite impressed with myself.

Supposedly this is a new feature for renovations to be made for Madison sqaure Garden to be ready in 2013. Looks like the dumbest fucking idea since the NHL put a team in Arizona. Does anyone honestly think to themselves "The only thing that would make this hockey game better is if I could watch it from a bridge hung from the ceiling!". Answer: Hell fucking no. I don't want to look 90 degrees down at the tops of the heads of hockey players wondering wtf is going on. I'll take my comfy seat and cupholder anyday. The sad thing is they'll probably charge $100 a ticket and idiots will probably buy them.

ps im kinda fucked up right now but i saw this and was bored so i blogged it. DEAL

Thank You Rex Ryan!

The Jets really cut this guy? I cannot believe this is who replaced Lawrence Maroney. 1000x better player than Maroney ever was. Guy is only 5'7 but he run the ball effectively , actually blocks for Brady AND hes out there knockin heads off on special teams! Colts had absolutely no answer for him yesterday. Danny Woodhead, you might be my newest man crush...

Two Touchdowns and a 2 Point Connversion Later....

Was this start a 10 year-old in goal night in Philly? Seriously can anyone stop some pucks please? This is an embarrassment. Dan Ellis, Mike Smith, Sergei Bobrooski and Brian Boucher; you can retire now. The NHL will be better off without you!

P.S. Stamkos definitely just passed Ovechkin as the best goal scorer on the planet. Dude is a straight up Marines certified SNIPER.

Well Thank God He Ain't In Green...

(ESPN)---Trail Blazers center Greg Oden, the former No. 1 draft pick whose short career has been marred by injuries, will have microfracture surgery on his left knee and will not play this season.

Listen I'm not the biggest basketball guy, but I do remember when Greg Oden was the next big thing and supposed to save the Celtics 3 years ago. Now he's going on his third knee surgery in 3 years and has yet to start more than 40 games in a season. Thank the high heavens that Danny Ainge was able to pull off the Ray Allen trade on draft night 2007. A lot of bandwagon fans forget that this guy would've been wearing green if not for that trade. That meant no Ray Allen no KG and no 08 title. Just another 20 years of self loathing and what if's.

Attaboy Rook

Tyler Seguin. Rippin twine seeking missiles and embarrassing goalies for years to come...

Black Bear Weekend Roundup

For those of you who weren't paying attention The University of Maine Black Bears were quite busy this weekend.
The men's hockey team swept Northeastern with two 4-2 victories. Northeastern was able to score first in both games, but the Black Bears came back both times, including a 3 goal 3rd period on Saturday. Joey Diamond was the star of the weekend for the Black Bears, as he scored the tying goal on Friday, and had a phenomenal individual effort to score the game winner on Saturday. Spencer Abbot scored his team leading 7th and 8th goals and also chipped in an assist. Dan Sullivan earned both victories as he asserted himself as the clear #1 option in net for Tim Whitehead. The Black Bears move up to #3 in the nation, trailing behind Minnesota and Boston University. The get back at it this Friday for the first of two games against Boston College in Chestnut Hill.

The men's basketball team opened up their season with a 71-66 overtime victory over Utah Valley St on Saturday. Maine held a five point lead at halftime, but Utah Valley was able to come back and tie it by the end of regulation. Troy Barnies led the way for the Black Bears with 16 points and freshman Raheem Singleton chipped in with 15 of his own. The hardwood was not so kind to the Black Bears on Sunday, as national powerhouse Maryland crushed them 89-59. Troy Barnies again had 16 points in the loss. The Black Bears will have their home debut this Friday at 7 pm. in the Alfond.

The Maine women opened their season with a game at home against Harvard. The Black Bears held a 29-8 lead at the half but were throttled 45-25 in the second as Brogan Berry took over for the Crimson, tallying 20 points in the contest. Maine did have one bright spot as redshirt freshman Amber Smith collected 11 points coming off the bench in her college debut. They resume action on the 19th with a game at Bryant College.

This Is What I Live For

UPDATE: Yes its actually warm out today but i will bring an icepack to make sure i am cold enough

Yea im gonna go freeze my nuts off waiting 2 hours in line for seats. And guess what? I'll enjoy it too. IT'S TIME FOR BLACK BEAR HOCKEY!!!!!

Says the Man in tights

who's the gay one?

Jersey Shore is gay?

I already knew they were, but I mean come on. I thought these guys were supposed to be role-models for guidos...guess not.

Jersey Shore is a horrible show that people watch because their lives lack excitement. As Fredo has shown he loves half naked men running around fistpumping and making out with eachother. Sorry bro, but it's not for me.

How Does It Taste Cindy?

5 3rd period goals when it looked like the game was over. These Bruins are LEGIT. You stay classy Cindy Crosby

Fist Pumpin Like a CHAMP

Jersey Shore is one of my favorite television shows. There I said it. And I'm damn proud of it too. I don't know why everyone is so embarrassed and afraid to admit that they watch it. People are just far too quick to judge. My friends thought I was stupid and weird when i told them i watched it. Then I told them to just watch one episode. They were instantly hooked. Nobody can say that it isn't entertaining to watch how ridiculous a lifestyle that these people live. They literally get paid to party, fight and smush (get laid).
There's nothing like seeing MVP (Mike Vinny Pauly) hittin the dance floor and creepin on girls while pumped up on some Ron-Ron juice (alcohol not steroids). It's an hour of TV that I look enjoy no matter what every single week. There is never a dull episode, which is all you really want out of reality TV anyway. For those of you out there (aka no one because nobody reads this) who love you some J Shore I give u one fist pump. For those haters, I give you a Ronnie ONE SHOT knockout cause your probably a grenade.

Aussie Rap is the Cat's Pajamas

These days everyone is talking about the American ganster rappers and how amazing they are.
 "OMG I love the songs about drugs, sex, money and how every rapper came from the ghetto and love to sing about their experiences in climbing to the top of the music world!"

Sound familiar? That's because every American rapper raps about the same thing. Don't get me wrong, I have been known to listen to rap from time to time, but my  favorite are the innovative bands from Australia (or South Africa if you were to ask Big Kat).
The bands I listen to most are Bliss N Eso and Hilltop Hoods (pictured). These bands provide fresh beats and lyrics with a Australian accent to top it off. Cause lets be honest here, who doesn't love an Aussie accent? Terrorists that's who.

So to the readers that don't exist, when you go out to pick up your new Kid Cudi album, try out some Aussie rap, it won't disappoint.

P.S. Love the guys Chewbacca hoodie in the back.


Listen here:
Bliss N Eso
Hilltop Hoods

Step Aside Infinity Ward

Yes it has finally arrived, Call of Duty's latest installment, Black Ops. I can proudly say I stood in line with TWilly as he purchased his copy at the midnight release and I will soon follow suit when i get the opportunity to pick up my pre-ordered copy. But I have already logged a solid half day on live and it has been magical. While I cant comment on the campaign yet I must say treyarch really stepped up their game this time around and has asked infinity ward, "whos your daddy?" Everything about this game is an upgrade. The sound is realistic and full, the currency system and customization aspects of this game have added a whole new depth to personalization. The only downside I have run into is the servers are sometimes slow on matchmaking but as soon as treyarch gets their hands on some more bandwith i will NEVER leave my couch! So hats off to you treyarch for not creating another world at war and tainting the CoD way of life


BTW, zombies is back and i hear tell JFK is a playable character that alone is worth the 60 bucks

Is This a Joke?

So this your AL gold glove shortstop. This has to be a joke right? I'm supposed to believe that Derek Jeter is THE BEST defensive shortstop in the league? And yea all you blind Yankee fans with your thumb's up your ass (aka Tom) are gonna be like "well he has a .989 fielding % and he plays hard every game blah blah blah". Just shut the hell up. I could have a .989 fielding % too if i decided not to go for every ball hit more than a foot to my right or left. Guy can't move around the diamond anymore. He isn't even the best shortstop on his team, let alone the entire American League. What a joke.

This is why I go to college

Apparently blogger doesn't even let you embed YouTube videos but if you click the title it should send you to the video. If not here is another link: (skip to about 45 seconds or so)

http://www.todaysbigthing.com/2010/09/15

Sometimes I ask myself if college is the best investment. Like is it really worth all that money just for a silly piece of paper? Thankfully there are videos like this to remind me that these are the kind of fucked up jobs that people get when they don't go to college. Is this seriously a career somebody wants to have when they grow up? Instead of wanting to be a fireman or a professional athlete this crazy ass mofo wants to climb 1800 feet to fix a damn telephone pole? I'd figure we'd have robots that could do shit like this by now. And congrats bro on being able to see 55 miles from the top. Hope your thinking about that great view when your face smacks the ground at 80 mph.

Speaking of Sports

While we are on the topic of athletes I would like to address the whole issue of Facebook statuses. For too long I have scrolled through my homepage questioning why I ever agreed to be friends with half these miserable wrecks. I am sure many of you have felt the same nausea when you puruse your friends statuses and realize how many are self-loathing shells of people. Since when did it become ok to let everyone know how you feel every second of the day?? Im sure many of you have just today blew chunks when reading one of your friends desperate cries for attention via status.

For example this is a direct from one of my "friends": "There's just no getting over you. wtf." Ok first of all, who is the antecedent of you annnd second of all why should I care? Like ok its too bad you cant get over this person but what do you expect us to do about it? Are you hoping that one of your friends has a P.h.d in comforting?? Its a social network, hence discuss what you would in a social setting! When was the last time you walked into a dinner party and the ice breaker your host decides on is "my lifes in shambles...theres no me without you" youd be bringing out the crickets and the awkward turtle realll fast. So all im saying is class it up Facebook users. Because if you dont cut it out im bringing my public life into your private life soo next time your on the porcelain throne im gonna host a poker game in your bathroom.

Get the fuck on my team

 Just so you know I am a Yankees fan and there is nobody that I would rather have on my team than Cliff Lee right now. Guy is just outrageous. Now, I realize that he lost twice in the World Series to the misfit Giants, but his job the past two years has been getting his team to the World Series, and he's succeeded like a boss. Lee will look  amazing next to former teammate C.C. Sabathia, with two of the top lefties leading off the rotation (followed by another dominant lefty Andy Pettitte)

The only two things that could stop Lee from joining the Yankees at this point are grits and the stupid Yankee fans that spit on his wife, but I know that the Yankees will make Lee an offer he can't refuse.


P.S. I would pay Cliff Lee 5 million to show up just for the postseason

Get Fuckin Real: Jaraslov Halak

"Get Fuckin Real" may be a recurring blog feature here on Bear in Mind. It will focus mostly on athletes but it could apply to anyone who normally sucks but decides that they want to be good all of sudden. For the innagural "Get Fuckin Real" we take a look at St. Louis Blues netminder Jaraslov Halak. Halak, a native of Slovakia and former Lewiston Maineiac, is playing out of his freaking mind right now. Touting a .950 save % and 3 shutouts through 9 games, Halak has been by far the most impressive goaltender in the western conference so far. Halak is still young and could be a late bloomer like other NHL goalies (Tim Thomas) but no one saw this coming considering his posted a goals against of over 3 in the American Hockey League. Now this fauxhawked motherfucker is 8-1 for a team with the 17th worst offense in NHL. Jaraslov Halak GET FUCKIN REAL.

THIS IS A BLOG!

Tom "Twilly" "Leatherballs" Wilson, Matt "MC Hammer" Corey and myself, Cody "Fredo" "Gingerballs" "Seamus" "Cbecks" Beckett will be contributing to this newly created blog about whatever the hell we fell like talking about. Matt and Tom will probably get bored with this in about 45 minutes much like Michael and Andy did with going to Mexico in the most recent episode of The Office. I, however, actually enjoy writing and promise to continue feeding the zero people who will read this crap that you probably don't care about. But hey since no one is going to read this, you probably dont give a shit! But really please read this as it is all Tom, Matt and I have to live for. Fredo out!