Now Playing on my iPOD...

1. One Man Wrecking Machine by Guster
2. Give it up by The Format
3. Viva la Vida by Coldplay
4. Nineteen by The Old 97's
5. Hiphopopotamus VS. Rhymenocerous by Flight of the Conchords
6. Strange Condition by Pete Yorn
7. Question by The Old 97's
8. Dog Problems by The Format
9. Sunshine by Matt Costa
10. Dallas, Texas by the David Ramirez Band
11. Annie Waits by Ben Folds
12. Sundress by Ben Kweller
13. Sandollars by Why?
14. Amsterdam by Guster
15. Landed by Ben Folds

Relentless

First off, congratulations to the Detroit Red Wings on an extraordinary season. Their execution was relentless and it showed.

Pittsburgh should be really proud of what they accomplished as well. This won't be the last time that this team makes it to the Stanley Cup finals.

McCain's take on his differences with Obama

Got an interesting e-mail from the John McCain camp today promoting their new section of their website called, "Decision Center"

In the site the McCain camp details the differences between the two candidates.

This was a good opportunity for John McCain to really start a dialog about the differences between him and Obama, unfortunatelly many of the references made in this site are extremely vague.

My favorite section is the one about energy.

"John McCain will break from the past to lead a great national campaign to put us on a course for energy independence."

Really? How?

"Obama voted for the same policies that created the problem."
What policies?

"This is our moment. This is our time." -Barack Obama, June 3rd 2008

For the first time in the history of the United States of America, an African American is one step away from being the leader of the free world. Barack Obama secured the democratic nomination Tuesday night, ending one of the most contentious primaries in American history.

In front of a frenzied Xcel Energy Center, Senator Obama lifted the 19,000 faithful by announcing his presumptive nomination. "Tonight we mark the end of one historic journey with the beginning of another — a journey that will bring a new and better day to America." And what a journey it has been.

After shocking the political world by winning the Iowa Caucuses in early January, his momentum carried through most of February and March, and made winning the nomination a daunting task for Hillary Clinton. His theme of "change" tapped into America's thirst for something different, and proved to be a winning strategy.

But now there seem to be more questions than answers. Among the top questions will be who Obama will pick as his running mate for the general election. Obama will be pressured by the nearly 18 million citizens that voted for Clinton, to pick her as his running mate. Only time will tell if this, "dream ticket," comes to fruition.

No matter who Senator Obama picks as his VP one thing is certainly clear. The gloves are off, and the battle for the presidency will be much tougher.

NHL Scores on NBC

Nielsen Ratings June 2, 2008: 5.8 Million Watched Hockey

OK, so more people watched reruns of Bones, House, Big Bang Theory (and everything else on CBS), but the NHL Stanley Cup game between the Pittsburgh Penguins and the Detroit Red Wings reeled in almost 6 million, definitely the most watched Stanley Cup Finals game in a good long while.

Moreover, the game led NBC to a tie for first place in the 18-49 demo with CBS so even though NBC was fourth for the night in total viewers, it was number one with the viewers who seem to matter most.

FOX had the most average viewers with repeats of Bones and House. House had very strong performance for a rerun, as did CBS’ Two and a Half Men, and you could probably include the repeats of CBS’ Rules of Engagement and CSI:Miami as performing well, too.

While there was more interest in ABC’s The Bachelorette than the hockey game, there wasn’t much more interest and although it had more viewers with 6.45mm, it only had a 2.1/6 in the 18-49 demo. That’s better than the debut of The Mole which averaged 4.73m and a 2.0/6 in the 18-49 year old demographic. Looks like both the mole, and its viewers are in hiding.

Third Time's a Charm

It took three overtimes, and three powerplays in the extra frame to push the series to a game six, but the Pittsburgh Penguins will live to fight another day thanks to the heroics of Petr Sykora and Maxime Talbot.

The Pens started strong with an early 2-0 lead courtesy of Marrian Hossa, and Adam Hall. But Detroit found a way to get back in the game to cut Pittsburgh's lead in half before the start of the second intermission.

What transpired in the third period was a showcase of the "new" NHL as Detroit tied the game, then took the 3-2 lead.

However it all fell apart when less than a minute away from capturing their 11th Stanley Cup, amidst the frenzied crowd at Joe Louis Arena, Maxime Talbot shocked the Red Wing faithful by tying the game at three a piece in the game's final minute.

Despite dominating most of the three overtimes, Pittsburgh's Petr Sykora stunned the capacity crowd and sent the series back to Pittsburgh for a tilt tomorrow night (7 p.m. CST on NBC) at Mellon Arena.

USA Today article:
http://www.usatoday.com/sports/hockey/nhl/2008-06-03-penguins-wings_N.htm