I get mailing lists are a pain in the ass sometimes, but, seriously? Use some fucking etiquette.

Say what you want, this guy knows how to create some excitement.

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‘ Yes sir, they feel great, and nothing like a ten dollar pair of brooks.’

The young kid at the cash counter, who really doesn’t care about what he’s doing or how he’s doing it. You standing at their till is ruining their day. Just steal that item, get tackled by security, so they can go home and mention how crazy work was. That’s just the kid behind the counter, forget about his counterpart, who takes his gig way too serious, and is the shift supervisor. It’s the stores themselves, the advertised buy one, get one free(with very few exclusions), how odd that the one item I like is an exclusion. It’s a new style, color, fit, size, otherwise it’s the same piece of crap. It’s the one store that’s blasting the latest rap or rock song, and then the next that’s playing the sound of a stream. How about just silence? Then, there’s the travel, you’re battling travel, hunger and your driving partner all at the same time. The radio isn’t playing any music you like, and the CD you have has been spinning for a year. And, that’s just getting there!

Never mind, the drive back with tired feet and a sore back, marks on your hands for all the shopping bags, true battle scars. Then, it’s taking all those bags and carrying them into the house, the covers,cases, and wrapping that builds and builds. All of those bags that lay about, and what feels like cataloging and inspecting your purchased items more than you did before you bought them. At some point, the man can finally sit down and rest. It’s all over. Until the next time.

Willie Mitchell, who was introduced as a big signing for the Vancouver Canucks a few years back, and was considered a key piece of the leadership group with the organization, and probably the leader out of the blue line signed with the LA Kings this week. A two year 7 million dollar contract for a player who hasn’t played since January of this year. The guy is supposed to be a quality guy on and off the ice, a d man, who uses his stick and toughness quite effectively. Many say that the Kings overspent, that while Mitchell was quality when he played, his injuries, more notably two concussions pose a serious concern. The LA Kings seemed willing to take the chance, a team that has gotten even better over the summer since their first round exit to the Canucks. While rumors swirl around Los Angeles about the change of Ilya Kovalchuk arriving, I’m going to say it’s all for nought, the salary cap simply won’t allow LA to add that big of a piece at this time. I hope Mitchell has a couple of great seasons, I was always a fan of his when he played here, hopefully he doesn’t fall victim to any concussions or cheap shots, like he did with Evgeni Malkin.

The Canucks lost a d man, so they added a forward, gotta love the logic eh? The Vancouver Canucks signed forward Raffi Torres to a 1 year, $1 million dollar contract. The signing falls into the ‘Why the hell not?’ category. The 6 ft, 218 pound left winger has been plagued by the label of being an inconsistent player, but even when he doesn’t produce on the score sheet, has always seemed to use his size effectively. While he split his last season with Columbus and Buffalo, he’s probably best known for his time in Edmonton. You almost get the sense that he’s going to be our ‘most bang for the buck’ signing of 2010-2011.

Thankfully the showtime commentary was left to mike Goldberg. The other crazy bit was some dude thought it’d be a good idea to propose to his girl at the event. The announcer called some seat number for a ‘raffle’ and when the couple came into the ring, it turned out to feel like a demented episode of punk’d. The dude got down on one knee and asked his lady to be the source of 80% of his frustrations in life, and she said yes. Ok, so, he didn’t say it like that. But, what the hell is so romantic about standing in a pool of blood? Maybe, its just seeing two men grapple and hug it out in the ring that brings out the love in folks. All in all, solid event, and aside from a couple of technical difficulties with the cage and a slightly longer than it should’ve been intermission, it was good night for MMA in Vancouver.