So I was a little off regarding the Lost finale. Oh well, I still really liked the real one and consider it one of the better major television show finales in the history of long running TV shows.

What I love about this picture is instead of removing the completely useless license plate frame all together to show off the “In God We Trust” message on the plate, they just cut it out. Why bother having the frame at all?

Do you keep these dealership logos on your car? Why? Whenever I purchase a car I instruct the dealership they can keep their logo on MY vehicle so long as they agree to my advertising rates. I tell them I will invoice them for $500 a month and since I sit in traffic 5 days a week, that’s a bargain rate. 100% of the time, the dealer says no and very nicely removes their ad from my property. They even do a good job cleaning up the area it used to reside. We don’t let our Realtor stick an ad on our homes, so why do we allow a free ad on our cars?

If you are moved to remove any decals from your car right now, I’d advise not unless you just bought it. The paint underneath will not be as faded as the rest of your car. Nor will it be as weathered so your better off leaving it be for now. If it’s just a license plate frame though, go ahead and send it back!

Perhaps I’m just a nit-picking schmoe for even worrying about it, but I do. When you sit in traffic as much as I do, I guess you start to notice things as stupid as this. Either way, so be it. Maybe next time I buy a car I’ll try a lower advertising rate.

First off, I won my hockey game last night. That means I’m 3-0 in playoff appearances this week. Not too shabby. The hockey win may just net us a spot in the championship game in 2 weeks. Cool. Next week though, we play a team I despise. Come watch if your in the Orlando area. The game starts at 7:45 which is a very rare and very early time. So you may not get another chance for a while.I mean, if you wanna see yours truly flopping around on the ice with a bunch of stuff on.

Ok, back to the title.

So a buddy and I were chatting about what may be forthcoming in the Lost finale on Sunday. First of all I think its odd that they would make the finale on a different night from its normal time slot. Perhaps that’s why I don’t watch much TV at all, they do some stupid things. Anyway, here are some ideas I had for what actually happens in the one show that sucked me in and made me feel like I needed to ride it out. The writers claimed they had an ending and it was all planned out. I call bullshit, but bullshit didn’t call me back. So here are my predictions for how the show might end as I know nothing and any of these ideas are purely valid based on the actual show.

#1 While witnessing the fury of the smoke monster from atop their puffy cloud, the care bears band together and Tenderheart leads a charge to the island. They join hands and declare a care bear stare as they unleash a rainbow of doom at the evil smoke monster. All are saved and after recovering from the temporary blindness Hurley mistakes Cheer Bear for the source of the Skittles rainbow he just saw and eats him alive. “What dudes? I thought it was skittles. Although id did taste like chicken. My bad.” Fade to black, cue music.

#2 Just as the smoke monster is about to demolish Jack he ducks out of the way. After a swift u-turn by the monster it now finds Chuck Norris standing where Jack was. Chuck winks at the monster and the monster is vaporized instantly ending the battle. Chuck Norris then grabs the island light and puts it in his pocket saying “Hmmm, I needed a new night light.” Fade to black, cue music.

#3 While chasing the last castaways through the jungle, Shia LeBouf comes swinging by vines with his pack of monkeys holding a crystal skull to intercept the monster. At which time the monster stops, transforms back into Locke and looks at the scene unfolding. Everyone stops running and all turn to the cameras and say “Okay, seriously guys, that was like the stupidest thing you ever could have copied. Wild monkeys. Really? This is stupid. I quit.” No fade and no music, the crew to add such effects quit too.

#4 Mr. White, Mr. Orange, Mr. Pink, Mr. Blonde, Mr. Blue and Mr. Brown appears from behind the trees. Guns start blazing. All the Mr.’s and all the remaining humans on the island die. The smoke monster is puzzled. Fade to black, cue music.

#5 All the alternate reality versions meet face to face with the island versions. They band together in a giant circle, sing a couple show tunes, and then that weird sex scene from Eyes Wide Shut unfolds. The smoke monster starts screaming “FIDELIO…FIDELIO” but it just starts to swirl in a counter-clockwise motion with the sound of a flushing toilet. J.J. Abrams rises from his porcelain pot made of pure gold, zips his pants, winks at the camera, fade to black, cue music.

I’m not going to tell you which one, but one of them is true. Why not? If a polar bear can mysteriously appear and disappear on a tropical island or if a dog can suddenly go missing, be found, only to go missing again, why the hell not? Aloha suckers! <—– That will be the text on screen along with that bong sound to end the show. Wanna bet? Any takers?

BONNNNG!

As you may know right now I’m a two sport guy. I have a hockey team I currently play goalie for and I also have a soccer team I’ve been playing for. I was even captain of the soccer team for a season and a half. Sort of. I got ourselves an identity through our snazzy Celtic FC uniforms which will be my lasting impression.

My hockey team is not really mine. I am only playing this season as a sub for their regular goalie who took a break this season to get some new gear or something. This is too bad, because I LOVE playing the game. Alas, I don’t know where or when I will lace up my pads after this season ends.

Back to my soccer team. After playing for like 6 straight seasons, I have decided I need a break. Too much stupid squabbling amongst the players and it’s also a game my heart is just not in. Not as much as others I play anyway. I’m not a great player, better than average I’d say. I score and setup many of our goals and I outrun people instead of being outrun myself. Still, I found myself hoping for rain outs and cancellations instead of playing most of the past season’s weeks. This tells me, it’s time to hang em up for a while.

So this week we are in our playoffs. Not being one of the top teams, we got a low seed and had to play a slightly lower seed in the first round. The team that wins plays round 2 immediately after against the first place and undefeated team that only game up 5 goals in 7 regular season games. It turned out we were going to be short one person. 8 versus 7 in our 8 versus 8 coed league.

We played well in game 1. So well we won the game 2-1 once time expired. Dammit were we gassed from all the extra running we had to do as well to cover the missing person. Lucky for us, the other team had no subs so it wasn’t much of a disadvantage. Like I said though, our night was not over yet…

Here came the best team in the league. Well rested and a full squad. They also had no subs, but this team is good. No weak links except maybe their back d-man, but he hardly touches the ball in their games. Through our heavy breathing during the 5 minutes between games 1 and 2 we were aiming for the tie. Maybe we could hold them to a tie and force penalty kicks to advance.

We did one better. Somehow we found it deep down inside ourselves to play our best game ever. We beat those guys. 2-1 was the final score. Holy crap, I couldn’t believe it. Today I feel the pain of playing 2 games back to back along with the ball I took to my jaw from 5 feet away and the massive contusion on my shin where the other team missed the ball. So we play next week as a team in the final four. I have mixed emotions. The competitor in me is so excited to pull off such a major upset, but I was kind of ready to be done with the game for a little while. I guess the game wasn’t done with me.

My plan is to go play some more golf on the days, or another day of the week, that I was playing soccer. Every other week anyway. I really enjoy that game and I’m not too shabby at it. Only playing an average of 5-6 times per year I have worked my handicap down to 15.6. That means I get roughly 16 extra strokes per round. Pros are scratch or 0 handicap players. Most all amateurs score over 100 every time they play meaning they have a minimum handicap of 28. So yeah, I can hold my own alright and I really REALLY enjoy the game. It’s a good idea to me anyway.

In a completely unrelated message, I got my issue of Playboy magazine this month. No, not totally for the articles although there is exceptional writing in that magazine. In case you wondered why I shared that tidbit of information, its because of this month’s gimmick. See, this months centerfold is in 3-D. Not the good 3-D either like Avatar. The crappy 1960′s blue and red glasses stab your brain 3-D. Sponsored by True Blood on HBO. So for all those out there that still use magazines in their “private time”, be extra careful about getting caught this month. Not only will you suffer the embarrassment of getting caught shooting putty at the moon, but you’ll get caught with goofy glasses on too!

No, the centerfold does not look good at all. It’s really crappy 3-D and a really stupid gimmick too.