hockey, house inventory, another movie at the airport, tomatoes, Janet!, and LA

Jun 9, 2008


hockey, house inventory, another movie at the airport, tomatoes, Janet!, and LA
Hockey
This is a sin -

Stanley Cup OK after slight dent at eatery

DETROIT (AP) - The Stanley Cup is OK after taking a tumble during the Red Wings' celebrations in Detroit.

NHL spokeswoman Bernadette Mansur says Saturday the Cup got a slight dent Friday after some players took the trophy to Cheli's Chili Bar, a downtown restaurant owned by Red Wings defenseman Chris Chelios.
Mansur says dent was smoothed out, and the trophy was expected to keep making the rounds.
Thousands of Red Wings fans cheered Friday during a parade and rally in downtown Detroit where the Cup was shown off. The Red Wings clinched the Cup on Wednesday night in Pittsburgh.
Once again – It's about time, hopefully this time it's for good.
Red Wings' Hasek retires after Stanley Cup win
Updated: June 9, 2008, 10:31 AM EST

DETROIT (AP) - The Dominator is done.

Dominik Hasek announced his retirement during a news conference in Detroit on Monday, only days after the Red Wings won the Stanley Cup in six games over Pittsburgh.

Sixteen years is a long time in life that has unfortunately gone by too fast," Hasek said.

The six-time Vezina Trophy winner as the NHL's top goaltender and two-time Hart Trophy winner as the league's MVP leaves on a mixed note.

Hasek, the only goalie to win the NHL MVP award twice, lost his job during Detroit's run to the Cup. The 43-year-old from the Czech Republic was benched during the opening-round series in favor of Chris Osgood and never regained the starting job.

Hasek won 389 games with the Red Wings, Ottawa Senators, Buffalo Sabres and Chicago Blackhawks, who drafted him in the 10th round in 1983 and had to wait until the 1990-91 season to get him on the ice. Chicago kept him just two seasons, then watched him become one of the game's greats in Buffalo.

Hasek ranks 10th on the career list in wins, 10th in goals against average, 18th in games and is tied for sixth in shutouts, according to STATS.

He won 65 playoff games - including 16 in 2002, when he won his first Stanley Cup with Detroit - and gave up an average of just two goals in the postseason.

House Inventory
So I was thinking about Buy By Brian's blog (http://www.buybybrianblog.com/). Why couldn't I do that for our house inventory? That might be easier than any software program that's out there. Take pictures of items as they are bought and post the info about them in the picture comment. If I need to, I can scan in the receipt and put in the "photo album". I can save all of this online and not have to worry about getting it out of the house in case of an emergency.

Let's see how I do.
Movie Production at the Airport
I heard last week from the Airports Authority Fire Marshal that there was a movie production going on at the Smithsonian down the road from the Airport, but found out today from him that it was Transformers 2! Anyway, I did a search regarding Transformers 2 and found a blog on the production of the movie. Here are two entries about the production at the Smithsonian:

http://transformerslive.blogspot.com/2008/06/images-from-smithsonian-set.html

http://transformerslive.blogspot.com/2008/06/more-pictures-from-udvar-hazy.html

Like I would get to meet any of the actors anyway!

I can get sick from tomatoes?
I'm sure tomato haters are loving this! I'm not since that's about 1 of the 5 vegetables I'll eat! The weirdest thing about this – we went to Chipotle and they had already pulled their tomato salsa because of the Salmonella outbreak. Chipotle is part (or was part) of MickeyD's so why did it take so long for MickeyD's to pull the tomatoes?

McDonald's pulls tomatoes from U.S. sandwiches

By Lisa Baertlein 1 hour, 3 minutes ago

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - McDonald's Corp said on Monday it has temporarily stopped serving sliced tomatoes on its sandwiches in the United States as health officials work to pinpoint the source of a Salmonella outbreak.

"This is a precautionary measure only. McDonald's has not experienced any related issues to date," the company said in a statement.

The move from the world's largest restaurant chain came after the U.S. Food and Drug Administration warned U.S. consumers on Saturday that the Salmonella outbreak was linked to the consumption of certain raw red plum, red Roma, and red round tomatoes, and products containing these tomatoes.

On Saturday, FDA said there had been 145 reported nationwide cases, including at least 23 hospitalizations, related to the outbreak. The infections were caused by Salmonella Saintpaul, an uncommon type of the bacteria.

Salmonella bacteria are frequently responsible for food-borne illnesses. Symptoms generally appear within 12 to 72 hours after eating infected food and include fever, diarrhea, nausea, vomiting and abdominal pain.

Infants, the elderly and those with weakened immune systems are more likely than others to develop severe illness, which can be deadly unless treated with antibiotics.

The FDA has said that it is safe to eat cherry tomatoes, grape tomatoes and tomatoes sold with the vine still attached, or tomatoes grown at home.

McDonald's said it will continue to serve grape tomatoes in our its premium salads.

Earlier on Monday, grocer Winn Dixie Stores Inc said it had stopped selling tomatoes that the FDA warned should not be consumed.

FDA has published a list of tomato producers whose product is not associated with the outbreak. It is available at http://www.fda.gov/oc/opacom/hottopics/tomatoes.htmlretailers.

(Reporting by Lisa Baertlein; editing by John Wallace, Richard Chang)

JANET!
The biggest news of the day – Janet Jackson is coming – October 15! I am so there.

Travel
So I was looking at what was happening in LA when I'm there and found this http://www.sunsetstripmusicfestival.com/ ! WOOHOO! BONUS – the hotel is about 5 blocks from the ocean! DOUBLE WOOHOO!

I tried to get Dan to go out there with me – now the tickets are too much. - $659! His lose.