Swedish Defenseman Lidstrom!

Nicklas Lidstrom, what a true hockey player. He’s one of the greatest players I’ve ever seen play the game. If you don’t know who he is, he’s the Captain of the NHL Detroit Red Wings. If you never seen him play, make sure you watch him in the up coming Stanley Cup finals. Just a side note hear, if the Red Wings win the Stanley Cup he would be the first European captain to do so. He’s a 3-time champion who has won the Conn Smythe Trophy in 2002. He’s also in the running to win for his 6th time the Norris Trophy. I said when he was a rookie he was going to do great things. Make sure you tone in Saturday night, the start of the Stanley Cup finals.

A Trip To Remember!

Here’s a trip to remember.  My father in law came up with an idea that we all should take a family vacation to the Grand Canyon and Las Vegas, NV.  I was a little against this at first.  But he wanted to do this before everyone was grown up and moved away, so I agreed.  Little did I know, he was planning this for a few years and had just about everything set.  To keep this story short, we just landed in Arizona and we were now in a rented mini van.  This is where all the fun starts.  I can’t count how many times my wife yelled at me, do you need to stand so close to the edge, why are you guys throwing rocks in the Canyon.  My father in law got yelled at a few 100 times as well.  Guys just having fun near the biggest hole in the world, what’s wrong with that?  After a full day there, we were ready to head to Las Vegas.  Road trip – Now we’re in Las Vegas, what a nightmare of a drive.  After we got checked in, the fun started again, no one was able to agree on anything, food, shows and places to see.  I did come across this site which has ideas on things to do in Las Vegas, that would have helped us.  The company is Trusted Tours and Attractions, which has a whole list of discounted tickets, sightseeing tours and other things to do.  They offer these services in 23 cities across America, even has a list of Things to do in New York City.  Back to the story.  Because we could not agree on anything the trip at times seem to be getting tiring at times.  Now, it wasn’t all fighting and yelling, we did all have a great time and would do it again, with a little extra planing and help from Trusted Tours and Attractions.  Oh, if you’re interested, Trusted Travels has an eNewsletter and you could enter to win a $150 iTunes gift card.  This offer ends Saturday, May 31st, 2008, so get over there soon.

Gov. David Paterson - La-Di-Da-Di!

I was just reading this and thought, I need to tell my readers this one.  It appears that NY Gov. David Paterson granted a full and unconditional pardon to rapper Ricky Walters, A.K.A Slick Rick.  This pardon was granted to stop the 80’s rapper from being deported back to the UK.  I should say that he has done his time for the shooting of his cousin and another man.  The two men did live.  Paterson did say that Mr. Walters hasn’t been in trouble since his release, and he’s a volunteer within the community to help kids.  If he’s helping the kids, staying out of trouble, I say leave him alone.