Barneskirenn!

The Northug got the gold after an epic finish on the mens 50 kilometer classic today. Canada won the hockey-final, so there's now an abundance of curses in the US tonight. Closing ceremony on its way!

When the going gets going

Did go the way i feared for the curlers. Still, silver is pretty good, and we are fourth overall in the medal race. Looking forward to the 50km classic tomorrow, and of course, mens hockey final.

Got some hot news for you all next week, tell your friends!

Jerry curles

Exciting gold medal final, but we are behind by three...I'm not sure if they can pull it off, as the Norwegian team seems to have been a bit off today. More later.

Another dump

The Philadelphia Eagles have decided to cut ties with one of the best all-round backs in football, perhaps second only to Marshall Faulk. Brian Westbrook was cut earlier this week, after having battled injuries the last few years. Ever since I started following the NFL, Westbrook has been the best dual-threat back in the league: fast and shifty out of the backfield, but also an excellent receiver. The Eagles probably feel that LeSean McCoy can take over most of the responsibility. As with LDT, I think there are teams out there that might pursue Westbrook, but primarily as a 3rd down back or second-stringer. He might get an incentive-laden deal for one year, to prove if he still got what it takes to compete in the NFL.

Acthung, baby

Some of you might have caught on to the debate about a set of "rules" for bloggers, similar to the one that the press has to obide by. Personally, I think this is bullshit. It defies the entire point of the blog. I'm not trying to make anyone feel bad or take offence to what I write (maybe except for Minnesota-fans), but at the same time I should be able to put down what's on my mind, since this is something done on my own initiative.

Also, Gin-Tonics today!

Just keep swimming, just keep swimming

Mom, you'll be so proud. I got up at 7.45 today, to go swimming.

If the minimum wage is $8, then the company will pay 8$ for labour. Per supply-demand curve/law/thingy, if the minimum wage climbs to $10, then the company will hire less workers. But what if the company already could afford to pay $10, but paid $8 because that was the minimum? Wouldn't they retain their work force, even at a higher cost, if they could afford it? Prof. confuses me sometimes.

Ex-MVP

It probably wasn't that big of a surprise for us NFL-insiders, but you ordinary people might have been shocked today when San Diego announced the release of the 2006 NFL MVP, running back LaDainian Tomlinson. After winning the MVP-award in 2006 with a 113.4 ypg average and scoring 31 touchdowns, his career has been steadily declining when last year he registered a paltry 730 yards through 14 games and a miserable 3.3 yards per carry.

Still, he has been (maybe still is?) one of the best running backs of this milennia and if he wasn't such a fucking cry baby, I would have loved to see him on the Patriots next year. Teams that might look into acquiring Tomlinson include Cleveland, Buffalo, Seattle, Chicago and Tampa Bay.