The Sharks game was fun, but they lost. It was a good defensive game early on, but then the Coyotes scored a goal and the Sharks got way too defensive. From that point on, even on a couple of power plays, the Sharks didn't get too many shots on the goal. The final score was 3-1. The seat I had was amazing -- 14th row, lower deck, center ice. Nice...
"Flawed, flawed, flawed, flawed!" Our fine city's mayor has been convicted of "knowing and willful misconduct". Perhaps as disturbing as the conviction itself has been the reaction of so many of his supporters. He wasn't found guilty of a second charge of "corrupt misconduct", leading Dale Kuersten, president of the Mountain View Professional Firefighters Union, to say, "He didn't step over any moral lines. That's the most important thing." His conviction stems from the fact that he violated the hierarchy mandated by the city charter by bossing around several city employees without going through the rest of the council or the City Manager. It's a little hard for me to see how this isn't crossing any moral lines. At any rate, we'll be glad to see him gone from the Mountain View City Council.
Meredith and I went to see Changing Lanes last night. It was a really good movie. The story starts out as the two main characters, played by Ben Affleck and Samuel L. Jackson, get into a minor car accident. The ads made it look like the rest of it was the two trying to get revenge on each other. And, indeed, that is part of the movie, but it's also about how it changes each of them. We really enjoyed it. Even if Jackson is a much better actor than Affleck. Not that Affleck was bad in this role, just that Jackson is great.
We also saw a preview (one of about six total) for the latest Tom Clancy book to become a movie, "The Sum Of All Fears", starring Ben Affleck as Jack Ryan. I am a little worried about this.
And now, for our final word: Al.
Posted by Mike at April 21, 2002 09:06 PM