Month: September 2013

It’s almost hoodie/jersey time

The USHL teams released their final rosters/protected lists[1] today! Time to start working on the game face and stretch out the vocal cords. Seriously ready for some puck.

Surprises to me so far

  • The Stars stand pat with an exceptionally inexperienced crew of forwards. Number of goals scored last year by returning Stars forwards this season: 0.
  • On the other hand the Stars could have one of the most dominant blue lines around. Lots of size (except for Willett), lots of speed, and a couple of heavy slapshots.
  • The Lancers have a billion returning starters this year and have to be a favorite to take the West
  • Last year a Lancer, this year a Star: Dominic Sacco
  • Wilson Vershay stays with the Stars instead of opting for the OHL where he was drafted
  • Gersich didn’t make the Lancers roster–he’s still an affiliate. Absolutely loved the spark he brought at the end of last season to a team otherwise intent on navel gazing
  • Nash Warden is a forward this year (at least to start the season). Fun to watch wherever he lines up.

The only home exhibition game is tomorrow night at Tranquility. Going to try to make that!

[1] http://www.ushl.com/pdf/2013-14%202ManProtectedList.pdf

OMNI Reboot

Remember OMNI magazine? The one with the vvvveerrrryyyy late 70’s computer age affectation font used in its logo:

omni-logo

I think I mostly encountered this magazine in the dusty corners of some of the more nebbish teachers’ classrooms in junior high (that’s middle school to you whippersnappers). I didn’t read it much then. I don’t even know why because it seems to have been exactly square in the middle of what would pique my interest. Perhaps it was too sciency and not enough fantasy for my liking. At any rate, it was reportedly one heck of a rag in its day. I think it was mothballed in the late 1990’s but can’t be arsed to Wikipedia up an answer.

Side note: can we use wikipedia as verb in the same way we use google? Because I tend to want to.

Right. So. The point of all of this is that about a month ago there was a “reboot” of OMNI as a web publication. You can read it here[1]. And, folks, let me tell you. It is freaking awesome! I’ve been loving it. It sits in my RSS reader and sends me goodness about once a day. In the event you were a fan of OMNI back in the day and/or enjoy the intersection of science, technology, culture, design, and fiction then I highly recommend you check it out.

[1] http://omnireboot.com/