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Some of you may have noticed that there was no blog Friday. I actually did write a fairly lengthy one about The Ultimate Fighter Season 3 that was around 700 words, unfortunately ******* Blogger crashed and took my post with it just as I went to publish so I moped. To sum up my post it went something like; "Excellent two hour special, good fights, childish behaviour, can't wait for the final yadda yadda yadda..." I can't believe the post is gone forever. Oh well time to move on.

THE ULTIMATE FIGHTER SEASON 3 - Middleweights Kendall Grove and Ed Herman will throw down and provide a good fight but Grove has problems defending and 'Short Fuse' Herman is probably the best fighter on the show. Herman by ref stoppage.
Light Heavywieghts - Josh (Blue Haired Crybaby) Haynes faces Brit, Michael Bisping for the 6 figure contract. It's unfortunate that the hearing impaired Matt Hamill wasn't able to get to the final as I think he may have been the champ, He will be back though and will tear up the division. Josh Haynes can definitely take a punch and never quits but Bisping is to technically sound to stop. Bisping by decision...I bet Haynes cries again too.

NHL PLAYOFFS - Ok I am going to say it for the third consecutive time. The Oilers will finally run out of gas tonight and fall heart-breakingly short of the cup. No team (except the 42 Leafs) has come back from this far to win it all. No 8th seeded team has won the cup. Only 1 out of 29 teams has come back from down 2-0 to win, and finally, no team since the 71 Canadiens has won game 7 on the other teams ice. Add it all up and it equals a Cup victory in Carolina. Sorry folks but you knew it was coming.

CFL FOOTBALL WEEK ONE - I predicted 3 out of 4 games correctly and actually got the score right in the Montreal Winnipeg game. My Sask buddies both predicted the Lions would lose (see the Game Day link at right for their site) and they couldn't have been more wrong. I am now going to stop and gloat for a minute...hold on still gloating...almost finished....one last condescending smile aaaaand, Done. Dave Dickenson is still healthy and the Lions are better and faster than last year. stay tuned for week 2 picks later in the week.

MOVIES - Lots of movies coming out now and there are a lot of good ones to choose from. Over the Hedge, Cars, Superman Returns, Click, Miami Vice, Nacho Libre are all good flicks but the one I can't wait for is Casino Royale with the Debut of Daniel Craig as the new James Bond. The movie will apparently be about how Bond becomes a 00 agent, which of course is part of the current trend of 'beginning' movies. Batman Begins, Star Wars ep I - III, etc. It should be great!

RED RIVER EXHIBITION - After a few years of not going, I finally took the kids to the Ex on the weekend and what an awesome time! Yes the line-ups are long and the prices are ridiculous, but to see the looks on the kids faces was priceless. All those crazy rides made for some great screams. I went on one ride that was up and down, very frightening, and filled with danger...oh wait, no that was the drive to the Ex on our lovely Winnipeg roads. I think my favourite ride was the roller coaster with logs that went flying down into the water and got everyone soaked. Speaking of soaked, I paid for a PILE of midway games but didn't come away with much. I would love to have one booth for a day just to see the profits I'd make. The important thing is I got a bag of mini-donuts, and that is what life is all about!

WORLD CUP - Well it only took 10 days for me to get sick of the World Cup. I reeeeeally wanted to like it but it just BORES me so! Maybe I will enjoy it when the finals go on the 9th of July but right now, zzzzzzzzzzzzz. I don't know what's more boring, World Cup Games, or interviews with Gary Bettman.

FATHER'S DAY - The best Father's Day present ever is just having kids. Seriously, no gift is better than a hug from your kid. Just my humble opinion, too bad my Dad lives 2500+ km's away. For all you single guys that think that you don't want kids. You don't know what you're missing. Being a Dad is waaaaaaaaaaaay better than not being a Dad.

There you have it. All caught up on the random thoughts floating around my vacuous cranial foot locker. Check in tomorrow to read about the 13th consecutive NHL season without a Canadian team raising the cup. Until next time remember, no Payne no gain.