If Johan Franzen could have literally cleared the puck ONE LAST TIME instead of shooting it off the board at the worst possible angle with less than a minute to go in the 3rd period and an empty net, the Red Wings could have wrapped this beauty up, eh? Nothing is more exciting than an eventual Game 6 during Conor’s bachelor party. Regardless, Pittsburgh wins Game 5…4-3 in 3 OTs. Fckers.

While sort of shiatty quality, watch seconds 1:05 and 1:10 of the YouTube clip (below) or 40 and 34 seconds left in regulation for Franzen’s lame attempt at being an intelligent/hustling/healthy NHL player.

Side note – Doesn’t Pierre McGuire (announcer from NBC Sports Hockey) look like a human penis with glasses? The resemblance is more uncanny when you see him announcing live from the benches/intermission shows. You make the call…

A Bcc:List Original “Classic”…

April 23, 2008

“Wow – I would “hate” to live in any city that has good public transportation as things are going to get pretty flipping crammed (if that’s possible) once gas goes to $5.50 a gallon.

http://articles.moneycentral.msn.com/Investing/JubaksJournal/WhyOilCouldHit180DollarsABarrel.aspx

The idiot of the United States has been real progressive about forcing our consumption down, right? And, at least $20 a barrel is because the chaos in the middle east (speculation) caused by his current war and continual treat of war against Iran. These two things, along with the fact that our dollar is literally worthless now because we are in so much debt, makes $180 a barrel oil seem like a dream. What happened to all those 4 more years chants in 2004?”

Later that week…

“http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24316855

Wow – another article…this one says oil will go to $200 a barrel. At least this one mentions the major reason…

“Many analysts believe the weakness of the dollar is a bigger factor than supply and demand because the soft dollar draws investors worried about inflation into commodities such as oil and gold.

It also makes commodities less expensive for buyers operating in other currencies. Many investors see the dollar only heading lower if the Federal Reserve keeps cutting interest rates, which most analysts still expect it to do next week.”

Articles like this and the one sent earlier always come out 6-12 months before the prices mentioned are hit. A year ago everyone said $120 a barrel could be coming and nobody believed it. Believe it ($180-$200 a barrel), son.

$5.50 – $6.00 a gallon for gas coming soon to a city near you and mccain doesn’t think there’s an inflation issue? mccain (and clinton) wants taxes on gas decreased though those taxes are paying for roads, our mounting national debt, etc? That doesn’t make much sense, right?”

UPDATE:

The Wall Street Journal (blog) mentions the fall of suburban home prices on May 12, 2008. CNN (tv) had a news story today about the fall of suburban home prices but an expected rise in city home prices due to the surge in oil prices. I can’t find the link but I assume it will hit Google News tomorrow.

Regardless, home prices aren’t rising anywhere for at least 2-? more years. That said, hopefully you live in a city with mass transportation because $200 a barrel oil could be knocking on the door.

http://www.webware.com/8301-1_109-9952955-2.html

Per the link above, coming from a VERY close and reliable source (cough, cough) that worked at Citysearch, the sales reps quota’s were set by the amount of monthly billing their new client’s agreed to. So, if a monthly quota was $3,000, the sales rep was looking to close 10 new clients at $300 a month advertising budget.

It wasn’t guaranteed the client was going to be charged $300 (the above example), but, they agreed to be billed up to that amount based on the number of their clicks. Each click cost a certain amount based on the category. Once the $300 monthly advertising budget was hit, the advertisement didn’t receive as much exposure throughout Citysearch, other search engines, syndication sites, etc. More on this later. Hence, the higher your budget as a client, the more exposure you should get on the “internets.”

While the client was only charged if someone clicked on their ad, there were various different networks the client’s ad could be put on. Furthermore, as mentioned above, sales reps quota’s were set on how much new business monthly billing they closed. However, the rep was only paid a percentage of whatever amount of that was actually billed to the client.

So, if the client agreed to be billed $1,500 a month but only got $456 worth of clicks delivered, the sales rep’s monthly quota ($3,000) was closer to being hit but the sales rep was only paid a percentage of the $456 worth of billable clicks. Makes sense…

The very moment the client starts advertising with Citysearch, their advertisement is first displayed solely on Citysearch. Over the next few weeks, it’s broadcasted on related Google/Yahoo/MSN/Ask.com as SEM banner ads. Lastly, the SEM advertising could be broadcast out to other pertinent Citysearch syndication sites like Local.com.

Example: Someone searches “sushi” on Citysearch, Google, or Local.com. If the sushi restaurant’s Citysearch ad is brand new, the restaurant will show up as a featured/paid sponsor only on Citysearch. Over the next few weeks, if someone searches “sushi” on any of the aforementioned type of partner sites, the ad will be fully live and that sushi restaurant client should see some increased traffic.

I’m normally down with lawyers, but, the lawsuit by Kabateck Brown Kellner is a fcking joke. The new ambulance chaser is a click fraud chaser. It’s worth noting, the “click fraud” link was the first published article I read regarding click fraud – BusinessWeek 2006…they’re always ahead of the times. Anyways, with the above sales rep quota and ad posting process explanation, Citysearch should have no issue handling this mockery of a class action lawsuit.

But, Kabateck Brown Kellner has already gone after – and somehow won – class action lawsuits against Google, Yahoo, and Google Ad Words (pending). I wonder who’s next, Yelp? Seems infinite, eh?

KBK – Die.