Good to be back

Today was the first home game of the season. Its about time to, at one point I became so disoriented that I agreed to go to a lake in southwest Missouri with my idiot relatives...Oh, I guess that's you guys, oh well, I stand by it. The Jackets won 5-3 against the Predators. Nasher had two of the goals, one on the power play. Jordan Tootoo, the guy who was attacked bye a wolf when he was eight, and also killed the wolf (I think he as also killed a bear armed only with a spear), was there as well. That guy is a jerk, I really don't like him all that much, he's what you call an agitator. The highlights are on my Gen. Meade blog.

Before the game they paid tribute to John H. McConnell (Mr. Mac). The founder of the Blue Jackets. Columbus is the 15th biggest city in the United States, and before 2000 we where the largest city in America with out a professional sports team (Buckeyes are a college team). Since Ohio already has two baseball and football teams, Hockey was about all we could hope to get. In the late 90's the NHL announced they where going to add four teams. Columbus put in a bid and was approved, however they had to build a state of the art arena to house the team. The city put a Levy on the ballet, and it failed, they tried again and failed, then they tried on more time and it got voted down as well. The NHL was about to walk away from Columbus, but when Mr. Mac, founder of Worthington Industries, heard that the city he loved was about to be passed over for a professional sports team said that "If no one else will build this arena, then I will." He wrote a check to build an arena, and the rest is history. Mr. Mac passed away this summer, he always said that the Blue Jackets where his gift to the city that gave him so much. In the opening ceremonies the crowd all stood up and tipped our hats to Mr. Mac. There is a whole bio on him on the Blue Jackets web page.
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Rest in peace Mr. Mac, and I thank you.