Well, That's Over

by Christopher Gates on Mar 16, 2009 5:05 PM CDT in Non-Football

Alright, ladies and gentlemen. . .the test is over and done with, and now I get the joy of waiting until June to find out if all my hard work and studying paid off, or if I get to go through the same thing this time next year. I appreciate the thoughts, prayers, and well-wishes that all of you folks out there sent my way over the course of the past week or so. . .hopefully some good will come of it!

Unfortunately, with the test being finished, not all is sunshine and lollipops over at this end. While I was studying last night, my computer decided to. . .if I may use technical jargon. . .crap the bed. I had a full-on master hard disk failure, and I'm awaiting a Dell technician to come out and replace the hard drive. This has helped me to learn the lesson of getting some sort of backup apparatus when my computer is up and running again, whether it's an external hard drive or one of those online backup services, because everything that's on my current hard drive is going to be gone. Hopefully that problem will be solved no later than Wednesday.

And, once again, it's been an uncharacteristically quiet off-season in Viking land thus far. Our players aren't running anyone over with cars or whining about being disrespected or being shielded from the media two weeks after being made the highest-paid defensive player in league history or anything crazy like that. And while that makes for a lot of stability. . .it makes for a really dull off-season.

However, we're officially less than six weeks away from the 2009 NFL Draft, and things will finally start heating up here with speculation about who the Beloved Purple might select. . .or who they might trade their draft picks for. Regardless of what happens, we'll be right here for every second of it.

Thanks again to all of you for making this site what it is, and thanks again for the well-wishes on my test. We'll see you back here tomorrow, hopefully with something that's actually related to our favorite team. Enjoy the rest of your Monday, ladies and gentlemen. . .the Jack Bauer Happy Fun Time Killing and Death Hour kicks off in a little less than three hours.

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Kinda seems like a cheap shot

to throw in the “running over people with cars” comment. Despite some history between our blogs, I do come over and read your articles quite a bit just to keep up with what y’all have going on. But that just isn’t very classy in my opinion.

Ryan Perilloux in 2010!!

by Dane Noble on Mar 16, 2009 5:46 PM CDT reply actions

Relax - have a beer~

jeez.

by Duluth Guy on Mar 16, 2009 6:00 PM CDT up reply actions

It was more of a self-depricating comment about Randy Moss, wasn’t it? I didn’t think that comment was too bad…

In AP I trust

by FarvaForTheVikings on Mar 16, 2009 9:59 PM CDT up reply actions

Have you been under a rock this past weekend?

Donte Stallworth hit a man with his car as the man was crossing the street. The man died a couple hours later. No one knows yet whether or not Donte was to blame, or if the man was crossing illegally. IMO, that was a really lame joke and way too soon.

by PurplePeopleEaters09 on Mar 16, 2009 10:50 PM CDT up reply actions

Wow, I feel dumb.

I remember seeing that and thinking, “Holy crap! Donte Stallworth killed someone! Wow…” And now I’ve already forgotten. I actually feel pretty bad/stupid.

I thought Gonzo was talking about past Viking offseason mishaps/high profile events, and the first one was about Randy’s altercation with a traffic officer a few years back. Now that I actually clicked the link, I was obviously wrong.

In AP I trust

by FarvaForTheVikings on Mar 17, 2009 1:06 PM CDT up reply actions

Going to be boring for a while~

Just to rehash and free football MMORPG game Gonzo post last season.
http://goallineblitz.com/game/signup.pl?ref=9044447

My team is the Sparta 300.

Can’t wait until draft day. Congrats on test and beer day!

by Duluth Guy on Mar 16, 2009 5:55 PM CDT reply actions

Grats

On finishing the Test, sry about the HD failure,I use S.M.A.R.T. drive which forwarns you when your HD is getting close to shutdown.Then I slap the external on,or data transfer to another comp.

by speedlod on Mar 16, 2009 7:20 PM CDT reply actions

Hope all comes out great with the tests!

Try Newegg or Tiger Direct (newegg usually has better prices) for a back-up. I have one on my comp. Works great. Keep the really important stuff on there and the songs I have on there. The rest, like games and stuff, on the regualr comp. can always reload those. And it helps save space to let the comp run faster too.

"If you're gonna shoot, shoot, don't talk"

by VikesFaninNM on Mar 16, 2009 9:41 PM CDT reply actions