CJ Boiss

Markstrom's new mask.

Only when you have ridiculous amounts of money. Finances work differently for the ultra wealthy.

The cage that Marco made for my Coveted is an absolute tank, and his customer service is second to none. Worth every single penny.

The maxim has two meanings. That there is no way to ethically become a billionaire, and that there is no way to ethically stay a billionaire. Good on him, though.

Oh, yes. I don't have to deal with any, thankfully, but landlords do indeed suck.

ALAB? All [???] Are Ba[stards]d?

Hang on, I can do better. There's no such thing as an ethical billionaire.

The are three kinds of people my age driving Beamers, owning a house, and travelling the world. In order of most to least likely, they are... 1) kids whose rich parents have opened up their bank accounts 2) people who found a semi-legal, extremely unethical way to exploit people, and have no problem with ruining lives as long as it means they make bank 3) the one in a million (honestly, those are really generous odds) that got ridiculously lucky and managed to sell a thing they had full ownership over to a multi-billion dollar company for a few tens of millions ... or some combination of the three, I guess. It's not that you, or I, or anyone else "did anything wrong". We're just living in a system where generational wealth and unethical behaviour is disproportionately rewarded.

These days, young adults are ridiculously lucky to spend less than half their paycheck on housing alone. Setting aside a full eighth of their pay for investments is damn near a pipe dream.

Various countries are at different stages in terms of figuring out how to legislate the trade of crypto, and assets built on crypto. Having traders from Country X trade through the subsidiary of a crypto exchange that isn't headquartered in Country X (Binance making Americans trade through Binance.US) might help insulate the parent company from any incoming legal troubles. (like, for instance, when the IRS inevitably audits crypto traders for not accurately reporting "income" generated by their trading, or when the SEC steps it to bitchslap everyone running pump and dump schemes) I mean, Binance in particular has other trouble to deal with, but the entirety of Web3.0 and blockchain/crypto trading is shady as fuck, and we're going to see hammers coming down over the next decade as legislators and government bureaucrats figure things out.

I've got a tournament in Vegas in just under three weeks I'd like to win. Skating out on a new team that should really challenge my abilities for the first time since I stopped playing House league, hopefully I make a good impression there. Looking at buying a home in December/January. Going back to school to get some copyediting credentials, hopefully break into that industry and earn enough freelance that I can make it a full-time thing; alternatively, being hired by a publishing house would be pretty cool. Got another big thing on the go, but that's going to be slow-moving.

Crypto is scam and the best financial advice I can give is to stay faaaaar away from it. If you want to invest in something, make it anything but crypto.

An ankle injury will completely fuck your game; you'll have to plant your injured ankle to stand up, you won't be able to butterfly on your injured ankle, you won't be able to RVH on your injured ankle, the list goes on. Wait until it's fully healed before putting your skates back on.

I have a tourney in Vegas in October and I want some damn slide plates before then.

The point of having the hinge is so that you can have more flex without sacrificing ankle support. If someone didn't want any ankle support then they'd just not lace up their top 3-4 eyelets.

Ask anyone who works with knives, not all steel is created equal, and not all hollows are created equal if your sharpener knows what they're doing; harder steel can take a finer edge, even if the hollow is exactly the same.

Not the only difference. Harder steel can take a finer edge; if you go with something like a 3/8 or 1/2 hollow, your blade might actually be sharper than it would with some crap recycled stuff.

Boot flush to the back. Positive heel lock is more important, plus a little gap at the front is beneficial if you take a rocket off the toes.

I have a pair of 36 G4s, if you'd be interested in them.

How did you find the film adhering to the stitching on the inside of your knee block?

If you want a cheap electrolyte drink that won't give you a sugar crash: G2. I'll mix a scoop of whey protein into a G2, and drink it in the locker room as soon as I come off the ice. Recovery drinks/food should be consumed within 30 minutes of stepping off the ice, for ideal results. Otherwise, I stick to my usual routine: have a meal 3 hours before game time (things like fried eggs, egg/tuna salad, PBJ on rye bread, cheese bake potatoes, roasted chickpeas), and eat nothing after those 3 hours. Drink more water than you usually would, especially during the warmer months, as being dehydrated can make you feel like garbage even if you do everything else right.

Let us know when you find a place that's selling them, eh?

The thing for me is that I wouldn't feel comfortable wearing one of these unless it was strung in the same pattern as a certified cage (no reason to use a pro cat-eye style pattern when the wire is that thin). I would also need to see the cage and mask stand up to serious abuse; shots from all angles, hitting every part of the wire and perimeter bar, at speeds well above what we would ever face, for an extended period of time. I'd also want to see how it stands up to getting smashed by sticks and skates; and I'd need to know more about how to inspect these for material fatigue, and what happens during the failure moment. Cost could also be an issue, if these requires regular replacement.

My first set of proper gear was Vaughn, actually. Joey MacDonald's pads, Chad Johnson's blocker, Kari Ramo's glove. Still have the pads (ODR stuff) and glove (display piece). Been wearing Warrior since, though.

The free floating middle bar is what makes the whole thing a tensegrity structure. It probably disperses vibrations a little, but that isn't its main function. It has to be "overly rigid". If those wires bend out of the way even slightly then they might as well not be there.