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We're not sure what to make of this one.
P Diddy has told MTV he has produced tunes for Joaquin Phoenix. And the famous producer says he is convinced Phoenix is for real.
So, this could mean Diddy is in on the joke or Phoenix is serious. Of course it could also mean Oscar-nominated Phoenix spent his time in the studio in full rap character and even Diddy has been fooled.
For a while now, Phoenix has been trying to convince people his rap career is a legitimate attempt. The jury is still out on whether the actor is a visionary or a madman.
But Diddy says: "Joaquin's for real.
"If he's not for real, he tricked me.
"We went into the studio, did a record, mixed a record and everything."
If Diddy is trying to keep up the ruse he's doing a good job to contribute to the charade. Joaquin performed at a club in Las Vegas and fell off the stage.
Of course there was also his Late Show With David Letterman performance which has kept everyone baffled.
Even after a Hollywood talent agency screened a film about his career change for savvy movie execs, opinions are split over whether the Casey Affleck-directed project is a documentary or a mockumentary.
The LA Times reported at the time: "Several buyers said the film overflowed with Hollywood debauchery, including more male frontal nudity than you'd find in some gay porn films and a stomach-turning sequence in which someone feuding with Phoenix defecates on the actor while he's asleep."
Tasteful stuff.
What do you think? Has Joaquin lost it or is the joke continuing?
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' i bite my thumb at them, which is a disgrace to them, if they bear it. '
Bites her own thumb before the thumbs of others. That is, unless they want her to.
Theatre major. Jackass. Feminasty. Homosensual. Amused. Not as grumpy as she looks. Bad at poetry, and good at pointing it out. Unhealthy brain habits. Taken. Loves her cat, and likes warm hugs.
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Unbalanced load on one node, crashing
We have a two node cluster which was expanded to three in an attempt to resolve this issue. The CPU and Disk IO load on one node is always much higher than the other nodes. We cannot access the web interface on two of the nodes, just the third one that was recently added.
The crashes produce a erl_crash.dump. An interesting line in there is:
Slogan: eheap_alloc: Cannot allocate 2850821240 bytes of memory (of type "heap").
We have one couchbase bucket that actually gets used "efp_click", RAM usage is 212MB/3GB disk usage is 51.2MB. We see around 250 operations per second for the whole cluster.
The error logs are populated with massive numbers of errors. They usually look like this:
[error_logger:error] [2013-02-11 10:16:34] [firstname.lastname@example.com:error_logger:ale_error_logger_handler:log_msg:76] Mnesia('email@example.com'): ** WARNING ** Mnesia is overloaded: {dump_log, write_threshold} [ns_server:error] [2013-02-11 10:16:35] [firstname.lastname@example.com:'ns_memcached-efp_click':ns_memcached:handle_info:437] handle_info(ensure_bucket,..) took too long: 658558 us [ns_server:error] [2013-02-11 10:16:37] [email@example.com:<0.2506.0>:ns_memcached:verify_report_long_call:209] call {stats,<<>>} took too long: 1325716 us [ns_server:error] [2013-02-11 10:16:44] [email@example.com:<0.2508.0>:ns_memcached:verify_report_long_call:209] call topkeys took too long: 659986 us [ns_server:error] [2013-02-11 10:16:48] [firstname.lastname@example.com:<0.2506.0>:ns_memcached:verify_report_long_call:209] call {stats,<<>>} took too long: 1021585 us [ns_server:error] [2013-02-11 10:17:15] [email@example.com:<0.2506.0>:ns_memcached:verify_report_long_call:209] call topkeys took too long: 1042206 us [ns_server:error] [2013-02-11 10:17:15] [email@example.com:'ns_memcached-efp_click':ns_memcached:handle_info:437] handle_info(ensure_bucket,..) took too long: 984000 us
I have all logs and a analysis output from a couchbase core dump available, please just let me know what I can do to help troubleshoot this issue further.
Could you tell us more about the cluster topology:
- can you describe each nodes?
- the hardware/OS?
- memory size?
- do you have disk and memory space?
When you are saying that it is unbalance do you see specific numbers in the console? (anything special running on the 2 nodes where you cannot use the console)
In addition to these information you can upload the dump and log using our standard support process documented here:
let us know when done.
Thanks for the reply Tug.
Each node is a virtual machine (ESX based) with identical resources:
* SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 11, Patch 2
* x86_64
* 2x vCPU
* 10GB / partition
The issue originally affected the first node about a week ago (10.201.14.42). Now it seems to have moved to the second node (10.201.14.43). The third node that was added recently hasn't crashed.
The operations per second on each node appears to be even between all nodes according to the couchbase console. However the node that crashes will always have much higher RAM and CPU usage. Checking with "top" on the affected node shows the following two processes as using the most CPU time and memory by far:
1. /opt/couchbase/lib/erlang/erts-5.8.4/bin/beam.smp
2. /opt/couchbase/bin/memcached -X /opt/couchbase/lib/memcached/stdin_term_handler.so
beam.smp constantly uses 200% of CPU and 40% of memory. memcached is much lower but always second in resource usage. The other nodes show the same processes at the top of the usage list, however they don't use nearly as much CPU time and memory. The only other process that may add load to these nodes is RabbitMQ which doesn't appear to add much.
Here's the load, RAM usage, and disk usage for each node:
## Node 1 (hasn't crashed for a while, web console still unusable along with couchbase-cli commands directed at it)
Load: 0.61
Disk: 3.4GB free out of 8GB
RAM: 4676MB free out of 7874MB
## Node 2 (crashes often, web console still unusable along with couchbase-cli commands directed at it)
Load: 2.17
Disk: 5.1G free out of 8GB
RAM: 3361MB free out of 7874MB
## Node 3 (Works OK since added to cluster)
Load: 0.20
Disk: 5.3G free out of 8GB
RAM: 5781MB free out of 7874MB
The only bucket in use (efp_click) has been given a 2GB per node RAM quota over the course of this issue. Increasing that number doesn't seem to mitigate the crashing. Everything in couchbase console seems to indicate resource usage shouldn't be an issue if I'm looking at it correctly.
## Bucket RAM details:
Other Buckets (384 MB)
This Bucket (6 GB)
Free (13.6 GB)
Dynamic RAM Quota: 6GB
I've uploaded several diagnostics zips to http://s3.amazonaws.com/customers.couchbase.com/adknowledge/. I'd prefer not to expose the filenames publicly but let me know if I must.
Thanks Bryan.
I have escalated this to the server expert. You can send me the file names as a Private Message in the forum. (Send PM just under my name in the discussion)
Were you able to send me the list of files (names) you can do it at tug[at]couchbase[dot].com
Hi tgrall,
I sent the filenames to you in a private message. I will send them to that email address also.


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Love this! Would vanilla extract work? I'm stingy :X
For a little Friday
fun I thought I'd let you inside of my head. It's crazy up in there. See for yourselves. Here's my thought process that lead to this recipe.
almonds. Just dump them all in the bowl.
Orange Vanilla Almonds Ingredients : 2 cups raw almonds (about 12oz) 1 orange 1 whole vanilla bean, split and scraped 2 tablespoons honey 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt 1/2-1 tablespoon organic cane sugar for dusting (optional, if you don't want sticky almonds) Directions:
Love this! Would vanilla extract work? I'm stingy :X
That's an amazing photo capturing the granules of sugar! All too appropriate that this post is "nuts"…
My talented niece strikes again!!!!
Have the almonds, have the orange, have the sugar, done!
Made them today. I was on a roll, kept zesting oranges, decided to make an orange pound cake to go with the nuts. The nuts will be great on top Asian pork.
I just finished making a batch of these and oh man, they're really good! They turned out even better than I expected.
left my batch sticky. so yum! thanks for the recipe.
This post completely cracks me up…I have a mental picture of the wobbling and am craving me some OBX dance competition! Urrrghhh…maybe next year. The almonds sound AWESOME and on a side note Charlie LOVES your quinoa crunch…makes me giggle that he can say quinoa!
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These look delicious. Any way you can give measurements for a half-pound bag? Not sure what sizes you were using. Thanks.
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November 13, 2013
Led by the lights and sirens of a campus security escort, the Northampton Community College women's volleyball team began their journey the morning of November 13 to Rochester, Minnesota, to compete in the NJCAA Division III national championship. Flying out of Newark, the team will arrive early in the evening in Minnesota and be at practice the next morning. Competition begins November 15 at 11 a.m. when #7 seeded NCC faces #2 seed Central Lakes College.
Follow their journey to the national championships and get updates and behind the scenes details on Twitter @NCCAthletics. Updates will also be posted regularly to the official site of Spartan Athletics, www.nccspartans.com.
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A Sanborn man faces a number of charges after he was arrested Thursday night in Sanborn following an incident at the Sandoon Saloon.
Bar owner Tony Wendel tells NewsDakota.com that the man threw an axe through the front window of the bar, it deflected off a sign and he says luckily it did not strike any patrons. Wendel says the man was kicked out of the bar for what he described as bad behavior.
Barnes County Sheriff Randy McClaflin says 39-year-old Terry Lee Cornell II is lived in Sanborn for about 2 months. Cornell faces charges of Reckless Endangerment a Class C Felony. Cornell is on probation out of Cass County and is a felon with prior charges of Aggravated Assault, Menacing and Disorderly Conduct.
McClaflin says members of the area SWAT team, Barnes County Sheriff's office and the Valley City police department assisted in the arrest Thursday night in Sanborn.
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We are proud of the accomplishments we have made in 2012. To fill you in on what's been going on at GOPC's office and throughout the state in the past year, below is a list of our accomplishments within our three priority policy areas: Urban Core and Neighborhood Redevelopment, Transportation and Sustainable Growth, and Regional Governance Reform. Together, redeveloping our urban centers, expanding our transportation options, and fostering regional cooperation will contribute to smarter, more sustainable growth, improving our quality of life and economic competitiveness in Ohio.
Raising Our Statewide Profile:
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Do you think there is a benefit in providing a percentage of courses within every college free and online?
With the rising of educational costs and the competitiveness, the socioeconomic gap will continue to be wider unless there is a philanthropic mandate post-graduation to ensure that generations to come are not existing with a disconnected view of society and more importantly people that can contribute to our overall progression.
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jim ParkerSep 2 2012: Nothing's "free."
Every online course requires an instructor to lead, grade and administer the course. That teacher commonly does not donate his/her time. They expect to be paid for their work.
If the student does not have to pay for that particular course then the money to offer the course must come from another source such as higher tuition or higher taxes.
SOMEbody's "gotta" pay.
Sep 3 2012: Hey Jim,
While you are correct in that the professors do need to be paid, the great thing about MIT OpenCourseWare is that they are video recorded lectures, syllabi, and notes that are simply put online for independent learners or people who were unable to go to a university for a multitude of reasons. It's great! Why would anyone pay for school then you ask? Well, the disadvantage of OCW is that you do not have contact with the professor for questions or explanations (generally). Completing courses 'independently' is not recognized in a certifiable way. It is also quite a different learning environment all together, you have to be strict on yourself to do the work, as no one will be checking it, there simply will be no grades. While avenues of ''free'' learning cover the most essential component in giving an opportunity to increase knowledge; they perhaps do not give the prestige or credibility that going to a university would, which might result in lesser potential to carry forward the knowledge in a corresponding subject-area job or in graduate study.
Sep 12 2012: I learned to be an excellent computer programmer checking out books for free at the library. Well, they weren't entirely free. The taxpayer paid for them and the publisher paid the author. I also had to build my own computer because there weren't any ti purchase in any of the stores.
Most of the people who learned to program at college, who didn't already have loads of experience from practicing at home made pretty poor programmers. They usually ended up in sales and managing projects.
To learn to program requires a lot of time and occupying space with your fingers and your mind. Starting to learn this useful art when you enter college is a bit too late to compete with those who started when they were 12 years old at home.
The software industry doesn't need prestigious programmers they want coders who can follow directions and code the work. Prestige goes to the boss, who probably dropped out of college to pursue his grand idea.
To be medical doctor, you have to go to medical school but to be a good doctor you have to spend a lot of time in the emergency room and on the floors, making mistakes. That's a scary thought.
What they have today I didn't have is online MIT, video lectures, and access to programing materials all over the net. The gap between needing a college education to accomplish most projects today is reduced by the computer which does most of the processing with logic and math. Spending more time at home with Mathcad an adequately designed program manual and access to people who can guide you and critique your work will create more mathematicians than college.
The only thing keeping these people out of the work force is the requirement for a college degree, which is swiftly being replaced by the Certification process.
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The Spending Habits of the Average American
Published on - July 14th, 2009 (Modified on - December 1st, 2011) (by J.D. Roth)
Last week, Diane dropped a line asking for information about the spending habits of the average American. She wrote:
I am trying to find sites that will provide average spending habits — such as how much an average person spends on food per week or how much a family spends on entertainment, that sort of thing. I am hoping to see where my habits line up with someone of similar means in the same part of the country.
I'm not sure of how to obtain regional information, but I know where to find national figures for comparison. Last week, a site called Visual Economics posted a chart showing where the average U.S. consumer spends her money. Here's the chart in question, which has been making the rounds of the internet:
Because I'm a skeptic by nature, I tracked down the source material used to create this chart. The data is drawn from the U.S. Department of Labor Statistics Consumer Expenditure Survey for 2007. Most writers seem to be missing this point (probably because the chart itself has a date of April 2009), but it's an important one. This chart represents consumer behavior before the market meltdown — not after. (Here's the source data [297k PDF].)
Some of the interesting bits from this survey:
- The average "consumer unit" surveyed had 2.5 people, of which 1.3 were wage-earners. This consumer unit earned $63,091 and had 1.9 vehicles. Exactly two-thirds owned their homes.
- This average consumer unit spent $49,648 in 2007.
- Average food spending was $6133, of which $3465 was spent on meals at home. Based on this data, one can conclude that the average consumer unit spends roughly $300 per month on meals prepared at home and roughly $225 per month on meals away from home.
- Average spending for housing was $16,920 for the year, which was way up from the $15,167 average for 2005. That's an 11.6% increase in housing costs over just two years! Can you say "housing bubble"?
- I was surprised by the transportation costs. The average consumer unit spent $8758 on transportation, or about $725 per month. Holy cats! That's insane. The average household could save big bucks quickly by optimizing their transportation costs.
Several readers asked for my opinion about this chart, including Sarah M., who wrote via Twitter: "I'd love to see your thoughts comparing the average annual consumer's spending breakdown to what it should be!"
I don't think it's possible to say what the average consumer's spending should be. There are too many variables. What works for me may not work for you. Each year, the average American spends $1881 on "apparel and services", for example, but only $118 on books. My spending for these categories is nearly the opposite. In 2007, I spent $702.73 on books and $425.94 on clothing.
I actually think the source data [297k PDF] could be a great basis for a budget. I always have trouble deciding which categories to track in Quicken. If I opted to use the same category structure that the government uses when tracking consumer spending, I could easily compare my habits with the "average" American. (Too bad the government doesn't track spending on comic books!)
Also, I'm puzzled as to why taxes aren't included in this information at all. The chart doesn't include taxes because the government survey doesn't include taxes. If the average consumer unit earns $63,091 but spends $49,648, there are $13,443 unaccounted for. The personal saving rate in 2007 was less than 1%, so I'm guessing that most of the unspecified money goes to taxes.
Finally, I should note that last year we took a glimpse at the spending of the average American as revealed by The New York Times and the Consumer Price Index.
In my recent reader survey, there were many requests for more content aimed at non-U.S. readers. It's unlikely I'll devote entire articles to foreign issues, but when possible — such as today — I'll try to find resources to help you do your own research. Here are similar surveys in other countries:
- Statistics Canada: Spending Patterns in Canada
- Australian Bureau of Statistics: Household Expenditure Survey, Australia
- U.K. National Statistics: Family Spending, Expenditure and Food Survey
How do your spending habits compare to those of the "average" American? I'm especially curious to hear how much GRS readers spend on books. The average of $118 per year doesn't buy a lot of reading material. On the other hand, maybe people are using their public libraries! (One can dream, right?)
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Mint offers the ability to compare your spending habits to people in a certain location. So you could see how your spending stacks up against others in your area, or a different city if you're thinking of moving.
I've never used it, because I'm not worried about what everyone else is spending, only what I'm spending.
I'm one of the people skewing the "reading" costs downwards… I read non-stop as a kid/teen, devouring several books a week, every week, all year. I used the library a lot, but also bought a lot of paperbacks… I had hundreds by the time I left for college. But then I completely stopped reading for fun. I might buy 2-3 books a year now, always nonfiction. My appetite for reading stories and learning new things is generally sated by browsing the web (I read a lot of news), which is easier to "put down" or enjoy in small chunks than a book (which will make me quite anti-social for the day or so it takes me to read it!).
$448.76 from June 2008 – June 2009 AND we use the library heavily. To be honest, I know I spent more than that, because I also ordered from Amazon and half.com, and wasn't in the habit of always breaking out things I paid with my Discover (cash back) card.
I read a lot of books, but my spending is pretty low. I use the library and buy at used book sales or thrift stores. I go to a large used book sale semi-annually and spend about $30, at 50 cents a book.
The numbers presented are the AVERAGE and are NOT what typical people spend. The average will be skewed high by the high income people. To get a better idea of what people spend look at the full report and dig into the income quintiles. So if you want to know what middle class people spend look at the 3rd (middle) quintile. Spending for the middle is 10-20% less than the average figures. e.g. the middle spends about $7900 on transportation while the average spends about $8700.
The consumer expenditure survey DOES track spending on taxes, pets, interest and vacations. That data is available on the BLS site, but just not presented explicitly in this chart. e.g. average property taxes were $1709 and federal income taxes were $1569 in 2007. Or for middle 20% they were $1255 in property taxes and $598 in federal taxes.
Pets are a subcategory of entertainment.
Interest payments for homes is part of housing, interest on cars is part of transportation and the miscellaneous category includes other finance charges.
Trips/vacations is harder to see. I think its mixed in with the other categories mostly. Food is in eating out. Airline tickets are part of public transportation. But they do have data on the actual amount spent on trips also, I see reference to it as a separate category in the CES anthology for 2008.
$13,000 or so in taxes is probably about right for the income and family size stated.
Books? I used to spend a lot on technical books, but since I reviewed so many I now get them free from publishers. Our family also trades books back and forth, so my costs for a large amount of reading are pretty low.
Whatever I do buy, I buy used if it's at all possible.
I spent $100 on books in 2008. That's less than the "average" but I'm pretty sure I read more than the average person. I use the library and trade books on http://www.bookmooch.com where books end up costing me about $2.40 each.
I'm horrified, but not really surprised to see that I spend as much on food for myself as a whole family. Still working on how to cook for one.
The chart doesn't include vacations. My budget rolls vacations (including little weekends away) into leisure and I find I spend about 2x what the average unit does.
I spend much less on transportation. Gas is about 2/3 of what they say. Maintainace costs about 1/3 of what they say (I'm so glad I invested in a reliable car) and my car is paid for.
My income and housing costs are pretty similar to the given unit.
Wow. I'm amazed how much money people spend. In our two person household, our monthly food budget is $300. That is for meals at home and eating out. Our entertainment budget is $75 a month, less than half what the average household spends.
I think it's odd that they don't track savings or taxes. Maybe when they do, they find that people are spending more than they make so they decided to leave the extra $13K as a mystery. I figure about $9,550 would go to Federal and State taxes (7.65% Social Security and Medicare tax, 5% effective rate for federal income tax at that earning level and 2.5% effective rate for state).
if i had to guess, the $725/month includes the cost of an automobile purchase depreciated over it's useful life, or the rental cost if it is leased. but that's just a guess.
For some categories such as tobacco, people either spend in that category or they don't. That means instead of an average of 0.7% on tobacco, some people are spending $0 and others are spending $1000. A smoker would like to know how much other smokers spend on smoking, not how much the nation spends on average.
Mint.com provides the ability to compare your spending with those in various states/cities or to America as a whole. I'm pretty sure the data is only comprised of other Mint users though – not the actual average American.
Still, it's probably a better pool (and the data is local). Who wants to be compared to the average American – who doesn't save and has no retirement fund and earns less than $40K a year?
Think I left this post previously on the wrong site.
What exactly is covered in "household operations" category? Anybody know?
Wow. Just as much spent on Dining Out (not food, just dining out) as on healthcare. Wow. I need to find better benefits…
I found the breakdowns by income level, size of family, renter v homeowner, urban v rural, education level, etc., at the end of the source material fascinating.
Books are a great example. Less than a high school education — $40 on books. Masters or above — $260 on books.
I probably spend around $500/year on books and magazines (1 subscription plus a handful from the store for trips). Plus I go to the library about once a month and get 3-4 books at a time.
I used to spend over $200. a year on books. Now I belong to paperbackswap.com and get all my books from there for just the cost of shipping my old unwanted books to others. I have a huge library of books now and usually get whatever book I want by adding it to my wish list.
I spend a fortune on childcare—right up there with the mortgage, but my transportation and housing costs are very low because of where I live.
I also spend lots on books (for me and the kids), and at least $1000/yr on my gardening obsession (not veggies–I'm landscaping my yard myself and I looove flowers and bulbs).
I spend about $1000/yr on skincare products, which I'm embarrassed about. But Oil of Olay doesn't do it anymore at my age!
I agree with Kristin (#57). It is hard to get a handle on these data, since they don't come out and say if this is pretax dollars, then what are the taxes, the health insurance, the contributions to retirement. Why are not payments for health insurance not included in medical costs? For example I can't even tell from this graphic whether the average American spends more than they earn. It's also difficult because some of the categories are not how I would intuitively group. Simple questions: is a vacumn cleaner in household maintenance or miscellaneous? Is the cost of a vehicle prorated over it's lifespan or only counted when it is being paid off? As other mention the small categories are not true averages because they often all or nothing. The only thing I can tell is that that our household spends significantly less on housing, and significantly more on food/eating out. Is that good or bad? I don't know.
I used to spend a ton on books, one of my favorite pastimes, but during our 2007 debt paydown project I weaned myself off of Amazon and now get most of my books from my local library. I still buy a few books from Amazon and if I'm in a Target or K-Mart (which is rare) I generally end up leaving with a book.
I hit the library just about every week and pick a couple of books and always keep book lists in my purse to help me find titles (NYT times best books from 2008, best books of all times, best books from the 20th century, etc.)
The chart states that the income is before taxes. I assumed that 401K contributions and health insurance was captured in the insurance/pension category.
I am not really amazed at how much the "average" family spends per month eating out, but it reinforces why our family of three eats at home as much as possible. We live on one income and spend about $300 a month on food that we cook at home, and we are lucky enough that my mother-in law comes over every two to three weeks and gives us $30 so my husband and I can enjoy dinner while she watches our daughter. Other than that, our only meals out are when we are traveling.
Half of my monthly income of around $800 goes towards rent ($400 for a room). About $100-$150 is spent on food/toiletries a month. $38 for cell phone (it's the cheapest cell plan, but after taxes, ick!), don't have a land line. $38 for water (I pay the water, and my roommate pays the electricity & internet). $50 a month for gas (I don't travel much). Car insurance and renter's insurance is another $80 a month. $20 a month for my medication. Whatever little is left over, I try to save. Not much left for books/fun/vacation. If I get a little extra from my freelancing that isn't put back into the business, I usually try to save it in my emergency fund. (As for reading, I usually enjoy reading stuff for free on the internet, and often look for new reading materials, which is how I found this blog!)
Karen has an interesting point about the skin care I'd love to see this data broken down by male/female. I guess "consumer unit" means heterosexual marriage, but as a single girl my expenses are probably pretty different than a single guy. (Or at least one that doesn't wear dresses, make-up or bras).
Regarding books, to compare 2007 with the first six months of 2009. According to my mostly accurate spreadsheets from '07 I spent $890 on books (please hold one moment while I kick myself). In '09, thru six months, that amount is $124. Part of this drop is, I'm too damn busy. Three babies, full time job, two additional rental units and aspirations of a writing career. The other part is that I am trying to make a more conscious effort to unplug from media. In reality, I've probably replaced my book reading with blog reading. While cheaper, it still doesn't have the desired affect of tuning out and letting your accumulated knowledge ferment (and hopefully gel).
Take my netbook, please…
Please disregard the income tax figures I gave before. The numbers I cited above on federal income taxes can't be right. Those numbers are too low. Average effective tax rate for federal is about 12-13% range. I must have misunderstood what the BLS site meant. Maybe the numbers I cited are income from peoples tax returns? I dunno.
I like some of you also question the accuracy of the data the graphic represents. It's still a pretty cool graphic and it's useful to see what the average American spends their money on.
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I live in Solo, Indonesia.
Unfortunately there is no public library here.
There are places to rent books, but they mostly carry magazines and comic books. You can rent one comic book for 10-20 cents per day.
I spent around US300 in the last 12 months to buy personal development, personal finance books.
One of my goal is to set up something like a public library here where people can read more quality books…does anyone has an idea how to do this?
Learn and grow!
Hey! I love my public library.
It's easy to when you don't have any space for purchased books.
My spending doesn't really jive with the chart, but that's because I don't necessarily have 'average' priorities. My housing costs are only about 17% of my net income. I have a car payment that's over $700/month, and that doesn't even include gas or insurance. Up until moving last week, I had a $150/month bill for bridge tolls just driving to work. Total transportation costs for my wife and I are easily over $1000/month. I haven't been keeping very close track of categorical spending lately, but I'd imagine we spend more on food than average (we go out to relatively expensive restaurants fairly often), and more on travel, but probably less on "entertainment" (it seems to not include eating out nor travel) or clothing.
It's a lot easier to splurge on things like eating out when you're content to live in a one-bedroom house for half the price that other people are paying for bigger places. We live in a fantastic location — we're one block from the beach in a California beach/college town. That matters a lot more to me than buying a den, or an extra bedroom, or a room dedicated to a television, so we forgo those things and save on housing costs.
I spend nearly nothing on books. I probably buy a couple novels a year, and almost no non-fiction. Almost all of that reading (and it is a *lot* of reading) has moved online. For many subjects it's a lot easier to find up-to-date "how to" type information online than it is to go to a bookstore, and I read a lot of this.
$118 in books? Not me, I might end up spending $1000 over the next 12 months, that amount doesn't include my books for college classes It's amazing how much time there is too read when there is no TV around.
Hmm very interesting! I'd love to know how that's changed now.
Regarding the non-US articles, I wouldn't ever expect you to write those, they're not your area of expertise. But a lot of your advice regarding IRAs, insurance, bank accounts is purely US centric, so I'd like to see more *general* information, or have it spelled out that they are based on US details to remind us. And if you could point us towards finding non-US blogs that have similar information to yours that would be brilliant too.
They don't display taxes for the same reason taxes are deducted from your paycheck. If you could easily see how much you were paying the government, even our dumbest citizens might figure out they are being robbed.
One way I have been able to reduce my amount of frivolous spending is by getting rid of my ATM card. I wrote a post about this and am in the middle of an experiment to see how much money I can save by not carrying it around.
There have been numerous times where I wanted to buy a cup of coffee or get a bite to eat while I was on my way to work (even though I brought a lunch with me and my employer offers free coffee). I am just 'weening' myself off the card now, as I don't feel the urge to spend anymore.
I can't wait to find out how much I have saved after a month has gone by. I am three weeks into it now and already saved over $100.
My car runs me about $3000 a year, not counting the actual cost of the car, which at this point averages out to a little over $900 per year. When the car was newer, I spent more on insurance and less on repairs, but as I recall it was about the same overall. It's more than I spend on vacation or groceries, less than on utilities or recreation. I really don't spend much on books, because I already have so many (and I use the library).
It's not too difficult to see why average transportation costs were about $8750. I think most people are only thinking about gas and repairs. But the graph actually breaks down the cost into 3 parts: gas/oil – $2384; expenses/other transportation – $3130; vehicle purchases – $3244. The graph also indicates the average family had 2 cars.
So the fact that yearly depreciation on 2 cars is $3244 is actually quite reasonable. Or if you find the depreciation concept too abstract, then just consider that if (for example) the "average family" buys a new vehicle for $15K and hangs onto it for 10 years before junking it, then you get roughly the same numbers with a large sample size. (i.e. every 5 years the average family purchases a new car for $15K, so the average outlay across families per year would be $3K)
I would guess $500 – $750 per vehicle in repairs is about normal, so that leaves an extra $1500 to $2000 unaccounted for in other transportation expenses. Airline tickets for the whole family once or twice per year will take a good chunk of that, plus keep in mind that a lot of people have significant parking and/or public transportation expenses. Here in the Northeast Corridor, spending $100/month on parking for your job is not at all unreasonable, or if you prefer not to park downtown you can take public transit, but that will cost you roughly the same.
Since you're asking…
I just started budgeting so I can't look back and get an actual annual amount spent on books. But I'm guessing it'd be $800-$1200 for our 2.0 person consumer unit.
Looking forward to reading all the comments more closely. Since I'm just starting to budget (to see where all the money goes…because it sure goes) I always like to hear what others allocate.
Information like this I always take with a grain of salt. My reasoning is that one never knows the accuracy of the data collected. The main question I have is how accurate were the spending figures given by the sample polulation polled.
If the majority of the population keep accurate records of their expenditure and the minority go from their perception of spending then the data is better than vice versa.
As shown by the diversity of expenditure figures in different categories given by previous commenters, the value of a chart like this is that it's a great conversation starter.
I spend significantly less on transportation, insurance, and healthcare (even paying out of pocket and with medication I take forever). However, I spent quite a bit more on alcohol, food away from home, books, and education.
Of course, I'm also a young person, single, and a student.
My housing costs are right on, though, because I own. Seems smart when you're young, but it's really not.
Rob Gerlsbeck just posted on Canadian figures (probably after seeing this post):
There have been a number of grumpy posts about taxes. I don't begrudge my tax expenditures (well, maybe the part that goes to the war in Irag). In the US we are taxed less than most other countries, and yet we get a lot — transportation costs would be a lot more if we had to pay directly for transportation infrastructure, if there wasn't Social Security, how much more would we all be spending to support our grandparents, or relatives with disabilities, if it weren't for taxes, how much more would we be spending to insure ourselves against fire, or to protect ourselves against crime, or… well I could go on but I won't.
Final note — unless we "get VERY rich slowly" we won't be affected by the inheritance tax (well, if you're dead, I'd argue you aren't affected anyway!) and few of us will be affected by the gift tax, either.
That is a great chart from Visual Economics. Thanks for sharing!
Wow. I am impressed by how much the average American donates – 3.7% of spending!
I guess I shouldn't be surprised by the differences. I am a single New Yorker, so I spend a tiny fraction on transport (about $100/month) and waayyy more on alcohol and "personal care."
Re: books, I use my library a lot, but including gifts for others I easily spend $1,200/year on books.
Well, my "shelter" category is about double in price – it's impossible to get away with an $800/mo mortgage or rent where I live. It's only marginally higher percentage of my gross income, though (21.2).
I've only been tracking my spending accurately for a few months, but at the current rate I'm going, I expect to have spent about 60% of my income in these categories (compared to the chart's 79%). I hope to either invest the rest or set it aside to purchase a home…
which brings me to a question I have that for you, JD. How does something like purchasing a home fit in with a savings plan? What are the different opinions on this–yours, the experts, the readers?
I am in CA where the cost of living is high with housing, gas, food, etc. I pay so much in taxes that I can't afford splurges on any books, eating out, or even fancy meals at home. It is back to the basics here as we are crushed with taxes. My household doesn't look anything like this wheel.
I spend more in some categories and less in others. For instance, I have spent about $750 on my daughter's clothing so far this year. Could I spend less? Yes. Do I want to? No. I can afford to do so and enjoy putting her in cute clothes. Total amount of money I spent on my own clothing: $50. I spend about $40 a year on newspaper subscription but I get all my books from the library so no expenditures there.
Our mortgage is much higher than the average american's but we also live in a higher cost of living area. Our total earnings before taxes is at least 3 times higher than the average so it is understandable that some of our expenditures are higher.
I am just surprised that some of the things are lower such as we spend less on healthcare, housekeeping supplies, and education.
We don't purchase alcohol or tobacco, either.
Inge – For starting a library, why not start with a kind of book exchange or co-op? A gas station in one of the small towns I drove through had one bookcase of used books for sale and another set-up as a book exchange (take a book, leave another). For the co-op, people could contribute books or cash and collectively decide what types of books to purchase. It would get readers involved from the beginning and you'd have a group to help manage it. Members could exchange books for free, non-members could rent books. If it was successful, you could grow it into a real library.
The most striking thing for me about the data is that if you take 25% of the gross salary out for taxes (I don't know what the tax brackets are, and I'll grant you that the family may reduce their tax liability through retirement contributions etc.), then the post-tax income is $47,318. So if the average family was spending $49,638 then the average family was OVERSPENDING its income by $2,320 PER YEAR. As many people have noted these numbers may not be entirely reliable, but since neither "pets" nor "childcare" appear as line items, I wouldn't be surprised if the average family was indeed overspending.
These are of course averages, but if you look at just two expenses, housing and transportation, combined they account for 51.7% of the total. That may explain why we sometimes feel poor, so much is going to pay for what we think of as "basics".
The healthcare portion looks out of whack. $2853 is only about 4% of total income, yet on a national level, we're spending about 16%. Who's paying for the difference???
It's not in Insurance/Pensions, because nearly all of that is subclassified as social security and pensions, and not insurance. Is it possible that far more people are uninsured than we think?
I'm French and live in Canada right now, so it's probably not surprising that my habits are so different from the average American (plus, readers of this blog aren't "average Americans" anyways)
First, transportation and apparel. I don't own a car, neither does my husband (neither of us even have a license) and walk as much as is possible (whenever it takes 30 minutes or less to walk somewhere, and occasionally when it takes longer).
We don't even have bus passes because even that would cost more than paying for individual tickets. Our average monthly expense for transportation is probably 10-20 dollars.
Apparel now. I just got new shoes. Running shoes, that is. My previous running shoes were bought in 2003, and I would have kept them if I hadn't moved from France had had to leave a lot behind. (To be fair, they were really falling apart. I glued the sole back on a few times).
I own three pairs: a pair of running shoes, a pair of winter boots (Canada…) and a pair of sandals.
Shoes usually last me between two (sandals) and five (running) years (I don't know for the winter boots. I only used them for one winter, so they're good as new, really. They might last ten years or more).
I own two pairs of pants, both more than five year old.
And I could go on.
In other words, my apparel expenses aren't really measurable in a monthly way, more of a yearly way. And even then, I don't buy clothes every year.
However, I do spend money on graphic novels and videogames pretty much ever month. I do buy many books, even if I try to borrow them from the library as much as possible. My "entertainment" category, although smaller than the average American, is definitely bigger than transport or apparel.
Electronics would also be a "big" one. I do own a mp3 player, a laptop, and just bought a (refurbished) desktop. I also own several consoles, although I've never replaced any of them so they're a one-time expense.
My TV in France was older than me (to be fair, I'm only 24), and we're being given one here so no expense there either.
I could go on but I've been long enough as it is. I'll just add that I have no insurance whatsoever. Of course, I'm French and live in Canada, both countries having universal health care. I don't have a car. I don't own a house. I'm young, without dependents and therefore have no death insurance yet. In my case, it makes sense, I think.
As a Reply to #44, the Department of Labor's interviewers do not skew results of interviews. When you deal with hundreds of thousands of data points, there will be some random errors (mainly human) where data got mixed up. In the aggregate, these will not have an impact. It is wrong to assume that there is something sinister going on or that the data is unreliable or tampered with. It's just random error and I'm sorry that it happened with you, but those things do happen in very large surveys
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Jericho Hill (#99)–You're probaly right about this. The seeming "weirdness" of some of the numbers have more to do with taking very large aggregate numbers then trying to fit those numbers into a fixed number of households. That's bound to create some numbers that just don't look right, but manipulation isn't likely to be the source.


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To say that Thrashers defenseman Zach Bogosian had a down year would be quite the understatement. In his third NHL season he seemed to have slumped in almost all aspects of his game.
Offensively he scored only 5 goals, down from the 10 of last year despite duplicating the same 155 shots on goal total. His 17 overall points were 2 fewer than what he put up in his rookie campaign even though he played in 24 more games now as opposed to then.
But it was on the defensive end of the ice where his game seemed to take an even greater step backwards from his first two NHL seasons. Bogosian finished the year with a –27 rating, which continues his downward tend in that category. In his rookie campaign he posted a +11 then followed it up with a –18 last season.
Of the 891 players who suited up for games this year, only four posted worse +/- numbers. Of those four, only Ottawa's Erik Karlsson averaged more time on ice than Bogosian's 22:24 TOI.
All this, even though he did go eight consecutive games last fall where he did not record a negative rating.
One positive for Bogosian is that he found a way to stay out of the sin-bin this time around. After accruing 47 and 61 PIM during his first two seasons, he only spent 29 minutes in the box last year. There were 12 minor penalties whistled against him and he participated in one fight.
The exact cause of his off year has been the topic of many discussions here in the Thrasherville blogosphere. One theory has been the apparent conflict between Bogosian and associate coach John Torchetti, the man responsible for the team's defensemen. And the inability to meet Torchetti's expectations led to a string of three games where he watched the game from the comfort of the press box.
In this February article posted by ESPN.com's Scott Burnside, head coach Craig Ramsay admitted Bogosian was experiencing some growing pains and indeed he was having a tough time living up to the coaching staff's standards. But he doesn't feel Bogosian was being treated unfairly.
"I don't think that John is mean to him", Ramsay explained. "I don't think he's overly vocal with him. I think John is just trying to do what he thinks is best for Zach and for everyone."
"I trust John to pass on the appropriate information in the appropriate way. I think misunderstandings occurred that have been dealt with and I see nothing but good things".
As for the relationship between player and coach, Bogosian was asked recently during the end-of-season media gathering if the problems with Torchetti could have had anything to do with his performance. In his response, the 6'-3" native of Massena, New York did not dismiss the friction between the two. But he also wasn't quite ready to blame it all on the clash of personalities either.
"Yeah, it was a different feeling obviously", Bogosian replied. "I had never had that done to me since at least juniors [but] it's part of the game".
"It's tough to pinpoint exactly what that was", he continued. "I mean there is a lot of things you could say about it, but it's not something that I shoved into the closet and didn't think about. But, it's not something that I stressed over a lot either".
"It was something that was there in your mind, but you try not to worry about it too much."
Whatever problems he might be experiencing with Torchetti, Bogosian said he simply had to try and apply the lessons to his game and move forward. He said, "You just can't look too much into it, work hard every day and hope for the best. That's what I did and fortunately it worked out for the best during the last half of the year".
"I think the second half of the year I skated a lot better than I have in the last couple of years. I definitely felt I had a good stride out there and used it to my advantage".
But what's done is done, and Bogosian knows there nothing that can be done about the season that's now in the review mirror. Instead, he's looking forward to the new campaign this fall and understands he needs to work on his game during the summer to prepare for it.
"I am just looking at going into the summer with the approach of being a better player. I want to be the best player that I can possibly be next year."
Looking to improve upon this past season would do more than just put him back on track regarding his development, but can also affect his bank account. As well as celebrating his 22nd birthday next summer, Bogosian will also be looking to work out a new contract with the Thrashers as he's scheduled to become a restricted free agent at that time.
April 14th, 2011
12:08 pm
Here's to hoping he can put together a better season next year than the one he had the past couple years. I hate seeing him not succeed, or not play to his potential.
He needs to be better. We need him to be better.
April 14th, 2011
12:09 pm
From the previous blog-
Red Light-the interesting thing about Poile is that he did his research and made a decision on his long term coach long before his team hit the ice. He found a coach with no NHL experience that played the style the Predators wanted to play and stuck with the same coach since Day One. Trotz's longevity in Nashville is of great significance than Lindy Ruff's stay in Buffalo, an established NHL team. The Predators lose players to free agency every season and never miss a beat. Poile rarely makes the same mistake twice.
Occasional ownership instability has had little effect on the on-ice product.
This is a franchise that thrives in a non-traditional hockey market. It can be done here.
April 14th, 2011
12:14 pm
Part of me thinks he wants a trade, however its hard to trade a player with diminished value, unless we want another 7th round draft pick.
April 14th, 2011
12:18 pm
Who cares about his skating stride? When is he gonna learn how to play defense in the slot / crease area? That's all that should matter going forward. To hell with the offensive side of the game, kid has a sawed-off shotgun for a slapshot and I'd rather him not worry about offense outside of keeping the puck in the zone on the PP and supporting the rush every once in awhile.
April 14th, 2011
12:18 pm
Oh yeah, excellent piece Bill!!
April 14th, 2011
12:20 pm
I'm going to be a Joe-Bob-Friday-Revisionist-Historian and call for the head of Torchetti….It's HIS fault our defense is so bad….FIRE THE ASSISTANT COACH and just you watch our defense improve!
We'll make the playoffs once we fire Torch…I knew it all along….
April 14th, 2011
12:21 pm
It amazes me that a rift between coach and player can fester so long and not be addressed by the head coach. Especially when Bogosian's play so clearly regressed as the season progressed.
I keep referring to plans and visions, both on and off the ice. So what is the plan to get Zach Bogosian's play back to the level of a top 4 NHL defenseman, which is where it should be? Forget the fact that the kid was rushed to the NHL, he is here and his progress needs to be planned or it will never happen.
Do you limit his offensive chances and have him focus on learning defense? No more rushing the puck, use the boards and concentrate on breakout passes to the blueline and beyond. This is what should have been done 2 years ago.
Or do the Thrashers go out and get a veteran defenseman that can stay at home and compensate for Bogosian's defensive lapses, allowing Zach to still move up and contribute to the offense? There are other options, but there has to be a plan not just sit back and hope the situation gets better.
April 14th, 2011
12:37 pm
If Bogosian doesn't get it together next season we are going to have look into trading him. The guy couldn't have been much worse this year.
April 14th, 2011
12:52 pm
Let him watch tapes of Luke Schenn-
Schenn is the same age Bogo is, drafted behind him and clearly ahead of where Bogosian is in progressing as an NHL defenseman. He sticks with the basics, which is where Bogo needs to be.
Sorry to repeat what I have said before, but it is what it is.
April 14th, 2011
12:53 pm
Every player goes through rough stretches and doesn't always get along with coaches. I don't know how Torch treated ZBo off the ice, but it is obvious that his system of running offensive-coached defense men didn't work. Same problem in CO. There is a reason you are a defense man – you PLAY DEFENSE. Scoring should not be your goal (no pun intended). It should be +/- and minutes played per game.
I think ZBo will eventually turn out, and as many have posted, it takes at least 4 years for a D man to mature into the game. Maybe the problem is Torch, I don't know. I still think Buffy needs to be a center and that Thrashy needs to have more of a hand in their minor affiliates. Draft some D, hell, trade up for a chance at Larsson.
I also think Thrashy is missing a solid PF. One with skills and speed. Ummmm, Buffy? He is right there, he is big, has great hands, quick. Why not put him in as a PF? Thoughts?
April 14th, 2011
12:56 pm
The reason it dragged out, and probably why it was never addressed by Ramsay was the Coaching staff kept telling Zach the same thing over and over again, but it wasn't sinking in… one thing inparticular that Darren Elliot pointed out not too long ago was Zach never turning to the inside of the ice to cut down a player who was beating him to the outside like you're supposed to… it was little things like that. I don't think it was anything grandeous in regards to joining the rush, or staying back more.
April 14th, 2011
12:58 pm
To finish my thought… I could see Ramsay being the type of Coach to let Torchetti yell at him 'until he gets it'.
April 14th, 2011
1:21 pm
"but it wasn't sinking in"
Hokie has it here. And I can't remember who was onto it at the start of this season, but Bogo's problem is that the boy just isn't bright. You have to have situational awareness and good anticipation in the league, especially as a dman, and he just doesn't have it. You can't teach smart.
April 14th, 2011
1:28 pm
Bogo is a turnover waiting to happen. The Thrashers could have put a lounge chair on the ice and had a better defense than with Bogo.
April 14th, 2011
1:30 pm
Much of the season, Bogosian looked like someone who just woke up and found himself in the middle of a freeway. Confused, bewildered and frightened he was.
My hope is that Ramsay, Torch or someone can get through to him and quick. The kid has all the right physical tools and could be a real asset if properly trained and developed.
April 14th, 2011
1:47 pm
Bogo's problem is that the boy just isn't bright
Eh, I wouldn't go that far… He just experienced his first ever NHL coaching change. I just think he's young and hasn't had a 'fundamentals' Coach quite like Ramsay and Torchetti. He played two professional years under a willy nilly John Anderson style. He got comfortable and now he's being knocked down a peg or two.
More is expected from him… he's had a lot more being THROWN at him, and it'll take time to put it all together.
I think nothing but good can come from a Coach telling him to "do it again… again… again".
April 14th, 2011
1:54 pm
I agree that there is all this untapped potential in this guy, but time is running out on being patient. I truly believe the key to Blueland's success next year is to keep 95% of the roster intact and work on developing each and every player in the current system. We need one or two marque offensive threat's and I think we will be in Philips Arena this time next year hoping to advance to the semifinals. LET'S GO THRASHERS!!!!!
April 14th, 2011
1:56 pm
Joe Bob Friday – That would be yours truely that noticed a severe lack of acuity on Bogosian's part. However, in all fairness, there were others as well.
An interesting side bar, when the news of Torch and Bogo's rocky marriage went public in the Canadian press, I read several articles about how numerous scouts, although impressed with Bogosian's size, were extremely concerned over his "hockey sense." At the draft, I explicitly remember St. Louis being concerned that the Thrashers were going to pick Pietrangelo instead of Bogosian. That was my first tip that the Thrashers "wonderful" scouting staff had missed something….again.
April 14th, 2011
1:57 pm
Great article !!! – Bogosian has a bad attitude which he takes on the ice with him . my opinion for what its worth is he doesn't want to be here, he's made several comments about the fans and crowd. His lack of defense on the ice as well as his ego needed to be benched , unfortunately i still don't think its "sunk " in .
April 14th, 2011
2:25 pm
He has never had anyone yell at him since juniors…give me a break. He tried not to worry about it…is he the victim here?
It worked out for the best the last half of year? What? Is he saying he played well down the stretch?
I know I have been tough on Bogo but we have a problem here people…and its what I didn't hear in the article that concerns me most, like:
I learned what the coaches want from me and I plan to continue to work on that to get better.
Or I am disappointed in how I played this year and look to make strides to be an overall more complete player next year.
A little humility and accountability would go a long way. After how rough they were on Bergie I gotta believe he will be moved prior to next season if they can get the right deal.
April 14th, 2011
2:37 pm
A little good news? Kinda sorta.
April 14th, 2011
2:41 pm
KLS1 – EXACTLY my point !!!!
April 14th, 2011
2:42 pm
I'm sorry guys, but I subscribe to the camp that first looks for physical ability, particularly when looking at a under-21 prospect, regardless of where he is playing. You may not be able to teach "smart," "awareness" or "anticipation" but even the dense can learn positional play, safe areas where to go with the puck, when to gamble and when not to take chances.
Yes, the kid has played 199 games over the past three seasons and should have wised up by now, but there are just so few kids with the size, speed and strength Bogo has at his age. In case you have forgotten, he only played two years of junior hockey and is one of only three defensemen drafted by the Thrashers ever to play more than 100 games for the club.
Maybe you have to look back at Bogo's and Kulda's development (teammates in Peterborough) under coach Vince Mallette (former Ottawa 67's assistant under Brian Kilrea and fired after 2 years with the Petes), and then wonder why Bogo only spent five games in the AHL with Chicago while Kulda has played 197 games for the Wolves. Steve Downie is the only other player from either of those two seasons in Peterborough to play in the NHL.
KLS1…you may have missed the last quote: ""I am just looking at going into the summer with the approach of being a better player. I want to be the best player that I can possibly be next year."
April 14th, 2011
2:45 pm
KLS1 – KLS gonna rock you! Great post my man. Perhaps it's a lack of maturity or just his indelicate expression of thought, but I'm much more worried about how this saga is gonna play out compared to my worry (in the meantime) over potential relocation to Canada.
April 14th, 2011
2:48 pm
Here are some facts behind the delusion.
Pre all star break he was -12
Post all star break he was -15
March was his worst month at -10
In wins for the season he was only +7 but in games they lost he was -34.
April 14th, 2011
2:56 pm
ok…I feel like Torch now, will back off.
Thanks for the update Smoothie. Sadly I kinda hope the Glendale deal falls apart and take some pressure off us relocating.
April 14th, 2011
3:03 pm
Tonight's games.
Montreal at Boston – this is going to be a grudge match but I don't see the Canadians pulling this one out. Never know though, spite and revenge are serious emotions.
I think that Philly is pissed at losing the #1 seed, sorry Buffalo, you might be in for an ugly game.
San Jose is going to mow LA. Without some of their stars LA just doesn't have the horses to swim with the Sharks.
April 14th, 2011
3:05 pm
At the draft, I explicitly remember St. Louis being concerned that the Thrashers were going to pick Pietrangelo instead of Bogosian. That was my first tip that the Thrashers "wonderful" scouting staff had missed something….again.
Uh… I don't recall that at all… I remember the discussion being more like this.
I remember the majority of the people on this blog wanting Nikita Filatov anyway.
April 14th, 2011
3:05 pm
Let us take a look back at the Red Line Report shall we…
April 14th, 2011
3:11 pm
Nice link GaVa, hindsight is 20-20 right?
April 14th, 2011
3:19 pm
Nikita Filatov??! On this blog?? Perhaps a few, but seemed like the consensus was a D-man, just a matter of which one.
April 14th, 2011
3:21 pm
GaVaHokie – I'm refering to the actual conversation at the St. Louis draft table on DRAFT DAY. Their table was mic'd up and they expressed concern that Atlanta was going to take Pietrangelo instead of Bogosian.
April 14th, 2011
3:25 pm
Question is… Can the team stand another season like the past one ? If so NO other team would want him and his value in a trade would be zilch.
He needs to be moved this summer. We have some depth at defense and I feel Postma could replace zach without a hitch. We need scoring, simple, trade zach before he kills his value to Atlanta.
A "smart" GM would usher him out of town for some scoring, but remember our GM is living inside a light bulb when it comes to putting a WINNER on the ice and the post season recap I saw was…
April 14th, 2011
3:26 pm
I am not going to question how smart Bogo is or isn't. Truth is, even a smart, young player will be tainted if he is not handled properly. I go back to his age and what has been expected of Bogo before his 20th birthday. Pietrangelo was left in juniors just like Tyler Myers for additional seasoning.
Bogosian was tossed on the ice like a Detroit squid from day one.
No plan, no vision, little support= Bogosian as he is today.
April 14th, 2011
3:33 pm
LAC – I don't think we could get much for ZBo at this point. Put him in the minors for a season and let him get some leadership time.
April 14th, 2011
3:41 pm
Don Waddell was sitting at his desk recently looking at the stats of the 2 players picked 3rd and 4th overall in the 2008 draft. He then smacked himself on the forehead and cried out…
"I could have had a Pietrangelo"!
April 14th, 2011
3:54 pm
OK, after a piece by Adrian Dater saying that Adam Foote's # should be retired before Forsberg's, I offer you this little ditty, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xRtrQ1YrCzw . If you aren't in hockey playoff mode already, this should do it for you. Talk about a rarity, watch how he hits and moves. Amazing. Thrashy needs a player like this.
April 14th, 2011
4:10 pm
It suffices to say, Don Waddell has smacked his forehead so many times that he has incurred permanent brain damage.
April 14th, 2011
4:45 pm
ZAv – nice tribute…Foppa was a beast. I still wear #21 in his honor.
April 14th, 2011
4:58 pm
ZA – Bogo cannot go down without clearing waivers.
LAC – you keep touting Postma and Kulda…but what do you really know about them? Right now they are just a couple of Dmen in the AHL with little to none in the way of NHL experience.
THE RED JERSEY IS OFFICIALLY RETIRED. At least I can report some good news regarding this team!
April 14th, 2011
6:14 pm
Ahh, that is right Glove, forgot about that.
KLS1 – I will NEVER wear another player's jersey and I am fortunate enough to have Swedish cousins who got me a MODO, full team signed, Foppa jersey
April 14th, 2011
6:41 pm
Zach NEEDS to be stressing out, as this was a RFA year for him, he did terrible and his future is very, very murky right now. I think he's got a ton of talent, but he has got to get his act together and soon.
April 14th, 2011
8:58 pm
Poor Zach got yelled at. So lets fire the coaches…….spoiled brat!
April 14th, 2011
9:09 pm
Hokie's quick fix for 2011-2102. Put Buff on a line with Kane and Bermie. I like the sound of that line. Pair Bogo back with Toby. See if it light's a fire under his Bogo's rear – and its probably our last chance to salvage this kid. At least experiment with it during the preseason. Does Buff want goals or wins? We know Buff wants to win. Plus Buff is stuck with us for a while so we need to at least try it out! We all know we ain't gonna get any real help (top 6 forward or top 5 defenseman) with our owners so we need to think outside the box.
April 14th, 2011
9:24 pm
Zach will be fine… He is a good kid with alot of talent. The kid loves playing in Atlanta. He just can't handle the pressure of the expectations of him. He really wants to do well here. He Just needs to mature more as a player. The kid puts to much pressure on himself. Torch treats Zach different than he does the other players. Torch needs to figure out how to reach him. Some people just don't respond well to being yelled at everyday. That is what a good coach does. If figures out how to coach each player.
April 14th, 2011
9:45 pm
Good point Flames – I hope Torch figures it out. I'd hate to lose his potential for nothing. I'm afraid if Zach leaves we would quickly forget about the Coburn fiasco. Our new Thrasher's lament would be – "Why couldn't we develop this kid? He's a beast now".
April 14th, 2011
10:09 pm
Flames-very well said, the kid (and he is a kid) needs to figure out the game. Giving him away would be a big mistake. It's up to the organization to develop him, not just Torchetti.
Would the team have ruined Coburn too or did he develop in the Flyers organization?
April 14th, 2011
10:11 pm
Heatley gets the Sharks going
April 14th, 2011
10:35 pm
What I wouldn't give to have Dany Heatley back.