This little stretch of the “15 To Remember” has been a marathon, not a sprint, but the end is in sight: here it is, Gentle Reader — the last of our Rangers games. Unlike last week’s match, we really don’t remember a single thing about this one, so let’s allow FSN to refresh our memories!
FIRST PERIOD
The intro has highlights from last week’s high-water mark of the season, and Doc is understandably psyched for the second leg of what was shaping up to be a feisty back-to-back. Hm. Chico tells us during the “goalie matchup” graphic that “Marty can afford to lose this one”. Way to soften Devils fans up for possible failure, Chico!
18:57 Doc crows about how this is Gomer’s 20th game at Madison Square Garden, and tells us he’s had 20 points in those previous 19 games. Dear Rangers fans, We don’t think he’s going to continue to average a point a game at MSG, but have fun with that anyway. Love, IPB. Oh, and Dear Scott Gomez, You’re a slag-faced whore. Love, IPB.
18:22 The Devils did not show up to play, did they? The Rangers swarm and get a few great chances (including hitting the post), then Hossa sneaks behind everyone on a bad change to beat Marty on a clean break. Gomer decides in that moment that he wants to hear that stupid goal song for all the future points he scores at MSG.
16:58 After the Devils haplessly give up scoring chance after scoring chance, Chico tries to buck us up by cheerfully declaring, “Okay, the Devils are back on their heels a little. But they can change that!” Pookie: “How do we win this one?” We really have no idea.
15:20 Christ almighty! Doc just called Jagr “an erratic, unpredictable captain”. Doc never has an unkind word to say about anyone. In regular-human speak, that’s like calling Jagr “a suck-assed loser panty-waisted doilymaker”.
11:22 Zach was not included in the pre-game team meetings, because he actually seems to want to score, which no one else does.
10:56 We are trying to decide how best to describe this game so far. Schnookie thinks it’s “butterfoot night”, as every time a Devil goes into the corner he misses his check and falls over. Pookie thinks this is “the night where it became painfully obvious these guys don’t practice.” We are hopeful they’ll start practicing a bit more next year, when they have their very own fancy practice rink. “It’ll be like when a person buys a treadmill,” Pookie explains. “They’ll be really diligent about using it for six months, then they’ll stop. Which means the Devils will come out of the gate strong next season then fall off completely.” Yeah, and the practice rink, by the end of the season, will just be used for holding their clean laundry.
8:36 Doc, who is droning on as white noise, suddenly perks up because the Devils are uncoiling on a two-on-one. But… it’s Rasser and Madden, and to make matters worse, Madden has the puck. He pulls up and allows Jagr, of all the panty-waisted doilymakers, to make a decent defensive play to strip him of the puck.
7:19 Patty is the recipient of two successive large hits on the boards, and Doc announces, “It’s ‘Hit Patrik Elias Night’ tonight!” Pookie: “Heh. Yeah. The Devils are like, ‘Psst, Rangers! Could you guys hit him some more? Those pre-game team hugs are getting really annoying.”
5:12 After FSN shows us a highlight of Gomer splitting four Rangers to find Patty in front (needless to say, Patty doesn’t finish; he was Gomer-killing, after all), we realize why Scott Gomez isn’t going to score as many points for the Rangers as he did against the Rangers: because when he’s playing for them, he will no longer be skating against the Rangers.
3:24 In case it wasn’t obvious by this point in the season, the Poppers are using this game to prove that the EGG line is not the Devils’ top line. Every time they get on the ice they’re generating sustained pressure and lots of clever scoring chances. Which means, of course, that they’re going to be broken up as soon as camp opens next season, never to be reunited.
1:15 We get a shot of a Ranger we don’t recognize (unless we’re seeing their numbers, or if they’re Jagr, we don’t know any of them) on the bench, and Boomer snorts, “Did you see the eye makeup on that Ranger? It was like Johnny Depp there on the bench.”
1:08 Uh oh. Malik takes down Brylin while turning the puck over at the point. Great. A power play.
0:03 Double uh oh. Ward gets his stick between Gomer’s legs and the Devils get a two-man advantage, on fresh ice after the intermission to boot. This ought to be fantastic.
SECOND PERIOD
19:11 Gomer and Patty combine for some mid-range passes down low, but Patty being Patty, nothing comes of it. Chico chortles, “Some aggressive penalty killing by the Rangers… and they almost got away with it!” Uh, Chico, we hate to be buzzkills, but they did get away with it — the Devils didn’t score.
14:07 We have a weird cut to a screen that says “15 To Remember”, then suddenly Paulie’s carrying the puck down the ice two minutes later than the last shot we saw of game action. Pookie: “Paulie just cut a hole in the time-space continuum, that rush was so good.” Paulie brought us back just in time to see Hollweg board Janssen to give the Devils’ highly-potent power play another chance. Thanks, Hollweg.
12:36 We, like Stan Fischler, spent much of last season ranting and raving that we’d like to see Mike Rupp get more power play time. He answers our faith in him here by taking the Devils off the PP with a ticky-tacky goaltender interference penalty. (We’ll point out that more serious infractions occurred at least four times against Marty in the previous game before things got out of hand and the officials realized they had to reel the game back in. It seems they learned their lesson after that one, if the Devils didn’t.)
10:40 Marty makes an outstanding, desperation, stretched-leg save on Jagr’s patented “swagger across the crease unmolested and carry the puck around the goalie” move. Then Lukowich drags the puck off Marty’s pad and hands it to Prucha, who punches it into the net to give the Rangers a two-goal lead. This game suddenly seems much more appealing now that we realize the Rangers lose with a 2-0 lead over halfway through the game. It’s almost as if FSN has learned that the earlier Rangers game they gave us that included the Devils winning in a shootout was sucky because the Devils blew a third-period lead, and now they’re rewarding us for our patience by showing us the Rangers doing exactly that.
9:27 The Rangers fans are doing a “Marty” chant. Pookie: “Why don’t they try chanting Lukowich’s name?”
7:07 Goodness gracious — the Madden line is cycling, and the Jagrs are totally incapable of getting the puck from them. Sure, the Madden line isn’t getting the puck very far off the boards and they’re really not generating scoring chances, but they’re at least keeping the puck, and that’s a start. (Considering how they played in the post-season, it’s just nice to see them with a little puck possession.)
6:26 The fans are getting excited thanks to the Rangers generating a nice passing play that sets up a big point shot… but then Langer gets the puck off a blocked shot, feeds a cross-ice pass to a streaking Raffie, and Raffie rips a shot that gets deflected by the defender and beats Lundqvist. The fans get deathly silent, because it’s one of those nights where they can just tell the Rangers aren’t winning.
1:30 Patty puts on a huge display of speed, slick puck-handling and skill, and tears up the ice through the entire Rangers squad. Then he looks to dish off into the acres of open space he created and discovers his linemates, Gomer and Brylin, are sitting in lawn chairs back at the blue line, sipping slushy drinks and saying, “You just keep going. You’re doing great on your own!”
0:44 There is a bit of shoving after a whistle, and Doc declares it’s “Unsavory Avery and Rugged Rupp” going at it. This prompts a really lame laugh from Chico.
THIRD PERIOD
19:48 Dupuis drapes himself over Paulie in the corner behind Marty, falls over, grabs onto Paulie and causes Paulie to kind of stagger along the end boards. For all his trouble, Dupuis gets an accidental kick in the jaw. Chico is solicitously worried for Dupuis, but no blood was drawn. Pookie mutters darkly that it was a near miss, “because Paulie has the skates of a murderer.
19:09 A shot of the bench shows Gomer and Patty sitting next to each other; Patty leans over and chats a bit to Gomer, and suddenly it’s junior high school and Patty’s just not one of the cool kids. Gomer rather showily looks away from Patty, pretending to see something interesting, then gets up and shuffles down the bench, choosing to sit between Madden and Dowd rather than suffer another second in Patty’s ugsome company. (Dowd, meanwhile, is staring off in the direction Gomer was looking as if thinking, “Huh. I can’t see anything. I wonder what he was looking at”) It could not be more obvious that Patty was Gomer-killing and Gomer just found out about it.
18:25 FSN tries a more artful edit as they cut out a minute or so by snipping from a bit of Chico talking about Avery, and splicing us into a later sentence about Avery. In neither sentence is the phrase “detriment to his team” used, but the subtext is there.
17:17 Langer is forcefully reminded of why he should thank his lucky stars every day for Zajac and Parise; on a three-on-one with Pando and Madden, he makes a nice pass set up Maddog and it just doesn’t come close to connecting. (Granted, Malik got a piece of the pass, but still. Travis or Zach would have at least made Hank make a save.)
16:43 Chico praises this game for the way “not a single minute has passed without something noteworthy happening.” Pookie perks up: “Noteworthy? That’s Zach’s nightingale!” (As people trying to write a diary of this game, we can say with some authority that there have been more than a few minutes with nothing of note happening in them. In fact, there were enough moments FSN didn’t deem even inclusion-worthy.)
14:39 PandoNation almost rejoices — Rasser makes a great dump-and-chase-your-own-pass retrieval and finds Pando all alone in front of Hank. Pando gets three whacks at the puck (Hank is doing his butterfingers routine), but fails to score. Suddenly PandoNation is aflame with rage, because three Rangers converge on Pando and start punching him in the face while the fans chant Hank’s name. Pookie: “You should never chant your goalie’s name after he stops Pando. That’s just pathetic.”
13:09 The Jagrs swarm in the Devils zone and Marty makes a series of increasingly awesome saves; the whole sequence culminates in Rasser taking a holding-the-stick penalty.
12:00 In all the history of power play units, there doesn’t seem to ever have been one as capable of killing their own “the game is on the line” man advantages quite the way the 2006-2007 Rangers did. They are set up in the offensive zone, facing a passive PK box, for most of this power play, and manage to rip their shots high, wide or both every single time. As we recall, they did this on key power plays in each of the previous two “15 to Remembers”, too. Pookie: “Just imagine how much worse this will be when they have Gomez and Drury out there!”
10:53 If the sequence on the bench earlier wasn’t proof enough Patty was Gomer-killing, this play is enough to make the case. Gomer and Patty go in on a two-on-none, Gomer dishes to Patty… and the puck doesn’t go in. No one in the building has any idea how Patty didn’t score there, and even the fans cheering Hank aren’t sure they should be giving him the credit for that.
9:28 We come back from commercial to see a replay of Patty failing to score, and we’ll be damned — Patty didn’t miss the net on that. He just managed to shoot the puck right into the shaft of Hank’s stick. (Pookie declares Patty will have a free pass for the first eight weeks of next year, because when he’s doing his trademarked “missing easy shots on wide-open nets” thing, we’ll all just rock in our seats saying, “At least he’s not Gomer. At least he’s not Gomer. At least he’s not Gomer.”)
7:14 Zach says, “Fuck you, Scott Gomez, and your stupid, overrated reputation for scoring huge goals at Madison Square Garden! We don’t need you anymore!” Langer makes a sharp, behind-the-back pass to spring Travis with speed past the blue line, Travis shoots off the wing to create a perfect rebound out to a streaking Zach, and Zach launches himself headfirst at the bouncing puck, punching it past Lundqvist to tie the game. Zach careens into the boards, and gets to his feet, looking adorably woozy, and flashes a blindingly white grin that sets hearts fluttering at stately IPB Manor as we wonder, “Scott who?”
5:47 We come back from commercial to see highlights of the Ottawa-Buffalo brawl, which happened on this night. FSN, come on. We are even fond of the Sabres and thought that “brawl” was vastly overrated. Why are you including this and taking out game action?
5:03 For much of last season we had a running joke that each player was auditioning his own move called “The Tornado”. Some guys, like Soupy Campbell, have fairly obvious “Tornadoes” with their spin-a-ramas. Others, like Patty Elias, have stuff like this, where they lazily meander off the boards toward the net, get tripped by a defender poking his feet out from under him, and flail around like a ragdoll as they struggle to retain their balance. Pookie: “That’s Patty’s ‘Talent-Devouring Suck Tornado’.”
0:00 Oooooh. Overtime.
OVERTIME
4:25 Pando decides to try his own “Fuck you, Scott Gomez, we don’t need your MSG-scoring powers!” move; he makes a big move around a defenseman and tries lofting a falling-to-the-ice shot, but misses the net. Actually, we’re not even sure if he missed so much as the puck just never even got far enough to count as a shot. We really, really love Pando.
4:09 Jagr gets in behind all the Devils, Paulie makes a great play getting back to muscle Jagr off and knife the puck away from him… and after Avery set the stage for this in the previous game, Jagr gets called for goaltender interference as he skates past Marty’s crease. (It should be noted that Marty goes flying like Jagr punched him in the throat.) Ladies and gentlemen, Exhibit A in “Detriment To His Team: Slats v. Avery”.
2:09 No worries, though. The Devils fail to score on the PP, although Langer gets two opportunities to show off his Patty-style “I suck” headroll.
SHOOT-OUT
– Zach leads off. Chico predicts he’ll do his standard “lift his right leg and go backhand” move that he does in every shootout. But this is Zach, showing off that we don’t need Gomez Magic in the Garden anymore; instead he goes wide, does a little “Bitchface” Cullen booty shake, and roofs a snappy backhand shot from a really weird angle that Hank doesn’t even flinch at. Yowza. That was pretty emphatic. He endeavors to look cool as he skates back to the bench, but by the time he’s reached the fist-bumping zone he’s grinning from ear to ear. Scott who?
– Nylander decides not to try his “Snooze-Inducing Zzzzz Tornado” move of shootouts past and just plows up the ice and beats Marty glove side on a straightforward backhand-forehand deke.
– Captain Patty, who was putrid at shootouts all season, attempts every single move he knows and ends up just pushing the puck with his backhand at Hank. Hank, though, is also trying every move he knows, so the puck almost rattles around his legs and goes in five-hole, but no dice. Both guys look equally ashamed of that display.
– Hossa’s up next. He rolls the puck up the blade of his stick straight into Marty’s glove. Even Chico calls that Hossa hit it straight at Marty, and if Chico can’t make it sound like Marty made a great save, then there’s no chance in hell that Marty had anything voluntary to do with the puck not going in.
– Brylin shoots high, and Hank gets a piece of it with the top of his glove, and the puck rolls over the net.
– Cullen tries a move not unlike Brylin’s, and Marty also gets a bit of glove on it, sending the puck to the glass.
– Langer is the fourth straight guy to go high glove, and once again Hank gets a tiny piece of the shot, but it rolls high off his glove and flutters down to the ice in an inexorable arc, drifting… drifting… rolling… bouncing… and IN!
– Prucha gets the chance to keep the game alive, and he hits the crossbar. This marked the first time in their entire history that the Devils won a home-and-home back-to-back against the Rangers. Well, that’s pretty damn cool. And actually, this game was a hell of a lot better than we remembered, so thanks, FSN, for letting us remember it anew.
Unlike last week’s match, we really don’t remember a single thing about this one, so let’s allow FSN to refresh our memories!
I didn’t remember this one because I was actually watching the Sabres/Ottawa game. And that brawl was not overrated if you saw it at the time. I’m almost glad I got to watch that instead of the Devils game that TWC didn’t air. I might have watched a replay of it at another time, but I don’t remember.
Cullen was being a little bitch in that game. No Cullen, a glove does not go up Pandolfo’s nose.
Eh, we watched the Ottawa-Buffalo game in its entirety, too. And after all the hype it got, we were expecting a lot more of the brawl. In context, it was really kind of underwhelming…
Eh, we watched the Ottawa-Buffalo game in its entirety, too. And after all the hype it got, we were expecting a lot more of the brawl. In context, it was really kind of underwhelming
Ah, what I mean is to see it pre-hype. Nothing is really good after it’s been all hyped up, it’s always a let down to some extent.
Gomer decides in that moment that he wants to hear that stupid goal song for all the future points he scores at MSG.
THANK YOU!
For all the many many reasons NOT to be a Ranger, that’s the top one. Jebus I hate that song.
I forgot to add that if you do another installment of Valentine’s Day cards you should do one to Avery from Chico and maybe one from Gomez to his paycheck/possibly Slats.
For all the many many reasons NOT to be a Ranger, that’s the top one. Jebus I hate that song.
It’s true! Anyone who enjoys that song is a callow, soulless slag-faced whore. It’s kind of amazing that someone can be worse than just a slag-faced whore, but Gomez somehow manages it!
Genna, the Chico-to-Avery valentine is too racy even for the denizens of stately IPB Manor!
Oh yea! I loved the look on Renney’s face after that Parise goal. It was screaming “why didn’t we get him?”
More racy than the one Boomer made?
I could write a book about Renney’s facial expressions. It would be called “1,001 Ways To Look Pinched While Wordlessly Expressing How Nothing’s Your Fault”.
And yes, the valentines would be just that racy. I mean, listen to Chico talk about him!
All the better to make one then! I think we need a blog diary of Chico’s writings to Avery. Where’s Kate when we need her?
We are even fond of the Sabres and thought that “brawl” was vastly overrated.
You weren’t impressed by a brawl that consisted of one side trying desperately to land punches on equally-sized guys who were trying really hard to skate away? Really? Clearly you just don’t recognize how important that game was since it was the first time the Senators really came together and stood up for themselves and each other!
I was at the brawl game with some girlfriends and being there was awesome. But the brawl itself was kind of lame in retrospect. Lindy and Murray screaming and swearing over the glass at each other while Rob Ray stood between them looking panicked was the best thing about the whole game. That’s our Game to Remember for next week, I think, and I’m kind of looking forward to seeing the broadcast of that part since I missed it the first time around.
After a night when I got a surprise spritz from the sprinklers from walking the dog, I get a surprise drench from the rain walking the dog. Apparently I should have gone to bed, so I could have avoided the latter by letting my mom do it. She probably would have woken me up though to tell me to get my lazy ass out of bed and take care of my dog.
And good morning to IPB Nation!
Another thing I forgot to add about the game, wasn’t it cute how Renney and MacLean were wearing matching suits (they looked very similar) but in different colors? I’m really bad with including everything I want to mention in one post. I blame my ADD. It’s my “look a hobo!” for whoops I forgot, I can’t pay attention to what you are saying because I’m easily distracted , my I can’t write things that flow together, and my randomness moments plus anything else you can think of. So basically my ADD can be used for an excuse for life. I smell a loophole!
After a night when I got a surprise spritz from the sprinklers from walking the dog, I get a surprise drench from the rain walking the dog.
So it wasn’t just me this happened to last night. Did your dog decide it would be a brilliant idea to go for a swim too? Smelly bugger.
Genna, I almost meant to mention the matching suits while we were watching the game but was too lazy to do it!
I didn’t notice the matching suits and now I’m ANGRY! Okay, I did notice Johnny Mac’s suit, because Pookie snorted any variety of liquids up her nose when they showed him and gasped, “What is he wearing??” And yet somehow it didn’t seem glaringly obviously heinous on Renney, who, for all his pinch-faced assiness, does seem to know how to wear a suit well.
Well, it helped that Renney’s shirt and tie matched the suit. Johnny Mac’s… didn’t.
Sorry for taking the thread on a tangent, but you know what’s great? Free Tim Horton’s coffee. You know what’s not great? Not getting the free Tim Horton’s coffee before you go on air. I may have been mean to someone while on air, cough.
I may have been mean to someone while on air, cough.
Whoa, what happened?!
Can you be mean, on air, to the deer that ate all but 3 of the peaches off the peach tree of IPB Manor?
Well, it was my definition of ‘mean’ so you can probably bet it wasn’t offensive at all. It’s just you know–guilt.
I will SO be mean to those stupid deer. I do like deer, but would a Bambi reference be in appropriate?
I may have been mean to someone while on air, cough.
Yeah, “I use the term ‘friend’ loosely” wasn’t mean enough?
Sherry, if you lived where we do there would be no liking deer. Bambi references are just the beginning. We prefer venison and roadkill and extinction references.
And by your definition of “mean”, I bet whomever the target of your meanness was (um, *cough*) didn’t even notice! :P
Dammit, I was really hoping you didn’t hear that :P
Sherry, if you lived where we do there would be no liking deer. Bambi references are just the beginning. We prefer venison and roadkill and extinction references.
Aw, but deer are such gentle, docile creatures. Docile, hungry creatures, mind you. I think I’ve only seen one in person twice though. So “make like Bambi’s mom” is all right then?
And the shoutout that wasn’t isn’t what I was referring to but um, now that I think about it that wasn’t too nice either. Sorry Sleek. I blame the lack of coffee.
Ha! The guilt is already kicking in! I think there’s professionals you can see about that, Sherry.
No thanks, my guilt and I are at a good place with one another :P
And it’s not nice to abuse that information. I don’t make fun of you for being a doucherocket.
Aw, but deer are such gentle, docile creatures. Docile, hungry creatures, mind you.
We’ve had upwards of 15 of them at one time in our half-acre yard. We literally can’t plant a single thing without putting up ugly fencing around it, and we’re not allowed by our township to just fence the whole yard with something tall enough to keep the deer out. Because there are no natural predators left in our area, and because many of the big farms around us are being converted to housing developments, there’s a huge crunch on an exploding deer population with less and less land to feed on. So every winter gazillions of them starve, and meanwhile we can’t keep any kind of landscaping (and I’m talking basic shit like “trees” and “shrubs”) in our yards. And not to mention how frequently there are fatal car accidents involving deer… It’s just a disaster.
It’s just a disaster.
That said, we have a really beautiful stag that lives in our backyard that comes around while we’re hanging out outside. I usually don’t care at all about the deer, but eariler this week I saw a roadkill stag not far from our house and my first thought was, “I hope that wasn’t our guy!” Then I reminded myself that the stag in our yard was the one that ate 3/4 of the Japanese maple we gave Boomer for Christmas. Stupid deer.
Schnookie and Pookie, that sounds awful. I’ve lived in the city my whole life and sometimes I wished that we saw more wildlife, although I admit that I’d have no idea how to deal with it. We have a whole bunch of wild hares in MamaScarlett’s backyard though and they’re absolutely adorable, but it drives her nuts because all they do is eat our plants [I actually have video footage and adorable pictures of this happening].
Would you find hunting them more humane? Do we need to send Mike Fisher to you guys?
I have absolutely no problem with the local hunting season. It’s essential to keep the local population of the deer within reasonable, sustainable levels. I’m not a big fan of hunting sort of in general and on principle, but I can see how, without wolves or bears or catamounts in the area, there needs to be something for which the deer are prey.
We have bunny problems, too. They’re crazy cute, though, (we named the two in our yard Benny and Hazelbutt [we have a friend who had a pet bunny named Hazelnut when she was a kid]) and this summer we had a little nest of the CUTEST baby bunnies under one of our apple trees. They were just heartbreakingly adorable. They were — dare I say it? — cuter than Zach Parise. I know. That’s pretty damn cute.
Pookie, you’re so right about our stag being awesome. That’s the only deer I’ve ever liked, and he’s so NOT the one who ate Boomer’s tree — I saw him walk by it and turn his nose up at it (no joke).
I try not to think about hunting. I mean, it obviously helps keep the population sort of in control, but my little Quaker soul hates the thought of animals being killed for sport. Even animals I’d like to see gone. We have rabbits in the front yard, too. They also eat the plants, but since we gave them names (Benny and Hazlebutt) I find them sort of cute. Benny is not at all afraid of people, so when I walk out in the yard he just sort of sits there, eating the grass while I talk to him. He’s a lot less cute when he’s on the garden side of the bunny fence, but so far he’s done no damage. Plus he and Hazlebutt had 3 little baby bunnies which are just the cutest little things ever!
Hm, Pookie and I are just sitting here typing the same things, aren’t we? How fun for all of you! I’m sure you all woke up this morning wondering what kind of wildlife pest problems we have in Mercer County, New Jersey. (Densest population of white tail deer in the world! WOOOO!)
I think what we need is a hunting party comprised of all the hottest NHLers who hunt. They can come down to our neck of the woods, looking pretty, and cull the herd. And then when they leave, I’ll resume making fun of them for their animal-killing ways. Because I’m a total hypocrite and not afraid to say it.
I’m not a huge fan of hunting in general, but I sort of don’t have much of an opinion on it either way. I know personally I wouldn’t have the patience for it.
Awww, a nest of baby bunnies! That’s absolutely precious, hopefully they won’t be feasting on said apple tree. I’ve named our frequent visitor bunny Chester-Humphrey. He’s been coming by for around two years now and I’m pretty certain it’s the same one. Don’t laugh, but I’ve sort of likened Chester-Humphrey to our father. He was born in the year of the hare under the Chinese zodiac and I say he visits us in his stead. Which sort of makes MamaScarlett’s constant proclaimations of wanting to kick his ass a little troubling, but anyways.
Benny is not at all afraid of people, so when I walk out in the yard he just sort of sits there, eating the grass while I talk to him. He’s a lot less cute when he’s on the garden side of the bunny fence, but so far he’s done no damage. Plus he and Hazlebutt had 3 little baby bunnies which are just the cutest little things ever!
Aww, if they’re cuter than Zach Parise, you guys need to show us pictures! I’ll upload some pictures of Chester-Humphrey when I get home. He isn’t really afraid of people either, as long as we stay on the paved portion of our backyard. If you step on the grass he’ll hop a little further away but if he sees you he won’t run away automatically. There was one time where he brought what I think was his baby with him and we’ve named him Chestnut.
There was one time where he brought what I think was his baby with him and we’ve named him Chestnut.
I think I’ll call the 3 baby bunnies at IPB Manor Chestbutt, Chestbutt 2 and Chestbutt 3. I’d love to take pictures, but I haven’t seen them in a few weeks. I think they might have gotten big enough that they’ve left the nest and moved on? Or maybe the deer ate them! The deer had peche a la baby bunny.
Don’t laugh, but I’ve sort of likened Chester-Humphrey to our father. He was born in the year of the hare under the Chinese zodiac and I say he visits us in his stead.
That’s so sweet! We’ve all decided, totally and completely seriously, that one of our cats was sort of “sent” by our dad to Boomer. We got the cat a few months after Dad died, and he is just the most extraordinary, cranky, dedicated, loving, loyal, companionable and out-sized personality-ed cat ever. He has been Boomer’s boon companion since losing Dad. And it seems really stupid, but it also seems to make a lot of sense.
Peche a la baby bunny! :^::::::::::::::::::::::::
Henceforth every single baby bunny at IPB Manor will be known as Chestbutt. I will brook no argument on this matter.
Schnookie and Pookie, that sounds awful. I’ve lived in the city my whole life and sometimes I wished that we saw more wildlife
Sherry, I live in the city and there are deer that venture into Buffalo. They follow the railroad tracks up from the burbs and rural areas and nosh at the wooded areas along the tracks. At the tracks by my house, the deer stay on the grass and don’t come into the street. Its almost like they know better.
an exploding deer population
Exploding you say? Forget Mike Fisher, it seems Staffy is already on this job.
The deer around us have been known to get disoriented if they get too close to town, and one notably caused no small amount of mayhem when it jumped through a plate-glass window in downtown Princeton.
Forget Mike Fisher, it seems Staffy is already on this job.
Now that I have NO moral qualms with! :P
I can have up to four rabbits frolicking in my backyard at any given time. It drives my cat crazy. His tail gets to wagging and he starts “chirping” out the window at them. Every once in a while I will let him out just to what he does. Usually he is just so excited to be outside that he just rolls around on the ground. When one of the rabbits finally gets his attention it’s off to the races but he can never catch them.
The deer had peche a la baby bunny.
If that’s true, I will tear that stupid deer a new one while on air! It’s a well known fact CFMU’s the preferred station of wild deer in New Jersey.
And it seems really stupid, but it also seems to make a lot of sense.
That is such a sweet story and it does seem to make sense! I took a whole bunch of pictures of Chester-Humphrey and when I zoomed in his his bunny face the first thing i said was “Daddy?”. He even looked like our father with the stern eyebrow and everything.
They follow the railroad tracks up from the burbs and rural areas and nosh at the wooded areas along the tracks. At the tracks by my house, the deer stay on the grass and don’t come into the street. Its almost like they know better.
That sounds pretty cool, actually! Where we live it’s rare to see even a squirrel because Mississauga is full of housing developments and gated communities. We do have a forest pretty near our house though and there allegedly has been wolf sightings in there.
He even looked like our father with the stern eyebrow and everything.
I think that’s such a wonderful story, Sherry!
“I think I’ll call the 3 baby bunnies at IPB Manor Chestbutt, Chestbutt 2 and Chestbutt 3.”
Sorry to ruin the cuteness and funness of this thread, but I just had to point out that it sounds like IPB Manor is naming pornos, not bunnies.
Okay, I’ll quit ruining it for everyone. Oh yeah, and happy Friday everyone!!
I think that’s such a wonderful story, Sherry!
Thanks, Pookie :) I should point out that Dodger thinks I’m absolutely insane when I told him this. Then again, this is coming from a guy who literally SQUEEs everytime he sees a cat. MamaScarlett is concerned he will be the male equivalent of a Crazy Cat Lady since he has been a bachelor for all of his 26 years and has said that he’s going to get at least one cat when he moves out.
Sorry to ruin the cuteness and funness of this thread, but I just had to point out that it sounds like IPB Manor is naming pornos, not bunnies.
They’re just living up to the name of being the reigning Golden Toilet Awards champions :P
I didn’t like Chestbutt 2 very much. I guess Chestbutt 3 was alright, but I just don’t care for sequels. The original was a classic, though.
andrew, you doubted that we didn’t recognize the porno aspects of the name Chestbutt 3? O ye of little faith! :P
MrFrisby, I love when the wild animals drive our cats crazy! Does yours do that chattering-teeth thing? That just delights me every time ours do. We have one cat who will chase the woodchuck that lives under our deck (Woodrow, natch) — she follows him around the house, from window to window. I had no idea a cat could have such an astute sense of spatial awareness; I mean, that’s pretty far along in Piaget’s stages of cognitive development! (We had one outdoor cat when we were kids who killed baby bunnies by just lazily putting their heads in his mouth and suffocating them. I couldn’t believe he was such a slob he didn’t even engage in standard, athletic “cat toying with prey” activities with them.)
“I didn’t like Chestbutt 2 very much. I guess Chestbutt 3 was alright, but I just don’t care for sequels. The original was a classic, though.”
The series didn’t really hit it’s stride until vol. 14 or so.
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“…killed baby bunnies by just lazily putting their heads in his mouth and suffocating them.”
That is just morbid! We used to have a cat that was such an effective hunter, my mom had to put a bell around his neck because she was so sick of all the dead birds on the front door step.
Wouldn’t the rabbit just be all “Eff, this. I’m not putting my head in your mouth. You can just forget it.” and then hop away?
I have this great image of a cat strolling up to a bunny and slowly inserting its head into his mouth.
I have a hockey question. What does “two-way contract” mean?
This rabbit seems to enjoy ticking off the cat. He is there almost every morning like clockwork.
Chattering-teeth thing? Um, I don’t think so, but he does make same very strange noises that I never knew a cat could make. When it comes to cat toying with prey, I wish Wu Fei would do less of it. It seems he can only catch mice in the middle of the night and he makes an awful lot of racket doing it. When I get up in the morning there is a carcass on the floor and blood spatter on the walls.
I have this great image of a cat strolling up to a bunny and slowly inserting its head into his mouth.
That was surely how it went down.
I’m not sure if Schnookie’s already told this story on IPB, but my favorite of our cats is pretty stupid. Like, really stupid. There was a fly in the house and she was following it around, ready to hunt and kill it. Until it landed right on her nose. And stayed there. While she just stared cross-eyed at it.
Katebits – a two-way contract means that the player can be demoted to the minor leagues without the team having to pay their full salary. Meaning, if they do end up getting demoted, the team only needs to pay a portion of their salry.
I have a hockey question. What does “two-way contract” mean?
I think it means a player will be paid less when they are sent to the minors.
MrFrisby, I love that your cat is called Wu Fei. Is that a Gundam Wing reference?
While she just stared cross-eyed at it.
awww…sometimes the stupidest ones are the cutest ones.
Is that a Gundam Wing reference?
Wow Sherry, I’m impressed! Normally I just get asked what his name means.
Oh! Thanks Sherry. That makes perfect sense.
Until it landed right on her nose. And stayed there. While she just stared cross-eyed at it.
My old cat Trixie was a complete weeny. One afternoon she batted around an ant for the better part of the day without harming it in the slightest. Later on that day while I was sitting at my computer I heard Trixie making the tell-tale “I’m about to puke” cat noises, and I turned around just in time to see her spit out the ant, and the ant scurrying away. She apparently put the ant into her mouth, but got grossed out to the point of gagging, and than the ant escape completely.
MrFrisby, that picture is ADORABLE!
As for the suffocating rabbits thing, that cat was only able to kill the very stupid and immoble baby ones. Anything with any kind of sense of muscular development was able to escape from him with ease.
Katebits, I am delighted that your cat spit out a totally intact ant!
Katebits, PRICELESS. I love your cat already.
Napo likes to bring me flowers which is very sweet. He bites them off the plants in my garden though, which isn’t so hot.
Normally I just get asked what his name means.
Oh, we were all about the Gundam in our house. Dodger had a vast collection of Gundam models. His favourites were the SD-Gundam ones where their heads were too big for their actual bodies. Trowa was probably the favourite in GW for me though.
She apparently put the ant into her mouth, but got grossed out to the point of gagging, and than the ant escape completely.
Aww, poor Trixie!
Okay, I just realized I don’t even have a real playlist for the show today so I’d better be off. See you later! Let me know if you guys have a request.
Awww. Poor Wu Fei! That’s torturous!
Mr. Frisby, that picture really is adorable! I didn’t notice the link. Damn this otherwise perfect WordPress template!
Katebits, that ant story was too funny. I’ll have to pass it along to Rollie so she has further stupidity and weeniness to aspire to.
“She apparently put the ant into her mouth, but got grossed out to the point of gagging, and than the ant escape completely.”
That is so sad/funny, I don’t even know what to think Katebits.
Speaking of dumb cats, back in high school I was dating this girl who had a big fat fluffy cat, I mean it was probably a good 18 lbs. Anyway, it was really dumb and it’s favorite thing to do was haul ass around their living room/kitchen in a circle, kinda like when a dog gets fired up and runs the same “track” around the room. Well part of this cats track was through the legs of the coffee table. So she calls me one night, totally distraught. Apparently this knucklehead cat was blasting around it’s normal route and ran head first into one of the legs of the coffee table, killing it. She was devastated, but it was kinda funny, in a really tragic way.
Oh my God! I’ve never even heard of a cat killing itself by collision! I guess it’s a not a bad way to go if you’re a big dumb cat. Tearing around the living room having fun one minute, dead as a doornail the next. Poor, pooper.
Andrew, that’s intense! Wow. I can imagine how that would be traumatic for the owner, but yeah, also so bizarre it can’t not be sort of funny. Our family went through tons of cats because we had outdoor mousers. So we’ve had a lot of weird cat deaths. The strangest was the one that was too stupid to get out of the way of the closing garage door.
Andrew, omgosh! That’s awful. But I laugh out loud… God I’m a terrible person aren’t I?
“I’ve never even heard of a cat killing itself by collision!”
I hadn’t either, Katebits! It was weird.
I wish I could remember his name, it was hilarious to watch him run circles around the house.
That’s meant to say “But I DID laugh out loud”. Argh.
The strangest was the one that was too stupid to get out of the way of the closing garage door.
I’m super sorry to do this but,
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Dude! Kitty! Just move 6 inches!
(I’m actually really sorry about your cat, -ookies. That’s terrible.)
“I can imagine how that would be traumatic for the owner, but yeah, also so bizarre it can’t not be sort of funny.”
After a while, she got over and eventually saw the humor in the whole thing. I mean, how freaking random!
(Oh, and you were talking about cute knitted things yesterday. Look, raincloud!)
I think the sudden random deaths are much better than the sickly lingering ones. It’s so sad to see a sick animal. Plus, I don’t think animals fear death, so it’s not like hitting the coffee table leg was the terrible realization of a life-long fear or anything. He never knew what hit him.
I LOVE that cloud! So ridiculous.
I think the sudden random deaths are much better than the sickly lingering ones.
I agree. Even though it’s a terrible shock when it happens, at least they weren’t in pain for a long time. But I think all death should be quick and painless (unless maybe you’ve done something horrifying. But that’s a bad thing to think…)
(I’m actually really sorry about your cat, -ookies. That’s terrible.)
Eh, he was a dud, anyway. He was an outdoor cat who didn’t like us much. But thanks for the sympathetic words, anyway. And like I said, really, really dumb. It’s a slow moving door! He basically did the equivalent of a baby bunny letting itself get suffocated by a slow-moving cat.
Another great story about cat deaths was the little kittens Muffin and Biscuit. This was like, 20 years ago, I think. Boomer had a bunch of Brownie mothers over at our house for a meeting one night. The two little kittens decided to sleep on the tire on one of the mother’s Suburbans. When the mother left, it was dark, so she didn’t notice. Oops! Boomer went outside for some reason, and finds one squished kitten (Muffin, one of the cutest kittens in the world) and one kitten with a broken leg. So Boomer decided she had to clean it all up before us little kiddies woke up. So she quickly boxed up the cats, hosed off the driveway and dug a hole, with Dad’s help, out in the woods. They decided they should probably put the injuried kitten out of it’s misery but dropping a rock on it. But then they decided it was too much like a mob movie, them out in the woods, in the dark, killing and burrying kittens. So she ended up taking Biscuit to the vet and he lived a long and happy life (even if he couldn’t really bend his leg) and didn’t tell us until years and years later about her one night as a mob henchman. This is one of the reasons I never want to have kids. I never want to have to be there, in the dark, hosing kitten guts off the driveway so the kids don’t see it!
Ohh-kaaay, I guess being too cavalier about senseless kitten deaths is a surefire way to kill a thread! Sorry!
Pookie, around this time of day it usually doesn’t take much to kill a thread.
That’s unfortunate though, about the squished kitty. Poor kitty.
Nah! I love senseless kitten deaths! I think the thread was already killed.
That story reminds me of the billboard that was up over one of Buffalo’s busiest streets a few years ago. It was essentially a company that would come and clean up your house if there was a suicide, murder, or some other grisly type death. The billboard was absurd, and I couldn’t believe that there was enough of a market for such a service that it would be worthwhile to by a billboard.
I wonder if that company would come hose the kitten guts away?
I wonder if that company would come hose the kitten guts away?
Hm, I dunno. Maybe this is a company that Soupy can do commercials for next season!
Hey, changing the subject for a second, who else is laughing uproariously at the report on Mirtle that Peca has told the Rangers he wants to play with them, and is now sitting around watiting to hear back from Slats?
“Ohh-kaaay, I guess being too cavalier about senseless kitten deaths is a surefire way to kill a thread! Sorry!”
Yeah, that story was mildly disturbing. But it’s cook.
I’m all excited today. As you may or may not know, I have been putting music on my computer so that one day, if I ever get an iPod, I’ll be all set. Well a friend of mine called me yesterday because he needs a place to store all of his worldly possessions for about a month or two. He came over last night and we unloaded it all in the garage, but the cool thing is that he’s got this insane collection of obscure vinyl. So I spent about 4 hours last night burning a bunch of it to cd’s, now I’m rocking out much to the dismay of my old-ass co-workers. I’m such a music dork, it’s not even funny.
Hm, I dunno. Maybe this is a company that Soupy can do commercials for next season!
Ha! Soupy has already called the murder clean-up company and told them he wants to do their advertising. Now, he and Peca are sitting in a room together, waiting for their phones to ring.
Peca has been so pathetic this off-season.
Peca has been so pathetic this off-season.
This off-season?
“Peca has been so pathetic this off-season”
SOOOO glad Reiger didn’t sign him. Eff Mike Peca.
Congrats on your obscure vinyl motherlode, andrew!
andrew, how are are you converting your vinyl to CDs? Do you have one of those USB turntables? I have a ton of my parents’ old records that I’ve always wanted to load up on the computer.
Well, maybe he’s always been pathetic, but this whole telling the press “I want to play in your city. I’m just waiting for the call from management.” is making him look super undesirable. He’s like the dorky guy at the junior high dance that boldly asks every girl in school to dance with him……soon all the girls are saying no just because everybody else did.
andrew, what are you waiting for? GET AN IPOD! Do it today! You are so lucky you still have the giddy joy of your first ipod ahead of you! I love my ipod. I love it SO much.
Back when he was a Star, Jason Arnott talked about how he used to hunt deer on the grounds of the big mansions in New Jersey. They would actually encourage hunters because they were sick of all the deer. I can only assume that was legal.
You’re right, Katebits, he is being particularly pathetic. I just couldn’t resist taking a jab at him.
andrew, Katebits is also right on the iPod front — go get one! Once you have one, you realize the high price tag is actually not high enough based on it’s actual worth to you! I couldn’t believe how quickly and emphatically I feel in love with mine. I can’t live without iSSi, the trusted iPod, at this point.
I can only assume that was legal.
With Arnott you never can tell. Just kidding!
Hm, if only stately IPB Manor qualified as a mansion instead of a hovel…
Peca has been so pathetic this off-season.
At the rate this summer is going, Peca’s going to need Soupy’s suicide clean-up company.
And yes, andrew — just get an iPod! My iPod has made my life immeasurably better and I wasn’t even a music person at all before I got it! So just imagine how much yours will change your life! I want to marry my iPod. I am seriously having a love affair with it.
I still, (two years after getting my first ipod) sometimes become stunned by the amazing technology that allows me to have my entire music library in my pocket. My ipod is one of those rare inanimate objects that causes me to experience waves of wonder and gratitude. The ipod is a miracle. A MIRACLE, I tell you.
Oh, and after all this baselessly blaming the deer for eating our peaches, it turns out we need Arnott to come to stately IPB Manor with some smaller ammunition to kill all the squirrels. I guess the way to tell when your peaches are ripe and ready to be picked is when the squirrels start eating them. I got home in time today to see one spiriting off with the last one. Fuckers.
I think our ipod love might be dating us, -ookies. These kids today, they don’t even know what it was like carting CDs everywhere. They take their ipods for granted! Can you imagine?!
What gets me about my iPod is how intuitive it is. When I put it on shuffle, it knows my moods. Don’t tell Pookie, but my iPod is my best friend.
You’re right, Katebits! I’d never thought about these kids today and their total lack of respect for how good they have it!
You guys all put up convincing arguments, I’m on the lookout, I’m just biding my time…..
Patty, you sooo don’t need one of those crappy USB tables. If you already have a turntable and a stereo receiver with a phono input in the back, that’s all you need. Just plug the table into the receiver (or mixer, or PA) and run that to the ‘line-in’ jack on the back of your tower. It’s an 1/8” jack input, so get an RCA-to-18″ cord ($3 at radioshack) and you’re all set!
The thing is you have to buy the software, I’ve got Roxio 9. It works good, it;s just a massive program, so it’s a little slow on my PC. It’s $70 at Costco.
oh, and buy a new needle for your table. You’d be amazed at how much better your records will sound.
“they don’t even know what it was like carting CDs everywhere.”
When I used to DJ it was insane. Like, 150 lbs of equipment and a case of vinyl weighing another 30lbs!! I’m so spiteful, I turn my nose at DJ’s these days who show up to gig with a godamn mp3 player and a laptop. They don’t know what it was like!!
Sorry Patty, it should say RCA-to-1/8″ cord. Not RCA-to-18″ cord. You would have been pissed at me if you went and bought an eighteen inch cord and had no place to plug it in!
By the way — I had to run out to the store after work. I didn’t miss Sherry saying the words “Schnookie McCrotch” on the air, did I? (Since I didn’t give her a request today, I don’t expect her to, but I just want to be sure…)
You would have been pissed at me if you went and bought an eighteen inch cord and had no place to plug it in!
Too late! Damn you, andrew! That’s $3 down the drain!!
These kids today, they don’t even know what it was like carting CDs everywhere.
Pshaw! I still rember what it is like to wear out a cassette tape. Accidently record over one. Have one melt on your dashboard. Toting around a bulky Walkman and wasting battery life by having to fast forward and then rewind because I went too far.
Awww, MrFrisby, you’re taking me back to the good old days!
Totally Mr. Frisby! Remember when they invented the tape deck that would fast forward or rewind only one song at a time? That seemed like a miracle.
Yes it did, Katebits, except for those songs that had the short rest in them that totally fooled the tape player.
I was such a nerdlinger that I only listened to musicals until I was in (I’m not making this up) 10th grade. I remember having tape decks, and I remember hating having to turn over my tapes of “Phantom” (because I was JUST THAT COOL), but, despite my relative old age, I was never terribly inconvenienced as a music fan by the cassette era. Although I had a little tiny portable cassette player for mix tapes that I took to England with me the summer between 10th and 11th grade, and I remember having a suitcase basically just for all the batteries I predicted that thing would need for all that time. I loved when the batteries started to die, and the cassette would turn slower and slower, and the music would droop to a halt…
Then there was the radio station pirating. Press ‘pause’ then press ‘play’ & ‘record’ simultaneously. Then sit there with finger poised waiting to unpause when a good song came on. Then getting pissed at the DJ for talking before the song was over.
Ah yes, good times.
For the record, that was a great shoutout by Sherry! Good problem-solving calling us “the -Ookie Sisters” to get around the embarrassment of saying “Schnookie” or “Pookie”. And the deer look suitably chastened after that stern talking-to (although a few are saying exasperatedly, “Dude, it was the squirrels!”). And I’m sorry I didn’t have a request this week. I’ll not let you down next week. I’ll have my BEST REQUEST EVER!!!!
Thanks, Sherry, for avenging our peaches on air!
“I’ll have my BEST REQUEST EVER!!!!”
Ronnie James Dio!!!!
Ronnie James Dio!!!!
Right! That!
“Ronnie James Dio!!!!”
“Right! That!”
Damnit! Do you mock me, Schookie?!
I mock myself for my own ignorance, andrew. In this one case, no, I’m not actually mocking you, but don’t you worry — next time all the mockery will be aimed directly your way!
Sweet!
And, seriously…Ronnie James! Holy Diver!! I don’t think Sherry would touch that request with a ten foot pole. Unless she was doing an ironically awesome bad heavy metal show one week.
Unless she was doing an ironically awesome bad heavy metal show one week.
She’s saving that for when Staffy and Lydman are guest djs.
You would have been pissed at me if you went and bought an eighteen inch cord and had no place to plug it in!
I’m no expert, but I think I would have been suspicious if I’d seen an 18-inch jack.
My problem is that my receiver is in a totally different room from my tower. And there is no telling where my turntable is right now. But I would be that I have whatever cord I need. I even bought a pack of adapters once so I can plug just about any cable into any jack. :D I’ll dig around in my giant bin o’ cables.
“She’s saving that for when Staffy and Lydman are guest djs.”
That would be awesome. I’m afraid it would be unlistenable though. Except for the intermissions.
Cassette talk takes me back, too. All my cassette cases had the imprint of the vinyl upholstery from being left in the hot car in the summer. I’d have to wait until the a/c cooled it off so I could peel it off the seat.
I bought a Zen Vision and I love it. And I don’t think I’m using a tenth of its potential. I’ve only loaded all my own CDs on it so far. I haven’t started downloading individual songs. I don’t carry it with me all the time, but I love it when I’m at home and when I’m on long car drives.
Amazon Unbox has hockey games you can buy now, so I’m hoping they have them all next season, instead of just the playoffs, so I can download some games to save. It’ll be a lot less trouble than getting a dvd recorder.
“My problem is that my receiver is in a totally different room from my tower.”
Yeah, that’s the downside. You have to move your setup into the same place as your computer.
“And there is no telling where my turntable is right now”
WooHoo! Time to go yardsaling!
She’s saving that for when Staffy and Lydman are guest djs.
And then she said she’d do it on air. *gigglesnort*
Hey guys, I;m off. I’m going to the hospital to let someone take a look at my fingers (I took a tumble when I was out skating this afternoon and after several hours of icing it it’s still swollen, so I dunno). See you later!
Good luck Mags! see ya later.
Time to go yardsaling!
No way! I’m not buying another one. I am on a no-more-junk project. Let’s just say that if I do trip over it, I won’t throw it in the trash. Which is what I would have done otherwise.
Can I connect it to my laptop? I think my laptop has more memory than my desktop.
I has also occurred to me that I could just take out an album, write down all the songs on it, then just download them from somewhere for the same trouble. Not sure if that’s true, though. I don’t know if I could find stuff from the Porter Waggoner/Dolly Parton albums.
(sigh) Why did I decide that today was a good day to get some work done? Just because I’ve been a drain on the company all week?
Anyways, how’s everyone doing?
Or should I just scroll up and find out?
Well it’s a known fact that Staffy and Lydman have been pestering me for months to do a heavy metal show but I’ve been keeping them at bay for awhile. Since you guys requested it, I can’t say no :P
Well we had some important clients coming in today so I was “asked” yesterday to dress a little nicer than normal (read as: lose the hat and wear a shirt with a collar). All of the “Who is the new guy?” jokes are getting really old.
But it’s good to hear that you are not above getting work done on a Friday.
“Can I connect it to my laptop? I think my laptop has more memory than my desktop.”
yeah, it just all depends on the inputs you have. I just don’t recommend trying to find RCA-to-USB hookups. That will run you about $50, easy. (also, it burns onto the computer as a wav. file, so memory doesn’t matter, as you have to put it onto CD, or convert it to mp3. ’cause wav. files are huuuge)
“I has also occurred to me that I could just take out an album, write down all the songs on it, then just download them from somewhere for the same trouble.”
Or you could just do that! I only burn the really obscure stuff that I know will be a bitch to find anywhere else.
Hey Earl! good to hear from ya on this fine Friday!
andrew, when I get ready to do some of that, I might come back to you for some advice.
Howdy Earl! I’m draining my company too, but now that a 75,000-employee company is taking over, maybe they won’t notice.
Seriously, it’s both fun and disturbing when you try very hard to accomplish nothing and nobody notices or comments on your effort.
andrew, do you have to do a lot of cleanup on each song? I understand the software now makes it easier than it used to.
I have some Roxio apps that came with the machine, but I doubt I have that one.
Well it’s a known fact that Staffy and Lydman have been pestering me for months to do a heavy metal show but I’ve been keeping them at bay for awhile.
Sherry, that cracked me up! Good show today!
Seriously, it’s both fun and disturbing when you try very hard to accomplish nothing and nobody notices or comments on your effort.
I was informed directly by one of my bosses not long ago that “no one notices” when I come in late, leave early and take long lunches. And while it’s nice to know he was implicitly giving me permission to eschew the “At least have your sorry carcass sitting at your desk for 8 hours every day” rule I’d been living by, he was also pretty clearly saying that everyone notices that I serve no purpose in my job.
Last year I almost hit a deer while riding my bike when it suddenly came flying out of the woods nearby. I have never pedaled so fast in my life because that thing was honking huge.
I hate cats so I skipped that whole section of the comment thread.
he was also pretty clearly saying that everyone notices that I serve no purpose in my job.
Aw, did that make you feel all Sherry, I mean, guilty?
I’m an adjective now? Great.
I’m afraid Staffy will get stompy on me, so maybe to appease him for not letting him play rockin’-bad-ass heavy metal music, I’ll play some Red Seal Peach if I can find it.
I felt terribly Sherry for a few minutes, then just started worrying that I’d get fired if anyone looked closely at our department in the hopes of cutting budget!
By the way, I want to direct everyone’s attention to yesterday’s comment thread, on which a new commentor just left a link to an hilarious customized Leafs sweater…
Anyways, how’s everyone doing?
I had the following conversation in the hallway with one of my students today:
Heather B: Alex, you need to keep your hands to yourself.
Alex: Geez, you are such a bitch.
Heather B: You can take a break in the help center before you come back to class.
Alex: But you’re a cool bitch! A cool bitch!
Heather, you are a cool bitch! The coolest bitch on the internet!
But you’re a cool bitch! A cool bitch!
That’s FANTASTIC! Isn’t it hard to keep a straight face in that kind of situation? It’s like the time I was working with some first-graders, and two of them came to me to report, very seriously, that a third one had said a terrible, terrible word. I had to find out what the word was, because these kids were prudes and I didn’t want to ream out a kid for saying, like, “fart”. They stared at me with serious, round eyes and breathed, “He said the ‘BF’ word.” I was like, “Uhhh… I’m either REALLY impressed, or I’m not sure what word we’re talking about here…” They clarified, “He said ‘buttface‘.” (I did not succeed at not laughing AT those kids. Because I was a terrible child-care provider.)
Alex: But you’re a cool bitch! A cool bitch!
That’s so awesome!
I once had a kid come up to the reference desk to ask me, “Hey, where’s the nice librarian?”
…he was also pretty clearly saying that everyone notices that I serve no purpose in my job.
It’s so obvious, that even you should notice that everyone notices, he seems to be saying.
(Sounds like the perfect job to me.)
“do you have to do a lot of cleanup on each song? I understand the software now makes it easier than it used to.”
Yeah, it’s pretty easy. A little tedious though. That’s where a new needle and an LP brush will save you lots of time. Cleans the records up a lot.
“Heather, you are a cool bitch! The coolest bitch on the internet!”
Totally Heather! In fact, I’m gonna have to start calling you ‘Heather Cool B.’, since it’s obvious now what the B stands for. Man, kids are little brats these days aren’t they?
(Sounds like the perfect job to me.)
Oh my god, is it EVER! I am technically coordinating a project that hasn’t started, and have been coordinating this nonexistent project for two years. Seriously. I have not had ANY work to do in two years. I go in, I sit at a spacious, secluded desk in a space I share with no one, I have a window with a glorious view of a pond and specimen trees, and I have nearly unlimited internet access and no supervision. It is my greatest dream come true. Of course, this week the guy who is doing all the programming for this mythical project called me this week to announce it’s starting, finally, on September 12; he wanted to know if I had a free enough schedule to begin the program testing on that date. I didn’t know how to respond — on the one hand, well, obviously I have tons of free time, and some job security (i.e. “actually having a job to do”) would be nice. But on the other hand, I really don’t have time anymore for that kind of stuff…
Heather Cool B.!!! I love it!
I’ve been that way before, Schnookie. I become crushingly bored after about 6 months with nothing concrete to do; just sitting around trying to pretend I do have something to do. Then when a project starts to ramp up, I dread having something to do.
Like right now, I’m busy, but with nebulous deadlines. If I am not right up on a deadline, I can’t get anything done.
Sherry, I thought of you and your overactive guilt yesterday when I saw the Yahoo picks. I can’t vouch for this site, but the description sounds like it might be fun.
The Stray Shopping Cart Project
If I am not right up on a deadline, I can’t get anything done.
I’m exactly the same way! I’m a fabulous procrastinator. And it’s not like I ever miss deadlines. I just need them to be right upon me to get going. (I think I’m able to do this as a regular practice because my job tasks, what few there are, are really, really beneath me. Like, booking conference rooms and whatnot. That takes 10 seconds and no mental exertion. I love slumming it in my career choice!)
Sometimes I could do something in an hour, I have a week to do it, and I wait until the last day to do it. But the reason I don’t do it right away is because it’s a different kind of boredom when you have nothing to do, than when you have something to do, you’re just not motivated to do it.
Patty, this shopping cart site is wonderful!
But the reason I don’t do it right away is because it’s a different kind of boredom when you have nothing to do, than when you have something to do, you’re just not motivated to do it.
That’s such a good point!
I’ve been meaning to check it out (at home, of course), but I was putting it off so long, I didn’t want to forget to point it out to Sherry. I haven’t looked at it at all. My hope is that it will ease her guilt about that whole situation.
If it might make her feel worse, Schnookie, please delete my mention of it.
That’s FANTASTIC! Isn’t it hard to keep a straight face in that kind of situation?
Schnookie, you have no idea. (Actually it sounds like you do.) The kids I work with have no filter and they are brutally honest. Sometimes the things they say can get to you, but for the most part they’re hilarious. I’ve mastered the art of holding it together long enoug that they don’t see me laughing too much. I was amused that, even while trying to soften the blow, Alex didn’t drop “bitch,” he just qualified with “cool.”
I was looking at the Pat Quinn page on SAS Wiki (serously, I’m reading every single entry).
This white-board play killed me (poor Pat, he just gets no love):
http://www.sportsargumentwiki.com/index.php?title=Image:Pat_Quinn_hockey.png
Man, kids are little brats these days aren’t they?
andrew, just to clarify, the kids I work with are emotionally disturbed and have a host of behavioral issues that have led to them being removed from public school. So while kids today are pretty bratty, my guys are a step above and beyond.
And Heather Cool B. I like it! I think the new tag line for Top Shelf will be “the coolest bitch on the internet.” :-)
If it might make her feel worse, Schnookie, please delete my mention of it.
If we had to delete every comment that makes Sherry feel guilty, we’d have no IPB left! :P (Sherry, you know I kid because I love, right? Right?)
andrew, that Pat Quinn thing is hilarious!!
“just to clarify, the kids I work with are emotionally disturbed and have a host of behavioral issues…”
Well then, Heather Cool B., I commend you for your patience. You do a job that most people probably couldn’t!
That Pat Quinn whiteboard thing is the funniest coaching play related item I’ve seen since that interview with a really serious and weary looking Colin Campbell (when he was coaching the Rangers) said he was drawing up a secret play where one guy would hide on the bench until the last moment — and then he’d jump on the ice and score! He managed to keep a straight face through almost the entire interview. It was actually quite awesomely spunky. It was like the last time anyone in that organization had fun.
Well then, Heather Cool B., I commend you for your patience. You do a job that most people probably couldn’t!
Amen!
Well then, Heather Cool B., I commend you for your patience. You do a job that most people probably couldn’t!
Amen!
Thanks to you both. I’m about to hit my five year anniversary and I think it might be the breaking point. But I do enjoy it most days.
“that Pat Quinn thing is hilarious!!”
That site just has so much hate. It’s really overwhelming…and funny as hell.
YIKES! Five years, Heather? Wow, my hat’s off to you — that’s really impressive.
Hahaha okay I admit. it’s funny. Poor Quinn. He actually did some good for us! The Leafs were better! (okay I’m so digging myself a hole here.)
Btw Andrew i broke my iPod and I went without it and last week I just got myself a new one and lemme tell you it’s amazing.
I was disappointed to find that Lindy Ruff’s profile is pretty straight-forward. I do like “Number of Stanley Cups Won – 0, close to 1″ though.
<i.Well then, Heather Cool B., I commend you for your patience. You do a job that most people probably couldn’t!
and wouldn’t. Heather’s cool :D
YIKES! Five years, Heather? Wow, my hat’s off to you — that’s really impressive.
Yes, and for my five year anniversary I got a form letter that was rubber stamped by the head of the agency! I can’t wait to frame it and hang it up by my desk.
I was disappointed to find that Lindy Ruff’s profile is pretty straight-forward.
The Devils entry was also pretty boring. Sadly. I mean, there’s so much more to be had! Raccoon wives, turtles-of-affairs, foecal oysters! Come on, people! The Devils are more interesting than you think!
“Hahaha okay I admit. it’s funny.”
I was hoping you were around to see that, Vinny. I thought you might appreciate it.
Okay, all the iPod love is evident….I will, one day, get one. I gotta get an 80 gig one though, otherwise it’ll be a waste.
I did enjoy Chris Drury’s entry however: America’s greatest hero. Wins faceoffs, kills terrorists, scores huge goals, is the greatest captain of a sports team ever. Has earned immortal fame in the annals of Buffalo Sabres history by bringing an astounding zero Stanley Cups back home to Buffalo.
Has earned immortal fame in the annals of Buffalo Sabres history by bringing an astounding zero Stanley Cups back home to Buffalo.
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Pookie can’t you add it on? or something :x.
and Andrew mine’s not even close to that large. Although honestly I’d love to have one that large. Can you even get it that size? I thought those were only for iPod Video.
And Mags would like to tell all that IPB is being uncooperative and won’t load for her although she’d very much like to come back. Plus she’s woozy and her finger is broken and she’s off. :( FEEL BETTER MAGS :)
“I thought those were only for iPod Video.”
Yeah, but you can put anything on ‘em. They just have the huge screen for video.
Please feel better Mags!
(Sherry, you know I kid because I love, right? Right?)
Oh sure, “love”, that’s what they’re calling it these days?
And Patty, that website is simply wonderful. Truth be told, I no longer have feelings of guilt about that stupid shopping cart once it stopped being my problem. However, that site does make me feel a little bit better about that predicament I had. I’m not the only one, I swear!
I think Paul Lukas, over at Uni Watch, mentioned that shopping cart book a while ago and I thought, “I have to get that for Boomer!” Then I forgot about it. So thanks for brining back to my attention, Patty!
Woo-hoo, quitting time! See you all later!
Feel better, Mags!
OK, I’ve been productive enough today. Time to offset that by taking off way too early! Feel better Mags, and Sabres and Leafs too!
I can’t keep my eyes open any longer — it’s naptime! See you later, all!
I was just about to do the same, haha.
Hope everybody has a lovely weekend :)
Bye all…have a bunch of great weekends!
Anyone left? anyone? hellooo?
I’m still here, andrew, off and on.
There’s a huge wreck on the freeway I can see from my window and it’s been totally stopped for 4 hours. So lots of people are stopping by my desk to discuss it.
We saw one guy pull his pickup over on the grass, hike down the grassy embankment, and cross another busy street to go to the Taco Bell, presumably to use the facilities.
Everybody that’s leaving, have great weekends!
Alright Patty!
We can totally talk country music and the Pacific Division.
Cool!
Need some old Kitty Wells? This is the kind of thing my mom and dad have on vinyl. If I ever convert them, which I doubt, I’ll send you some of the hard-to-find stuff.
I also have a comedy album that’s a parody of life in the Kennedy White House. Obviously it came out while he was still there. I figured that would be rare, but I got on ebay a while ago and found that LOTS of people thought the same thing about their copy.
And I have no idea what the Pacific is going to be like next season. There’s a wide range of things that could happen with the Ducks. Of course the Stars are going to be good enough for them to get a lot of flak about all their first round exits. Probably similar for the Sharks. The Coyotes are going to suck, I’m sure. But the Kings could go either way. They might come out of nowhere and compete with us.
The Stars are always good in the regular season so I still don’t know what I’d do if they were in the Kings’ or Coyotes’ position. Even though I’d be all mad that they were losing, I’d still claim that every player on the team should be kept, except for the player that just got there. He can go.
Okay, all the iPod love is evident….I will, one day, get one. I gotta get an 80 gig one though, otherwise it’ll be a waste.
I agree to this statement. I have my ol’ Big Bertha of an ipod which is 60 gb and can’t hold all of my music. It’s so close to dying on me and I don’t know what I’m going to do when that happens. I know there has to be a new version coming out within a year or so and I don’t think it can last that long. My laptop’s HD died and I had to get it replaced and I didn’t get to back up my new music so I lost all of it. Then I realized my ipod had all of it, then forgot to take the music off of it so of course it all got wiped a couple of days ago because Big Bertha is a big bitch. Just big bitch, no cool in there.
I tell horrible (pointless) stories.
Genna, you’ve just listed all my fears about mp3 players. I’m still in the CD stage, where, if both my PC and my Zen blew up, I’d at least have all my CDs and could start over. But I’m about to venture into the download arena. I guess I should back them all up to CDs just in case. (I’m too lazy do back up anything else so I’m not going to swear I’ll do that.)
I hear ya, it will definitely be interesting to see how the Kings come out next season. They could be a dark horse for sure.
Genna, that sucks! I guess i’m lucky that all of my stuff is starting out “backed up” since my internet music library consists of 0 songs.
I have an external HD that I periodically back things up lazily. I just keep on dragging my music folder onto the thing hidden in a different folder so it doesn’t mess up the other stuff on there. I don’t know how to just add the newly acquired music without going through every folder and what not. As of now I have enough space to do that method, but it won’t last for long. I recommend you get an external, usually Circuit City has random sales where you can get one for a decent price. Also check out http://www.slickdeals.net they list when stuff like that (and many other things) are on sale.
Honestly, if I just took the music off my ipod right when I realized that it was on there I’d be okay. I was lazy about it and that’s why I got screwed over. My ipod is 3 years old now, so it’s due to be replaced. I just don’t have the money to replace what’s not broken and like I said before I’m convinced a new version is going to come out soon, so I might as well get one then. Everything is dying on me at the same time/I need to get new things for school and I just don’t have the money for everything and it’s poo. I need a rich benefactor. Applications are currently being accepted.
andrew, the Ducks don’t strike me as the type to miss the playoffs next year, like the Hurricanes did (and didn’t the Lightning do the same?), but you never know.
Patty, just the ‘canes. Before that it was the Devils. Good thing someone took that off our shoulders.
I don’t think the Ducks are going to miss the playoff’s. I am, however, curious to see what their retirement situation is going to look like. If Selanne and Neider both go, there’s no chance of a repeat, only ’cause Bert and Schneider aren’t gonna be able to bring the same heart/production/anything to the table.
The Stars are in serioud need of some offensive punch. Now that Turco has proved he’s not a choke artist, you don’t have to worry as much about playoff goaltending.
The Sharks…I don’t know what the sharks need. They’re so good on paper, they just can’t seem to rachet up the intensity like every other team does in the playoffs. They continue playing regular season hockey, and it kills ‘em. I guess I would like to see them pick up another veteran on defense, to replace Hannan. Oh, and the Toskala trade is going to be a rough one. Remember last season when Nabokov couldn’t stop a beach ball for about two months straight? Luckily he “injured” his groin and Tosk was able to keep the wins coming. I like having that kind of security in goal and Greiss just hasn’t been tested at this level.
So couple that with the way that last season, Ducks/Stars/Sharks were able to capitalize on the fact that LA and Phoenix were bottom five. Now LA looks triple as good and their young stars are like woooooosh better. So it’s not as easy for them to win games.
“So it’s not as easy for them to win games.”
Not to mention Phoenix seems to actually give a shit out there ONLY when they’re playing the Sharks. So we don’t even get those wins guaranteed!
Oh my word. I know no one’s here, but look at this one you guys:
http://www.sportsargumentwiki.com/index.php?title=Shootout
Funniest shit ever.
Is it because I am high as a kite that I don’t get that one, or am I just stupid?
(Hi IPB. I’m ok. Just coked out on painkillers)
It’s very subtle, Mags.
Look at the pattern the zamboni has left on the ice.
Dingding. Got it. Hehehehehehe.
Dirty dirty zamboni drivers.
Mags! Sorry to hear you hurt your hand! What happened?
And andrew, I’ve added that to my link list to check at home.
Mags, I know this was a long long time ago but my dog didn’t decide it was a good time to go swimming because she hates water. She wasn’t cooperating though because of the sprinklers. I let out a huge yelp at the middle of the night from that. Hopefully no one woke up.
Sorry to hear you hurt your hand! What happened?
Um. Long story. Got a minute?
Y’all are so nice though. All my real life friends just rolled their eyes and went “you should be forced to live in a bubble, but you’d probably still find a way to get hurt”
I killzed it. Bummer.
Look, a hobo!
Hope your hand feels better Mags!
Hey Genna, coincidentally, my HD just completely crashed leaving NOTHING retreiveable in it’s wake, including my itunes library. I haven’t been stressing too much because my itunes library is all on my ipod. If I just connect my ipod to the computer (which is essentially at factory settings right now, will the library from my pod just transfer to the itunes? I’m scared to try it. It would be devastating to lose my tunes library.
Brilliant, Andrew!
I guess my take on the Pacific. First off, nothing noticeably has really happened for the Sharks, Stars, or Coyotes. For the Sharks, that is a good thing–they are a young and growing team. I’m not 100% sure on Nabokov, but he doesn’t really have to be a world-beater, SJ’s got strong enough scoring numbers.
For the Stars, I’m not sure if it’s a good thing. There’s some aging happening, namely with Modano and Zubov, and if they slow some and aren’t replaced well, it might spell some trouble. I’d say they might want to try to relocate to the Central, if asked.
For the Coyotes, they’re pretty fucked no matter what they do. Actually, they’re probably doing what I would do if I were stuck in the Pacific. Wait it out.
The Kings are very intriguing. They might sport a blueline that runs with Blake, Visnovsky, Stuart, Preissing, Modry, and Johnson. And adding Handzus, Nagy, and Calder up front should give them plenty to work with. I really don’t know why they haven’t “defected” or “suicided” Dan Cloutier yet.
As for the Ducks, there’s no sense saying too much until the retirement chips fall, but even the worst-case scenario (no Scott, no Teemu) seems fairly positive. Bertuzzi can ride on the Perry-Getzlaf line like Penner did (and that whole line would only cost $5.5 million–thanks, kids!); it’s about time the kids became first-liners anyway.
Ugh. Comment too long.
Um. Long story. Got a minute?
I actually do have time for a long story, because I’m headed out for my dinner at Pappadeaux. (Mmmm, Shrimp Brochette!)
So when I get back I can read it. Just kidding. You don’t have to tell the whole story. But is it going to keep you on the DL for long?
But then doesn’t the Duck first line suffer ? Who’re they gonna put up there to plug Teemu (if he’s gone). or is Kunitz going to be a second liner and Burke move his PG ah.. B? BPG? whatever. it’s not as cool as PPG. (YEAHLOWESEEWHATYOU’VEDONE.)
ah. anyway. what do i know about the pacific.
Katebits, if you set your iTunes to “enable disk use” BEFORE you connect your iPod you can rip music off it back onto the PC. Otherwise it’s lost.
The long and short of it is that I was rollerskating through the store and slipped on something someone spilled in the dairy isle. It was stupid.
But is it going to keep you on the DL for long?
3 weeks at least. I’m waiting on word from coach whether I can come to the EC regardless, because I can still catch things, it just hurts like hell.
Kings goaltending is such an issue! Why isn’t Lombardi going after anyone? Oh that’s right, because he’s a complete moron. Glad he was cast off from the Sharks.
I’ve got faith in Nabokov, because when he’s on, he’s really on. But every once in a while, he just loses focus or something.
I’m in full agreeance on the Stars and Dogs.
How about this Earl….I think Giguere is going to stink it up this year because he only makes the finals during contract years. Ohhh burn!
Kate, you can also download a program to help you in the process after doing what Mags suggested. I know Senuti is the one I downloaded, but never got to use. It got good ratings from others that downloaded it and bothered to rate it
But then doesn’t the Duck first line suffer ?
Yeah, of course. The fill-in guy would probably be Bobby Ryan, the kid picked after Crosby. I don’t know much about the kid, but he’d fill in on the 2nd line–Getlaf and Perry will probably get promoted. I dunno.
How about this Earl….I think Giguere is going to stink it up this year because he only makes the finals during contract years. Ohhh burn!
I’m more worried about Giguere underperforming his contract than I am Bertuzzi. Plus there is this trend where Giguere (unannounced) decides he’s not going to play the first game of the playoffs, two years in a row. That’s not always the best news for a fan to start the playoffs, but thanks, Breezy!
“I’m more worried about Giguere underperforming his contract than I am Bertuzzi”
I just hope for your sake, the Ducks don’t pull a repeat of the last time they made the finals.
Although I haven’t heard any mention of Fedorov lately, so you might be in the clear, Earl.
well he seems to do just fine even though he doesn’t play that first playoff game. I wouldn’t be worried about his playoff performance. He’s Jiggy!
you know sometimes Lombardi has these flashes of brilliance. :X sometimes. I mean the Kings sucked, but he generally does a pretty good job (with what he’s got). Generally.
I really wanted to know how he argued his Lombardi case :x
thanks, Breezy!
Yeah, you have a lot to be grateful for in that guy. Batshit insane, but very competent.
I really wanted to know how he argued his Lombardi case :x
Seriously. I think the general gist was that Vanek and Penner each got paid a premium for giving up future years of unrestricted free agency. Their salary became high (and above market) because of that give-and-take. So they shouldn’t be used as comparables.
But even so, that’s pretty lowball even comparing to just other arbitration cases. If I ever get arrested, I’m calling Lombardi.
Yeah, he did okay on the Cammi arbitration, but I never though he did a real bang up job in SJ.
And arb judges this year seem so pro-team! I mean no way Penner > Cammalleri!
But at least this way their relationship won’t be anything like slats v avery.
But at least this way their relationship won’t be anything like slats v avery.
They have a relationship? I was under the impression that they’re both trying to force the other guy into being their bitch. I suppose that is sort of a relationship…
“But at least this way their relationship won’t be anything like slats v avery.”
Yeah, but you gotta wonder, if he was expecting the moon…do you think he might still harbor some ill will? He got, like, half of what he was asking for.
“…they’re both trying to force the other guy into being their bitch. I suppose that is sort of a relationship…”
Usually gotta pay for a relationship like that. And even then, it’s on an hourly rate.
He got, like, half of what he was asking for.
Sounds like Kevin Lowe and his expectations for Penner.
“Sounds like Kevin Lowe and his expectations for Penner.”
bah-zing!
I’m outta here gang. It’s quitting time! Everyone have a good weekend.
See ya, andrew!
Katebits, I freaked out about transfering purchased music from my iPod back to my computer for a long, long time and kept putting it off. Then, as if they were reading my mind, iTunes rolled out a new feature — Transfer Purchases from iPod. Just plug the iPod in and transfer away. I don’t remember if it did the things I had added to my library from CDs I owned, but reloading them didn’t take that long, and I didn’t have to worry about downloading 3rd party software.
Patty, you might be interested in this. Depending on the price, I’d consider buying it. I really like the concept of it, but the cd could be damaged so easily.
Wow, Genna, that is cook! It’d be a great conversation piece.
For the Stars, I’m not sure if it’s a good thing. There’s some aging happening, namely with Modano and Zubov, and if they slow some and aren’t replaced well, it might spell some trouble. I’d say they might want to try to relocate to the Central, if asked.
I wouldn’t mind being in the Central. Most of the time we’d only have to worry about Detroit (what’s two more losses a year?), and we wouldn’t have so many games that end after midnight.
We do need some of the kids to move up. I think we have plenty that are good, but they don’t like to go with a huge percentage of kids. They really should, though. The middle guys are going to start getting old before they establish some young guys. Jokinen had his sophomore slump, but I think that’s all it was. I think he’s going to be good. And I really like Joel Lundqvist. I hear Niskanen and Lessard might be ready to move up. Just don’t bring in any more Lindros-types to clog up the pipeline.
Oh and Patty (and Kate) if you don’t have too much music you can back your music up on cds using the data disc option in itunes. I think to back up around 3,000 songs it took around 9 cdrs. You can then use those for mp3 cd players if you want.
Thanks for all of your itunes advice guys. This afternoon, I sadly discovered that for some reason, itunes won’t load on my computer anymore. I….am just having a bad computer week. (The disk drive won’t read CD’s either.) I just need to go back to the Apple store and pout and make a scene until they bend to my will.
Dude, your computer is being such an ass!
I just checked out the shopping cart link that I posted, and it really is pretty cook, isn’t it?
(I shouldn’t tempt my luck, though, by posting links I haven’t actually visited.)
Irresponsible linkage is a danger to society, Patty! You got lucky this time, but consider yourself warned! :P (Oh, by the way, we’re enjoying some cookie pudding tonight, inspired by you!)
My computer is a complete doucherocket. A total rube.
Oh, by the way, we’re enjoying some cookie pudding tonight, inspired by you!
I live to inspire!
And I hate your computer on your behalf, Katebits.