We’re hunkered down on a wintry-feeling night, ready for the excitement and derring-do of a Devils-Canadiens game. Or as much derring-do and excitement as a Devils game without Pando can have. Our intro from Doc and Chico highlights the Pando/Madden/Clarkson line’s stats from the last five games, and Doc takes on funereal tones when regaling us with Pando’s misfortune. There is all kinds of subterfuge and mystery surrounding who is going to be taking his place on the line – apparently when they did 3-on-2s in warm-ups, Clarkson and Madden did them without a third guy. It’s like a missing man formation for hockey.
FIRST PERIOD
19:38 The team is clearly lost without Pando. As are the officials. Rachunek gets called for hooking on a play that leaves Chico flummoxed for its glaring lack of anything resembling a hook on it.
18:35 A two-on-one chance by Pelley is turned aside by Price, and Montreal responds with a crazy good rush, replete with tic-tac-toe passing and a great set-up for Plekanic by Kovalev, but Marty is emphatic in showing off he’s not starting this game as slowly as he started the last one.
18:01 It looks like Greener did a great job of watching Mottau playing when he was scratched in the last game, and makes a monster save in place of an out-of-position Marty on the Habs’ wildly aggressive power play.
17:38 The power play comes to an end with the Canadiens sporting a 6-1 shot advantage, and with smoke coming out of our television. Holy crap.
16:16 Zubrus decides that power play wasn’t awesome enough, and wants to give Montreal another crack at it. He gets called for holding the stick on a lazy, stupid play along the boards in the offensive zone.
15:51 Chico: “The Devils are going to miss Jay Pandolfo in a lot of situations. This will be one of them.” Schnookie: “[Whimper]”
12:55 The Devils needn’t bother taking anymore penalties, because the way they’re playing right now makes it look like the Canadiens have a man advantage already. When they finally manage to get a hold of the puck in their zone, they are reduced to just flinging it down for an icing. We go to commercial with the news that the shots are currently 9-1 Montreal.
12:15 Chico tells us about Larry Robinson’s childhood growing up on a farm and playing hockey, and concludes that, after talking to Sutter as well about a farm-raised childhood, “Only good things can come from growing up on a farm.” Pookie: “I don’t know about that. I mean, the Staals grew up on a farm and they’re all douches.” (We kid, we kid!)
11:47 Patty and Zach suddenly find themselves on a two-on-one, but Patty’s backhand attempt at a pass doesn’t go anywhere. Pookie: “Patty’s Zach killing!”
10:35 Maybe it’s Rachunek’s turn to sit upstairs and watch a game, like Brookbank is tonight. He can’t keep up with Latendresse behind the net and has to trip him. Pookie: “Why is Brookbank not dressed tonight?” Pause. “Sutter’s like, ‘Hey! Hindsight is twenty-twenty.’”
8:35 Thank heavens Marty showed up to play tonight. He is cold-blooded on the PK, preserving the tie.
7:34 Just as Doc tells us he is very excited to be watching Price play, the man himself bobbles a puck out of his glove at the side of the net, hands it right over to Asham, and is lucky these are the Devils and they’re not capable of capitalizing.
6:46 Gio makes a great backchecking play to strip a Canadien heading toward the Devils blueline, and gets tripped for his troubles. There is no call, prompting Pookie to snip, “I am comically peeved at the officiating in this game.”
4:43 The refs let a few more go (notably one committed against Langer at the boards behind Price’s net), but finally put the Canadiens in the box when Hamrlik puts his stick between Pelley’s feet while Pelley is blowing past him to get a loose puck in the slot.
2:44 The power play concludes without a goal, and a fairly even distribution of offense between both teams. The final play with the man advantage is a turnover in the offensive zone by Asham; Pookie sighs, “It’s been a long time since I was last pleasantly surprised by Asham.”
2:31 Doc informs us Hamrlik is “forever a hero to [him]” thanks to having thrown a check at the All-Star Game in 1996. It was, according to Doc, the last check thrown in an All-Star Game.
0:34 WOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Brisebois bobbles the puck at the blueline just as Doc is winding the period down by sharing the gruesome shot totals (16-8 Montreal), and Zach just explodes onto it, blazing down the rink, opening some space between him and the defenders, and then slips the puck five-hole on a great deke on the breakaway.
0:00 Hot damn! This period was rocket-fast, and really, other than the penalty trouble, the Devils didn’t look half bad. They’re lucky to have the lead, but it’s not like they were getting skated off the ice. Completely. Okay, so they weren’t the better team. But we’ve seen worse this season.
Stan talks to Zach, who looks, as always, freshly shorn. He leads into the interview by saying Zach doesn’t mind that he’s calling that goal “spectacular”. Pookie: “Well no kidding.”
FIRST INTERMISSION
We spend this break enjoying dinner and regaling Boomer with tales of the IPB comment thread from today, wherein we proved IPB Nation should be running the league.
SECOND PERIOD
19:46 Oh, in case you were wondering, Gentle Reader, Sarge is filling in for Pando. And he’s got the new Devils ironman streak. Seems a bit Eve Harrington to us.
17:51 A bit of clever playmaking and smart passive-ish cycling culminates in a booming Mottau shot from the high point. Doc dryly calls it, “Mottau almost gets Gionta, but misses the net.” Yeah, Gio’s life flashed before our eyes on that one, too.
17:16 Gio whips a little pass/shot toward the net, and Patty comes thisclose to artfully tipping the puck into the net. But he’s Patty, and it instead goes just wide.
14:46 Rachunek does an admirable job of hanging with a fancy-pantsy Hab, stickchecking and stickchecking and stickchecking on some slick puckhandling at the side of the net.
13:19 Ryder smoothly moves through the Devils D, but Marty delights us with a bobbly blocker save at the very last minute.
12:51 Asham lobs a huge slapshot at Price. We are surprised, but just mellowly so, not really pleasantly so.
12:17 Price has a mental block against effective puckhandling when Asham’s around, once again turning the puck over to him while far from the net. Asham, though, is still unable to get the puck into the empty net. Pookie: “I am unpleasantly surprised.” And no, this never gets tired for us.
10:45 Latendresse makes a great diving, backchecking play to break up Sarge’s pass to Madden on a two-on-one. This sets Pookie onto a rambling monologue about how she thinks the models should have to go to the “Latendresse hair salon” on Project Runway.
9:57 Langer, watching Kovalev turning in the neutral zone an arm’s length from him, reaches out and hooks him down. Stupid, stupid, stupid.
8:44 As the Devils PK makes a series of good plays to stop the Canadiens from gaining the zone, Chico says with a laugh, “Well, you know how practice helps? The Devils are getting a lot of practice on the penalty kill.”
8:10 Koivu gets called for goaltender interference after his feet happen to tangle a bit with Marty’s. Both of them look confused about the call, but we’ll take it as an even-up for the first Rachunek penalty.
6:50 WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Just as we are discussing how ridiculously cute Zach looked on the bench at the start of this period, the PP clicks into gear. Travis feeds the puck smartly to Gio to take advantage of the Canadien who had dropped his stick (It’s almost like these things even out over the course of a season, or something), and Gio, looking a little handcuffed by the pass in his feet, manages to control the puck and whip a perfect rebound-creating shot on net, and Zach punches the rebound over Price. 2-0 Devils.
5:29 Clarkson flattens a Montreal player on a spot of forecheck, and Doc calls the play, “Clarkson does… what Clarksons do.” We collapse into giggles, and Pookie says, “It’s like Winnie the Pooh, but hot!”
4:41 We come back from a commercial to see Chico breaking down the goal again. He manages not to crack himself up when he says the play unfolded perfectly by design, starting with Paul Martin “shooting the puck as hard as he can to break Dandeneau’s stick.” Yup. That’s just how they drew that one up.
2:47 The fans are starting to chant with what might be The Rock’s first organic, in-game, happy “Let’s go Devils!” and the Devils are swarming, forcing Price to make a good save through heavy traffic. It’s almost like they’re trying to develop a killer instinct or something.
2:21 Clarkson makes a hustling, second-effort play, breaking up the Canadiens’ pressure and then making a diving, sweeping clear of the zone. Chico, deeply in the thrall of his mancrush, wonders, “How many fans is he going to have if he keeps making plays like that?” Schnookie: “He doesn’t even have to make plays like that.”
1:07 We have never seen Zach look so fast (it is, in fact, a source of constant amusement at stately IPB Manor that he’s really almost impossibly slow given his style of play), and Pookie suggests he found the pair of skates in his stall that are marked “fast” and opted to wear those instead of the usual ones that are marked “slow”. Schnookie posits that Pando, not needing the little magical wings on his skates tonight, handed them over to Zach for this game. Pookie: “And by ‘little magical wings’ you mean ‘amphetamines’, right?”
0:00 That was an awesome period, in what has been an awesome game. Both teams are playing well, there’s all kinds of flow, there have been strong attacks met by strong defense, and the goaltending’s been great. Who says the NHL product is boring all the time?
Stan interviews Whitey and basically forces him to say that Zach is a superstar. Pookie suggests Whitey, after acquiescing, heads into the dressing room and demands his $500 from Zach for saying it.
SECOND INTERMISSION
There is some discussion between Dano and Steve about Clarkson’s play in that period, and Dano says, “If he keeps playing like that he’s going to win a lot of fans, if he hasn’t already.” We chorus, “He has already.” They also talk about how stalwart and interchangeable Sarge is, and touch on the subtle, quiet confidence of Rod Pelley. We suddenly find ourselves taking stock and realizing this team has really, well, gelled. What had been a rag-tag group of no-names and castoffs (aside from the top nine forwards), has suddenly turned into a scrappy corps of pretty decent hockey players. Steve is thinking the same thing, and says, “This is why you don’t judge too much based on the first 12 or 15 games.” To drive the point home, FSN gives us a graphic screen showing us the recent travails of the early frontrunners in the East.
THIRD PERIOD
We open the period in the traditional manner, with Chico’s food review. He walks us through several varieties of hot dogs, with slow-mo footage of Chico enjoying the “Chicago dog”, and then something called the “LA Okey dog” (or something like that), which Chico assures us is “okey-dokey”. He also looks, when FSN goes to live footage, exhausted. “I don’t know how much longer I can keep this up,” he moans. Doc just laughs hysterically at him.
19:05 Clarkson carries in along the wing and, instead of skating around the goal and hoping for a wraparound, gives shooting a backhander from the side of the net a try. It doesn’t work.
17:09 Patty feeds Gio on the wing in the neutral zone, then bulls up the center to gain the zone; Schnookie, surprised at the way that play sort of stutter-stepped itself into being, says, “I’m amazed that stayed onsides.” Pookie: “I’m not convinced it did.”
15:36 Mottau calmly navigates the Montreal offensive pressure, then pushes the puck to Zubrus on his way out of the zone. Zubrus then makes a series of plays where it looks like he’s just trying to get a change, but he keeps accidentally beating the Canadiens one-on-one and finds himself deep in the corner of the Montreal zone, wondering how the hell he got there.
15:26 Madden takes a stick in the mouth, but nothing gets called.
14:00 Mottau makes a spiffy pokecheck on Latendresse after a Devils turnover in the defensive zone, and gets highsticked in the throat. We are initially outraged because the official nearest the play looks like he is very defiantly refusing to call anything, but the neutral zone ref spots the offense and does make the call.
It turns out Mottau is bleeding from a small nick on his neck, and there is a long delay during which the Montreal coaches look consternated and in need of a lot of explaining from the officials. The crowd starts to buzz, and Chico and Doc have no idea why… until we see a few replays of the high-stick that caught Madden – and the cut on his chin. That’s right: it’s a four-minute 5-on-3.
13:38 WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Pando gave Zach his hat trick magic wings! The penalty killers, frozen by a Langer shot fake, let him walk in on Price, and he beats him high glove side for a 3-0 Devils lead. As the crew cleans up the hats off the ice, Chico telestrates some fans who are not wearing hats anymore, and points out a guy who is doggedly hanging onto his toque. We cut to a shot of a pleased-with-himself Zach on the bench, then FSN chooses, hilariously, to flit back to a close-up of the guy with his hat still on.
We hope nothing interesting happens on the rest of the power play because our picture has gone out.
We really hope nothing interesting is happening, because now our audio’s gone out too. Boomer: “Zach burned out all the cameras.”
11:44 We get our sound and picture back and it’s 4-0 Devils. WOOO HOOOO!!!
8:37 We come back from commercial with Montreal on the power play thanks to a hold by Langer. We also find out, after FSN gives us a tour of the Zach hat trick in replay, that the fourth goal was Gio’s.
7:14 Marty makes a great play breaking up Kovalev’s sneaky centering pass with some swift paddling with his stick.
6:44 We are a bit out-of-sorts about the blip in the feed earlier, and Schnookie is suffering bits of free-floating anxiety that we somehow did something to mess up our television. Pookie finally dismiss these feelings when she declares: “Four-minute 5-on-3s aren’t supposed to happen. That’s why we didn’t get to see it.” Boomer concurs, “It was an embarrassment of riches. It was too much.”
5:21 Chico is praising the crowd tonight, deservedly, for being a great crowd. He then continues, giving voice to exactly what we’re starting to think tonight: this is a good hockey team. Chico says, with unbridled excitement lacing his tone, that he’s starting to see something coming together with these guys, and the building, and just, in short… there’s a lot of happy Devils Love in the air these days.
3:57 It seems Vanderbeek is right: when the game is exciting, the fans will sit in the seats in the lower bowl instead of milling about the various lounges and bars. This is the fullest we’ve seen the expensive seats at any point in any game.
3:00 Chico points out that Marty has not skated morning skates before these last six games. He actually backs off saying it, but he means that Marty’s an old fart now and can’t skate as much as he used to.
2:22 Chico continues telling us about the vibe of the team, and he says Langer told him the feeling in the room is the best it’s been “in years”. Meanwhile, across the river, the Rangers are looking at their number 19 and thinking, “This is the worst our room has felt in years.”
1:21 Doc tells us, as we watch Clarkson make a few “I would like to someday be a fan favorite, if I just keep working hard” plays, that Whitey and Langer, when they were out with their injuries, sat up in the rafters keeping their own scorecards of shots and blocked shots. Pookie: “They were keeping track of their own Larionov Bucks!”
0:22 The crowd is lustily chanting “Marty! Marty!” Pookie: “This will be a great test of ‘who’s the biggest superstar now?’ Who do you give the first star to?” (Hat trick trumps shutout, at least when it’s Zach’s first career hat trick, and Marty’s 94th career shutout. And especially considering the Montreal Canadiens are Marty’s personal bitch.)
0:00 WOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!! This was a great, great, great game, and perhaps the most telling thing about it is that, at some point between the opening faceoff and the final buzzer, we finally, for the first time this season, reached that point where we have fallen completely in love with the current iteration of the Devils.
I am pleased that the expression “comically peeved” has so thoroughly infiltrated the IPB lexicon.
It doesn’t take much. We have an acquaintance who whines that she can’t remember jokes from “Arrested Development” like we do; I’m like, “Well, we only have to hear ‘No bees!’ or ‘What a fun, sexy time’ once and it takes like so much Staal family sod on a Thunder Bay dirt patch.”
On the radio, Matt and Sherry just mentioned the Mites On Ice had skated during the intermission. Sherry commented “They’re so cute…they’re almost as tall as Zach Parise.”
Hee! I just watched the AD episode with “What a fun, sexy time….for you” last night. Good old George Michael.
“Go fish… I mean, uno!”
Doc informs us Hamrlik is “forever a hero to [him]” thanks to having thrown a check at the All-Star Game in 1996. It was, according to Doc, the last check thrown in an All-Star Game.
I don’t think that’s true, though. One of the many things that have contributed to my hatred of Roenick was that he checked some unsuspecting player into the boards during an All-Star game. And I didn’t watch any All-Star games until ’99 at the earliest.
Are you calling Doc a liar?!
:)
Ok. The Caps are having trouble scoring. This trend is not being helped by have 2 (TWO!) goals waved off in the first two periods.
Are you calling Doc a liar?!
I would never!
I think that was just a dream I had, now that I think about it.
And I should not type angry…
And I should not type angry…
Aw, we’ll let a little typo slide… but just this once! I’m sorry to hear the Caps are having difficulties. The Devils game is going quite well, maybe you should turn that on one instead? (Just kidding!)
Oh, and thanks for adding the (in Fairfax), but at this point, I promise I won’t assume you’re just some random stranger Steve! I still feel so bad about that!
I think that was just a dream I had, now that I think about it.
I would say “What a strange thing to dream,” but… who here hasn’t dreamt about Roenick doing something doucherockety?
should turn that on one instead?
Hm, and I, apparently, shouldn’t type elated! (My favorite player! A hat trick! I’m on cloud 9! Get it, cloud nine!)
I forgive you. Actually there is nothing to forgive, but I will enjoy holding this over your heads for all eternity.
I would watch the Devil’s game (and flip back and forth to keep the guy stereotype going), but I can’t since I do not have NHL Center Ice. Heck I cannot even watch many of the Caps games because they are on a channel called CSN+.
Did I mention 2 goals being waved off? In one game? Just checking…
Yeah! That “Name (in City)” bit is mine! :D
Just kidding!
I know. I copied it. Real artists steal…
Did I mention 2 goals being waved off? In one game?
Maybe the NBA refs aren’t the only cheaters!
But the “I” in my “In” is capitalized, so it is completely different.
I’m just kidding, Steve. I don’t think I invented it, either. :D
Did I mention 2 goals being waved off? In one game? Just checking…
Yeah, now that you mention it, I think I did hear something to that effect! I’m so sorry. But, the puck luck evens out, right? Your Caps have about 20 years of bad luck banked now. One of these years it’ll all turn around. I think.
Center Ice is the greatest thing EVER. I don’t know how people live without it. I’d go without food before I’d go without Center Ice.
(My favorite player! A hat trick! I’m on cloud 9! Get it, cloud nine!)
Are you trying to tell me that a Raccoon Wife who’s not on the bench got a hat trick???
WOO HOO!
Patty and Steve, you’re cracking all of us here at Stately IPB Manor up!
Are you trying to tell me that a Raccoon Wife who’s not on the bench got a hat trick???
You’ve got Zach, too? He’s a Fancy Bit, too! Zach loves the Irregulars!
But the “I” in my “In” is capitalized, so it is completely different.
*calls lawyer back to cancel appointment she just made*
Center Ice is the greatest thing EVER. I don’t know how people live without it.
I honestly don’t know how I made it last year. I mean, I watched on a terrible buggy program on my computer where every once in a while if I squinted I could even make out player numbers, but…I could never go back.
But the “I” in my “In” is capitalized, so it is completely different.
*calls lawyer back to cancel appointment she just made*
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HAT TRICKKKKK! wooo. AND a shutout. Super!
Right after the first period ended, you could see Zach (sitting next to Langer) trying to make all the ladies swoon. Well, needless to say, it worked. He has a beautiful smile.
And then, in the postgame show, when Stan was introducing the goal-scoring montage, there was a little clip of Zach laughing, and Stan proceeded to say, “That’s a good looking man there.” That is the understatement of the year. The Zach-love does not end.
Are y’all TiVo-ing the Pittsburgh game?
I know Bethanie! Zach was putting on a show not just of goal-scoring, but of totally unbearable hottitude. That was ridiculous tonight. (That was hilarious how Zach was kind of like, “Yeah, I know” when Stan called him hot.)
Stan proceeded to say, “That’s a good looking man there.”
How funny!
Are y’all TiVo-ing the Pittsburgh game?
Yeah, but we won’t be watching until tomorrow, so you can spoil away!
“That’s a good looking man there.” That is the understatement of the year.
I know! It was at that moment that Schnookie said, “it’s nice that Clarkson’s on the team to make it so that Zach isn’t the Official Cute One anymore.” I feel less teeny-bop-y admitting that Zach’s my favorite player now that Clarkson’s around! As for his smile, you can totally hear the “DING!” of the little cartoon sparkle on his teeth when he grins (you know, like Tony Curtis in “The Great Race”).
Actually, I think I need to clean out my TiVo of all these ridiculous things I record. Ridiculous being every damn Devils game.
Oh! And Stan, all of a sudden, decided that while three goals is a hat trick, three goals and an assist warrants a “sombrero trick.” And Zach was all like, “you made that up.”
Can I even tell you all how much I love the Devils right now? There’s always that moment in each season where you just click with the current model of your team. Well, for me at any rate. I always have a hard time adjusting to them not being the team I knew the year before, and the moment of falling in love with these Devils completely happened for me at some point during this game. I mean, yes, it was great to have the hat trick, and the shutout and the awesomeness, but I just realized tonight that I really, really, really like this team.
As for his smile, you can totally hear the “DING!” of the little cartoon sparkle on his teeth when he grins (you know, like Tony Curtis in “The Great Race”).
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I can so see that.
Oh I know exactly what you mean Schnookie – it happened early on with the Wings for me because they really didn’t change a whole lot at all, but I’m still waiting for that moment with the stupid Oilers…grr. Hemmer’s trying hard though, he even let me SEE him get a goal for once!
And Zach was all like, “you made that up.”
I feel SO bad for Zach that he has clearly been anointed Stan’s new Gomer. He’s the guy Stan tries all these corny lines on, and poor Zach is stuck trying not to punch him in the throat. (Please, Zach, don’t get all toolish and start sucking up to him like Gomer did.) I loved how panicky Zach got when he was asked if JP ever got a hat trick, how he was like “He did, right? He had to! Oh fuck, if he never had one, and I just got one, he’s going to be so mad!”
I had that feeling, too, Schnookie, a couple of games ago.
Now I’m over it.
Hemmer’s trying hard though, he even let me SEE him get a goal for once!
Hemmer doesn’t like you only having that pure-of-heart, true love for the Wings! He’s determined, he WILL make this happen! :P
Zach was putting on a show not just of goal-scoring, but of totally unbearable hottitude. That was ridiculous tonight. (That was hilarious how Zach was kind of like, “Yeah, I know” when Stan called him hot.)
Zach is just… indescribable. The hat trick totally adds to the hottitude meter. Zach knows he’s hot, hence why he scores so many goals. Just so he can get his face on the camera. He’s all about pleasing the ladies (and maybe men?) sitting at home.
I know! It was at that moment that Schnookie said, “it’s nice that Clarkson’s on the team to make it so that Zach isn’t the Official Cute One anymore.” I feel less teeny-bop-y admitting that Zach’s my favorite player now that Clarkson’s around! As for his smile, you can totally hear the “DING!” of the little cartoon sparkle on his teeth when he grins
Clarkson is the Second Cute One. Zach will always be the first. But Zach’s smile makes me all squishy on the inside. If only the boys I knew were half as cute as him. Or Clarkson. Clarkson definitely boosts the hottitude of the team, though. Those eyes, my god. And speaking of eyes, Marty has the bluest eyes I have seen. They are so… icy.
I feel SO bad for Zach that he has clearly been anointed Stan’s new Gomer. He’s the guy Stan tries all these corny lines on, and poor Zach is stuck trying not to punch him in the throat. (Please, Zach, don’t get all toolish and start sucking up to him like Gomer did.) I loved how panicky Zach got when he was asked if JP ever got a hat trick, how he was like “He did, right? He had to! Oh fuck, if he never had one, and I just got one, he’s going to be so mad!”
Ick. You shouldn’t compare Zach with the Slag-Faced Whore of the Year. Zach definitely got really anxious. I bet he’s gonna go home and get a phone call from his dad, or something. He had this little bit of arrogance in his voice though, kind of like “well if he got so many goals, then he was absolutely, without a doubt, I’ll bet my hat trick on it, bound to get a hat trick.”
Way to show up your dad, Zach.
Woo Hoooooo!
Good evening IPB!
I had that feeling, too, Schnookie, a couple of games ago.
Now I’m over it.
Patty, you’re breaking my heart.
I had that feeling, too, Schnookie, a couple of games ago.
Now I’m over it.
Patty, that is the saddest thing I’ve ever heard. :(
He had this little bit of arrogance in his voice though, kind of like “well if he got so many goals, then he was absolutely, without a doubt, I’ll bet my hat trick on it, bound to get a hat trick.”
And now he’s that much more afraid of JP — he knows he showed him up, and totally didn’t mean to. He just can’t help it, because he’s so much better. Heh.
I swear, the Zach DING! smile, with the dimples and the little button nose make me respond like a 12-year-old girl. I am SUCH a loser, but I was making noises only dogs can hear every time they showed him on the bench tonight. It was nice for him to at least make it so I can pretend it has something to do with hockey in this game. :P
A hat trick and a shutout! How great is it to be a Devils fan tonight?
Hemmer doesn’t like you only having that pure-of-heart, true love for the Wings! He’s determined, he WILL make this happen! :P
If that is what Hemmer wants, then he’d best be improving on this statistic: out of his 9 goals on the season (not counting shootouts which I think I’ve seen most of) I have now caught three. THREE. That isn’t showing me you love me and are deserving of my attention!
In other news SOMEONE in this Oilers/Ducks game is mic’d up or something…because I most certainly just heard “DON’T YOU FUCKING HIT ME!”….ummmm.
Zach is just… indescribable.
I know! When we visited Katebits and Heather in Buffalo earlier this year I ended up trying to explain the Parise thing and was just like, “I just don’t know what to say. It just… Parise.” Schnookie and I finally figured out that Zach somehow manages to out-weird all of our zany mythologies.
A hat trick and a shutout! How great is it to be a Devils fan tonight?
So. Fucking. Great!
I’m all atwitter!
A hat trick and a shutout! How great is it to be a Devils fan tonight?
It’s a GREAT night to be a Devils fan!!! WOOOOOOO!!!! (I just love that they had such a great turnaround against Dallas, and then CONTINUED TO BUILD ON IT tonight. That’s, like, unheard of for them. Who are these functional guys and what did they do with my Devils?)
In other news SOMEONE in this Oilers/Ducks game is mic’d up or something…because I most certainly just heard “DON’T YOU FUCKING HIT ME!”
We just turned the game on, and I’m very sad I didn’t hear that!
So. Fucking. Great!
I know! I feel I like I need to do something more than shots of rum to celebrate, but I don’t have anything. What sould I do?
Congrats on your win, Devils fans!
I know! I feel I like I need to do something more than shots of rum to celebrate, but I don’t have anything. What sould I do?
I don’t know! I’m sitting here, slowly deflating from my great-game high, and wondering if I should swing from a chandelier or something before the buzz wears completely off.
We just turned the game on, and I’m very sad I didn’t hear that!
Whoever it is, you can still hear him chattering every once in a while, but nothing quite as entertaining…
I’m half tempted to strap on my rollerblades, grab my hockey stick and start Woo-Hoo-ing through the neighborhood!
What sould I do?
I don’t know, but I’m like, “Heeeey, Schnookie, let’s have a celebratory cocktail!” I’m going to grab the three prettiest labeled bottles in our liquor cabinet (aka the pantry that was taken over by alcohol before we had a chance to make room for food!) and mix them all in equal parts and call it a “Zach’s Sombrero”.
I think the Zach’s Sombrero sounds delicious! You need to go pick the prettiest bottles now, Pookie. We’ll report back what the combo ends up being.
My I could start by spelling should correctly. Ah, fuck it, who cares? CHEERS!
No worries, Frisby! I’m still so happy I can barely read!
Btw, I came over here on Wednesday to share the the joy of overcoming a 2-0 deficit but you girls hadn’t seen it yet. So here’s another toast to that, CHEERS!
Pookie has reported the Zach’s Sombrero is equal parts limoncello, cointreau, and tequila, with a splash of chambord for the assist.
Btw, I came over here on Wednesday to share the the joy of overcoming a 2-0 deficit but you girls hadn’t seen it yet. So here’s another toast to that, CHEERS!
I know! I hate Pookie’s stupid late job, because that game would have been quite a party here! CHEERS, indeed!
And seriously — six in a row. SIX IN A ROW!!!
I say, Boxworthy, that cocktail sounds revolting!
I say, Boxworthy, that cocktail sounds revolting!
It does, doesn’t it? I’m half tempted to make one, just to see HOW revolting.
Sounds delicious! I promise I will do something similar if Hemmer manages two more :b
(Wherein by delicious I mean….well.)
I have to catch up on all the comments, but before I do that…
“Clarkson does… what Clarksons do.”
Make more Clarksons? :P
Hey, no one ever promised Zach’s Sombrero would be good. I mean, Stan just made that up!
In your mind, you know exactly how to describe Zach. But when you have to describe him to other people, you don’t know how to go about doing that. You would think by looking at him it would be self-explanitory.
Six in a row is amazing, for the way our season began. But I can’t help but wonder that every time I see Marty in goal, if he’s tired? Maybe they should try putting Weekes in?
By the way, I think “Zach’s Sombrero” should be added to the glossary. :D
“Clarkson does… what Clarksons do.”
I would do a Clarkson. :D
I say, Boxworthy, that cocktail sounds revolting!
I don’t care how revolting it tastes, I feel like I could use one right now after the day I had at work!
Congrats, Devils fans. Doesn’t six in a row feel AWESOME?
But the “I” in my “In” is capitalized, so it is completely different.
*calls lawyer back to cancel appointment she just made*
As the resident IPB lawyer, I can tell you that this falls under the Vanilla Ice Exception.
As the resident IPB lawyer, I can tell you that this falls under the Vanilla Ice Exception.
Did you ever get unchained from your desk, Pensgirl?!
Man, I turned over to the Oilers game just in time! I find I am fascinated by their summer workout routine.
In your mind, you know exactly how to describe Zach. But when you have to describe him to other people, you don’t know how to go about doing that. You would think by looking at him it would be self-explanitory.
I find with Zach that I’m reduced to “It just… Zach” so often. I mean, he’s got the “adorable”, he’s got the “adorkable”, he’s got the “future superstar of our franchise”, he’s got the “growing into his looks so he’s no longer just ‘cute’”, he’s got the pathos, he’s got the neuroses, he’s got the crazy family… It just Zach. :D
By the way, I think “Zach’s Sombrero” should be added to the glossary. :D
I felt before we do that, we had to make a sample of one. Pookie is loading the pictures as we speak.
I would do a Clarkson. :D
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And, yes.
he’s got the “growing into his looks so he’s no longer just ‘cute’”, he’s got the pathos, he’s got the neuroses, he’s got the crazy family… It just Zach. :D
He looked fantastic on the highlight reel tonight. I find I can fully appreciate the Parise magic now that the Stars aren’t playing against him. :D
As the resident IPB lawyer, I can tell you that this falls under the Vanilla Ice Exception.
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Man, I turned over to the Oilers game just in time! I find I am fascinated by their summer workout routine.
I know! We were in the kitchen making the Zach’s Sombrero and Boomer started shouting, “You guys have to rewind! You have to rewind and watch this!” We stood there, stunned, watching that feature, and Pookie finally broke the silence by saying, “I don’t know who any of these guys are…” and Boomer finished, “But I wouldn’t mind getting to know them better!”
There are so many ways to talk about him. Zach is just… Zach. That’s all you really can say. You can never really put a finger on it. He is way too popular for his own good.
I honestly would do a Clarkson. I do know that Sombrero boy comes first on my list though.
Alright, the Zach Sombrero has been made and tasted. Here’s a photo essay for your perusal:
THE INGREDIENTS
THE STYLE SHOT
THE TASTING
THE THINKING
THE REVIEW
Did you ever get unchained from your desk, Pensgirl?!
Yeah, at around 8:15. I got home just before Malkin’s goal, and I’m currently watching the second period. Thankfully, I anticipated that the one day this week we had a game would be the one I wouldn’t get home before 10, so I set it to record before I left this morning. I’da been pissed if I missed a win where mah boy got two goals (not rubbing it in, I promise! Jus’ sayin’).
I honestly would do a Clarkson. I do know that Sombrero boy comes first on my list though.
With this year’s Devils, there’s a far shorter list of the guys I wouldn’t do than the ones I would.
You already know how it turns out, Pensgirl? I didn’t want to say too much, just in case.
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With this year’s Devils, there’s a far shorter list of the guys I wouldn’t do than the ones I would.
Cam Janssen and John Madden are putting on their nicest suits and getting their hopes up now!
Don’t be fooled by the Zach’s Sombrero pictures — it was a lot like cough syrup. But jigger the proportions, maybe top it with some club soda or something, and it could be a very refreshing, DING!-y drink. But one that has some sadness about the edges, some filial anxiety and deeply-lying undercurrents of self-loathing.
I’ll be sure and watch for Zach on NHLN tonight during the wrap-up. Hopefully, they’ll show some shots of him on the bench.
Cam Janssen and John Madden are putting on their nicest suits and getting their hopes up now!
Cam Janssen and John Madden are living in a dream world.
Oh, I know.! I was so excited by this at the beginning of the season. I feel like this team is starting to have major hottitude potential.
I so want a Zach Sombrero right now. Hell, I wouldn’t mind Zach himself.
Crap, this hat trick has me all riled up!
With this year’s Devils, there’s a far shorter list of the guys I wouldn’t do than the ones I would.
I gotta agree with that. I think for the most part the Pens are a nice-enough-looking bunch, but in a little-boy, pat-their-heads sort of way. Whereas the Devils are eminently doable.
where mah boy got two goals (not rubbing it in, I promise! Jus’ sayin’).
No, we got steamrolled – it’s okay!
I have to say that the Pens really impressed me tonight – so well played, Pens. A clean game, all around, and no one pissed me off really. It even kind of made me miss Sydor and his misshapen torso.
As the resident IPB lawyer, I can tell you that this falls under the Vanilla Ice Exception.
AH, I knew there was a lawyer on here, I just couldn’t remember who it was! I work as a paralegal, and I had been racking my brain all day trying to remember who the lawyer was.
Alright, the Zach Sombrero has been made and tasted.
This just totally turned one of the most craptastic days right around. Oh, -Ookies, the awesomeness.
Crap, this hat trick has me all riled up!
The levels of hyperness at IPB Manor are at an all-time high, and I’m blaming His Zachness. :D
Perhaps the Zach Sombrero will be the official beverage of the Potted Plant Cotillion. It’ll definitely wash away all our social anxieties — I had just a sip, and it’s putting hair on my chest and burning a hole through my tongue.
Crap, this hat trick has me all riled up!
Me too! I’m in a state of utter disarray. I’m a tizzy! I haven’t put even one complete stitch in on my project, I’m not paying any attention to the TV, I’m like one step away from needing to go run around the block a few times. I would say I need some calming Katamari Damacy but over the summer we ended up deciding that the Itty Bitty Prince was just like Zach, to the point that during his post-game interview I could almost see the little green prince running joyfully back to his corner in the screen after the evil King (aka JP) yelled at him for losing a round.
You already know how it turns out, Pensgirl? I didn’t want to say too much, just in case.
Yep! I watched the end of the game and then started watching the tape to see what I missed. I was avoiding spoilers until I got home, but I’d rather see five minutes live if I can than remain unspoiled.
Obviously I’m happy with the way we played (from what I’ve seen so far) and with the result. But a couple of Letang’s hits have me worried…he really boarded a guy pretty dangerously before Sid’s second goal. I’ve liked how he’s played since he was called up, but I hope he works on that.
Hee – on my tape Steigy just said “Oh, the things that Sid can do.” Wasn’t that a Dr. Seuss book? :D
His Royal Zachness is to blame for all this madness at the IPB Manor. Shame on him, that hot bastard.
Now when people come over, I’m going to be like, “Hell, screw the tequilas and shit. From now on, I’m serving only Zach Sombreros.”
Slightly off-topic, but I saw something hilarious recently on The Soup. (It’s the only gossip stuff I watch, and only because I like that host guy.)
They were showing a clip of Brittany being hounded by photogs and she was inexplicably wearing a sombrero. One of the photogs asked, “What’s with the sombrero?” And Brittany says, incredulously, “What’s a sombrero?!?” He says, “You’re wearing one! On your head!”
Patty, I’m fairly sure that exact exchange occurred off camera between Stan and Zach just before the interview.
Did you see Ribeiro’s goal? It was sweet. But too little.
Hey Patty! How ya doing? :D
The Potted Plant Cotillion is going to so awesome when MacErlain comes up to me and says, “Hey, what’s with the Sombrero?” And I say, “What’s a Sombrero?!” And he’ll say, “You’re holding one in your hand right now! You’re drinking one!” Yes, by June, the Zach Sombrero will have swept this nation and the our fair neighbor to the North.
But a couple of Letang’s hits have me worried…
Knowing our guys, it was probably Robidas. Don’t worry, Robi’s pretty solid.
Incidentally, I laughed my ass off tonight when Razor and Ralph mentioned on the broadcast tonight that they were busy over at the Steelers field…resodding it.
It’s the new craze! Forget helmets and sticks, it’s all about the sombreros!
How do you even spell the plural of sombrero?
I’m feeling slightly better, watching the Oilers-Ducks game.
I may have to take back all I said about the unbalanced schedule, because I’m glad we don’t have to meet the Penguins again. It upsets me when Sid is the enemy.
I have to say that the Pens really impressed me tonight – so well played, Pens.
I’m impressed too, mostly that it wasn’t obvious they haven’t played since Saturday. I was really expecting a lot of rust.
These Pens are really similar to the Cup Years Pens in that when they’re on, they’re Just. So. On. and when they’re not, they’re Just. So. Not. There’s no middle ground.
I just commented to Schnookie that I was proud of myself refraining from pointing out that 2 goals from Sid is nice, but, honestly, only two? And she quietly chanted “Parise’s better!” HA! It never gets old! It’s funny — because it’s not true! HAHAHAHA!!! Seriously though, only two? :P
I am now cracking up at the thought of how Boxworthy managed to dress Zach in his sombrero. First there was the loooooong walk across dressing room floor, Boxworthy completely enveloped by the hat, with a puzzled Zach spluttering, “I say man! What is that thing you’re dragging over here?” Then there were the clumsy moments while Boxworthy fumbled with getting the hat atop his head and then straightening it. He’s hoping there won’t be too many more three-goal, one-assist nights for Zach, because it’s much easier on him when just a simple baseball cap is required.
Hey Patty! How ya doing? :D
Touche!
From this side of it, it’s darn good smacktalk. :D
Haha, I wonder how the sombrero fit, with Zach’s giant spikes and all.
It upsets me when Sid is the enemy.
No kidding! I don’t want to hate you, Lonely Sidney!
I’m impressed too, mostly that it wasn’t obvious they haven’t played since Saturday. I was really expecting a lot of rust.
Every Pens player impressed me. I went in expecting great stuff from Sidney and Fleury, but the strong play from Armstrong, Malkin, everyone – y’all were just clicking right along.
Which, of course, is frustrating to me, but – you know. What can you do?
There’s always next game.
Another pane of Bertuzzi’s glass broke.
Well, there will be no Czech variation of the Zach’s Sombrero after all, since he would who would have to be possessed of a hat trick has disappeared with some undisclosed injury…
Haha, I wonder how the sombrero fit, with Zach’s giant spikes and all.
It was a sombrero with a built-in Pzachinator hair-spiker.
There’s always next game.
Exactly! Oh wait, there’s a next game? But what if it’s not as good as tonight’s? WAH!!! I don’t wanna another game!
I’m feeling slightly better, watching the Oilers-Ducks game.
I just got all hypered up again thanks to Bertuzzi getting hurt.
It upsets me when Sid is the enemy.
I am always so oblivious to our opponents, that I don’t even notice when Sid’s on the ice against us. It probably helps that he, for the most part, sucks against the Devils. (Malkin, meanwhile, I notice.) (Not that I’m really even dwelling on that at all tonight — tonight’s all about how Marty OWNS the Habs. I love it!)
Don’t worry, Robi’s pretty solid.
That makes me happy, I just picked him up in a fantasy league because my stupid defensemen keep getting hurt haha!
There’s always next game.
I hope it goes better.
It’s been old home week this week. I didn’t realize the Atlantic was so full of ex-Stars.
Did you see Ribeiro’s goal? It was sweet. But too little.
I did…quite a rifle, and a perfect little screen. Good goal. I’m glad it wasn’t enough!
Knowing our guys, it was probably Robidas. Don’t worry, Robi’s pretty solid.
Well, I’m just glad whomever it was didn’t end up with a broken neck.
Incidentally, I laughed my ass off tonight when Razor and Ralph mentioned on the broadcast tonight that they were busy over at the Steelers field…resodding it.
Dude. The paper TOLD THEM to talk to Jordan!! Man, if I knew the Rooneys I’d totally buy them all Staal sod hats for Christmas.
Exactly! Oh wait, there’s a next game? But what if it’s not as good as tonight’s? WAH!!! I don’t wanna another game!
But just think – the memory of tonight’s game lives on forever! When things get really bad, then you can get all misty-eyed and reminisce about the good old days of sombreros, streaks and shutouts!
Another pane of Bertuzzi’s glass broke.
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Steph, I’m so sorry about your boy! Maybe he just wanted to be the first one to the bar to sample this new drink that he’s heard so much about.
o.O a special sombrero for His Royal Zachness? He really is spoiled. Guh, I can see this as some sort of parallel to “Shattuck Boys”, which I absolutely loved, by the way. Wonderful for procrastinators like myself.
We love Robi.
He’s been getting lots of pluses and plenty of assists, but he got his first goal in, like, 90 games just a few games ago.
Oh, Bethanie just reminded me. I had a patron ask me to look up book binders in Central Jersey today and discovered there’s one in the next town over called “Smith & Shattuck”. I nearly bust a gut on the phone.
Steph, I’m so sorry about your boy! Maybe he just wanted to be the first one to the bar to sample this new drink that he’s heard so much about.
They won’t tell me what it is! How am I supposed to be okay with this and not worry all night long unless they tell me what it is! My poor Hemsky!
(Of course they have now informed me that it’s a ‘knee contusion’ and he’ll be out for the rest of the game…sigh. I hope he enjoys his fancy drink. Hm, really I think he’d look awfully cute wearing a sombrero. But I’m pretty biased.)
That makes me happy, I just picked him up in a fantasy league because my stupid defensemen keep getting hurt haha!
Robi’s good. He’s not a point-scoring defenseman, but he’s solid. I dig Robi – plus he’s nice, even though his face is very flat.
It’s been old home week this week. I didn’t realize the Atlantic was so full of ex-Stars.
Yeah, Philly’s got Hatcher and Columbus has freakin’ Hitchcock. It’s like the depressing parade of ex-Stars.
We’ll do better, Patty, no worries. On the plus side, there were some fantastic closeups of Boucher tonight. Ooh, Bouche!
Dude. The paper TOLD THEM to talk to Jordan!! Man, if I knew the Rooneys I’d totally buy them all Staal sod hats for Christmas.
Hee!
Seriously though, only two? :P
He really should have had about 5. And boy, he made some sweet plays tonight. But one of the no-gos (after he came out of the box) was totally his own fault…he pulled up and then “passed” right into a Star. Say whaaaa?
But you also have to give credit to Therrien, who didn’t have him out enough as the game was winding down. MT is definitely not player-friendly like that. He didn’t throw Malkin out last week to try to keep his points streak going, and now not trying to get Sid the HT. I really do think that stuff makes a difference when the game’s in hand.
Steph, who’s your boy? (I don’t follow your hints. :P )
Robi’s good. He’s not a point-scoring defenseman, but he’s solid. I dig Robi – plus he’s nice, even though his face is very flat.
I mostly chose him because his +/- was way nicer than everyone else who was available, so that works for me! He sounds adorable in that totally non-deserving of the word sort of way, I promise I’ll take good care of him.
a special sombrero for His Royal Zachness? He really is spoiled.
What, you think he’d wear a normal sombrero? I think not! (If there had been a second assist for Zach tonight, Boxworthy would have had to deal with a serape to go with the Sombrero. And when I mentioned that to Boomer, she said, “Just imagine him having to load up all the bandoliers.”)
Oh, sorry! Hemsky!
I was thinking of Red Wings.
Patty you are the first person in the world who I think I have ever had to specifically tell how much I love Ales Hemsky :P
I mostly chose him because his +/- was way nicer than everyone else who was available, so that works for me! He sounds adorable in that totally non-deserving of the word sort of way, I promise I’ll take good care of him.
Aww, thanks!
They won’t tell me what it is! How am I supposed to be okay with this and not worry all night long unless they tell me what it is! My poor Hemsky!
It’s like when Pando got hurt on Wednesday! I was in such a panic! At least Hemsky isn’t telling people he’s got bit-shifting injuries, though. A knee contusion is a lot less laughable.
What, you think he’d wear a normal sombrero? I think not! (If there had been a second assist for Zach tonight, Boxworthy would have had to deal with a serape to go with the Sombrero. And when I mentioned that to Boomer, she said, “Just imagine him having to load up all the bandoliers.”)
Poor, poor Boxworthy. Have you no sympathy? You’re right though. Pzachinator doesn’t deserve a regular sombrero.
Pzachinator doesn’t deserve a regular sombrero.
I’m seeing one that has a platinum chain with a monacle attached to the end.
At least Hemsky isn’t telling people he’s got bit-shifting injuries, though. A knee contusion is a lot less laughable.
That’s….a very good point.
He sounds adorable in that totally non-deserving of the word sort of way
That’s exactly it!
Someday when he retires and gets his nose fixed, I think he’ll be closer to actually-adorable. :D
Patty you are the first person in the world who I think I have ever had to specifically tell how much I love Ales Hemsky :P
I actually did know this, but I just spaced on it for a minute and couldn’t think who you meant. :D
Oh! And it’s velvet! Dude, that’s totally what I’m calling Zach now. The Velvet Sombrero.
The Velvet Sombrero. Sombrero boy. Zach Sombrero.
It never ends with the nicknames. :D
I’m thinking like, purple velvet. I have no clue why, though.
I really think the sombrero thing could take off in the Devil’s (sic) locker room. Like that silly red hardhat the Flames used a couple of years ago.
Whoever has the best game gets the Game Sombrero.
I was picturing more of a wine/cranberry, but purple would work too.
I’m thinking like, purple velvet. I have no clue why, though.
Probably should be red velvet. Like the Devils. And the cake.
I actually did know this, but I just spaced on it for a minute and couldn’t think who you meant. :D
I thought you would have!
If Langer can be The Lipper, then Zach can be the Velvet Sombrero.
I could see the sombrero turning into a locker room tradition/hazing ritual, perhaps? Try to lighten up the room that way, Langer.
I did…quite a rifle, and a perfect little screen. Good goal. I’m glad it wasn’t enough!
Yes, except wasn’t it Headache Boy Penguin doing the screening? :/
I’m thinking any color along the lines of red, purple, etc. would work. You can find a reason to make any color work, actually.
Like green. That’s the color of UND’s uniforms, right?
I did…quite a rifle, and a perfect little screen. Good goal.
On the replay it was kinda cool because he was looking past three Pens, apparently for somebody to pass to, then just ripped it at the net without even looking.
Yes, except wasn’t it Headache Boy Penguin doing the screening?
I meant “perfect” in the way he used our guys. He played the angles the right way. It wasn’t bad defense, it was good offense.
Right, like Zach would let anyone wear his Sombrero! And it’s totally normal, but Zach’s so… Zach that your brain tricks your eyes into thinking it’s velvet!
Speaking of Langer (I refuse to call him Lipper) how great was Langer’s post-game interview where he basically said Zach is insanely tightly-wound?
Haha, Langer basically just gives us the inside scoop.
Boxworthy can totally get a decoy sombrero. Zach would make him.
Did anybody hear what the final score of Phoenix-Chicago was? :D Poor Bryz.
Oh, and I forgot to mention it before but:
WOOOOOOOOOOOO! .500 Hockey!! YEAH BABY!!
(the awesome thing about sucking is that it doesn’t take much to make you happy)
I’m thrilled the Ducks stunk it up (sorry, Earl).
Y’all sure get a lot of post-game interviews, for a team that gets no pre-game show to speak of.
Neat little article on team guides.
1. I am jealous of all the teams who get little nuggets of info on their players. Doesn’t knowing that Brindy likes licorice or that Sundin would have been an electrician had he not been an NHL player just add an extra element to watching them play?
2. Pittsburgh’s Sidney Crosby, Phoenix’ Shane Doan and Boston’s Marc Savard are the only players to get covers for themselves.
Ladies and Gentlemen, the only time “Shane Doan” and “Marc Savard” will be in the same sentence as Sid!
(Also…Shane Doan? Her?)
Y’all sure get a lot of post-game interviews, for a team that gets no pre-game show to speak of.
I know, I know. I actually mentioned this to Schnookie when we were complaining about it. But why can’t we have both? :) And seriously, the complain that our programming hinges entirely on the Rangers schedule — that’s insulting regardless of what our post-game show is like.
1. I am jealous of all the teams who get little nuggets of info on their players.
Hey, we wrote a whole Reason We Love Hockey about media guide fun facts!
Hey, we wrote a whole Reason We Love Hockey about media guide fun facts!
Maybe so, but mine doesn’t contain any (the article even says so!). So I can’t relate.
I get all my Penguin Fun Facts through interviews and articles.
I don’t think us Devils fans get too much dirt.
We do get a plethora of post-game content now. This is a new development this season — it’s like a lightbulb went on over their heads that pregame shows have no guarantee of having any content to speak of, but postgame shows have a built-in audience and cheap and easy on-site content.
I’ll give you this as A Reason I Read Pensblog, though:
Avery…is undergoing wrist surgery.
Now that Elisha Cuthbert dumped him, it looks like he has taken matters into his own hands.
Every now and again, their sophomoric humor is actually pretty funny.
The pose game coverage is quite enjoyable actually. I wish they did more with the intermission stuff though.
Well, I’m off for the night. So g’nite!
I don’t think us Devils fans get too much dirt.
You get Paul Martin’s favorite (favourite) book!
I love going to random team’s websites and sifting through their bios. The Hurricanes have surprisingly in-depth questionnaires for their guys, I guess to guarantee they have at least a few tidbits for everyone. Some of the players have, hilariously, provided answers to all the questions, so their bios are, like, a million pages long and full of rambling, ridiculous personal info.
The Devils kind of fall in the middle. They’re not the worst team with the media guide info (this constantly surprises me), but they’re definitely not the best.
‘Night, Bethanie! Sweet dreams of the Little Sombrero Prince!
Good night, Bethanie!
My favorite thing about the Devils media guide is that it says Zach loves playing cribbage. I say, I LOVE playing cribbage! Seriously. I do.
The fact that Zach lists cribbage as one of his hobbies just about kills me. I mean, we have something in common! Like, for reals! And I’m probably just as type A about it as he is!
What a game…
::down on one knee::
Zach, will you marry me?
::down on one knee::
Zach, will you marry me?
Hey, get in line, here! :P
Zach, will you marry me?
Hey, get in line, here! :P
Yeah!
Were you there tonight? If so, I’m totally jealous! The crowd sounded fantastic!
Answering my own questions, it seems Hawks-’Yotes was 6-1. Darn. I was hoping for 15-2.
And, OK, according to NHL.com it was Sydor doing the screening. :/ Now I have to go and humbly apologize to Kris Letang for my crappy analysis.
I would have thrown my hat, but 1. I was sitting up in the rafters, and 2. I wasn’t wearing a hat. But I made a hat-throwing motion, so that counts.
And, OK, according to NHL.com it was Sydor doing the screening.
Well, HE totally made up for it later in the period, then. He cycled low, went back out to the point and took the shot to get the first assist on Sid’s second goal!
It was a good crowd, around 15000+ and we were pretty energetic tonight. There was even a Baumann appearance.
There was a large contigency of Habs fans a few sections over, and I got to give it to them, they cheered their hearts out, even though their team was sucking it badly on the ice.
Also, I was wearing my North Dakota Parise #11 jersey. Good things happen when we break out the college jerseys*.
*Actually it has nothing to do with what I wear to the game. The fact that they usually play well is just a coincidence.
Answering my own questions, it seems Hawks-’Yotes was 6-1. Darn. I was hoping for 15-2.
Oh, I’m sorry! I totally thought that was a rhetorical “Ha ha!” sort of question, DS. I would have answered if I’d realized you were really asking what the score was. @@@@@
But I made a hat-throwing motion, so that counts.
That’s all Zach really wants. :D
My favorite thing about the Devils media guide is that it says Zach loves playing cribbage.
Seriously?
Even I love him a little bit now :P
*Actually it has nothing to do with what I wear to the game. The fact that they usually play well is just a coincidence.
Pookie and I were just discussing yesterday how we think we’ve rid ourselves of all our superstitions, but we were also both relieved that they won on Wednesday despite the fact that both of us were wearing shirts we suspected were unlucky. I have to confess, I’m wearing a 7-year-old Senators t-shirt tonight (what can I say? I didn’t hate them 7 years ago! And it’s perfectly broken-in and the perfect weight!), specifically chosen because it’s not my new-ish Devils t-shirt that has seen nothing but losses so far this year.
No, it was just the last I checked it was 6-0 at the beginning of the second; I was wondering how many more goals Chicago could possibly score without killing Wayne Gretzky. :P
I actually went out to a bar and watched the game tonight. It was so weird. But I like Steigy and Errey much better with the sound off! :D
Oh, and Pam, what I mean to conclude was that your UND sweater is DEFINITELY lucky!
Even I love him a little bit now :P
What, you didn’t love him after reading Shattuck Boys? :P
Oh, yay! I was really hoping a photographer got a shot of Sid taking a backhand while he was in midair, parallel to the ice. It’s half a second later than I would have preferred, but someone did!
I knew it was good call to go with that jersey…
Pensgirl, that’s a good picture.
Goodnight all, I gotta get some sleep!
So we’re watching the Sharks/Avs game right now, and I have to applaud their play-by-play guy, whose head is exploding that the new schedule isn’t going to allow for every team to play in every building. He interviewed the president/CEO of the Sharks about it during this intermission, and didn’t let up. He actually shouted at the guy, “The NBA does it! Why can’t we?” (I think he’s just a shouty kind of person, but still. It was some good intensity.)
‘Night, Pam!
Sounds like a lucky sweater to me!
I watched some Devils playoff games in a bar in college when I didn’t get FSNY and it was so bizarre to not be able to hear and to be surrounded by people who weren’t paying any attention to it. I think, perhaps, if I’d chosen a bar that wasn’t in Greenwich Village I might have had more hockey-esque atmosphere!
Fuck! Remember that discussion we had last night about Yahoo being all weird? Yeah, well, after that discussion I went through and double checked that my line-up was set for the rest of the week. So what do I just discover? Stasny’s got 2 assists — and he’s on my bench. I swear I had him activated. I remember distinctly putting him in the starting spot. I am formally protesting my final results for this week. I am spitting mad! This is ruining Zach Sombrero Night!
Oh, nevermind. I’m getting crushed so badly by Sherry anyway, those 2 assists wouldn’t make much of a difference!
Heh. I actually went to a place that was all about the sports on the TVs on the walls. And it just happened to be less than a 5-minute walk away. And I only found out about it yesterday.
And I was sitting with two guys who I think were tracking the points for what seemed like everybody in their league. :P
Dare I go back tomorrow and brave the potential Leafs fans, I wonder…
Sorry about Yahoo, Pookie!
By the way, who IN THE WORLD is Dustin Byfuglien?????
I’m gonna go on to bed now. Congrats on your win! Ours is next, I feel sure.
Dare I go back tomorrow and brave the potential Leafs fans, I wonder…
I think that sounds delightful! :D
By the way, who IN THE WORLD is Dustin Byfuglien?????
I know, right? (I tried hitching my wagon to the Blackhawks collective star, and picked up Jason Williams a few games ago. He scored three points the night I picked him up, so he wasn’t in my lineup, and promptly injured his groin and got all DTD. Finally he gets put on the IR, I labor to figure out how to do same in my lineup, and no sooner do I do that than he gets reactivated and picks up all kinds of statbits while on my IR. So tonight I reactivate him, and what does he do? He’s DTD again. He has literally not played a single game for me, but has scored zillions of points since I picked him up. I hate the Blackhawks.)
Oh, Patty, your win is DEFINITELY next! ‘Night!
Night Patty! The Stars are going 6-0 in their next 6 games, I just know it!
Funny you should ask. Empty Netters had a link to an article about him a few weeks ago.
…don’t you need a SH goal for a natural hat trick?
…don’t you need a SH goal for a natural hat trick?
A natural hat trick is when you score three consecutive goals, with none scored by anyone on either team in the middle of it. Like, say, what Zach did tonight!
I think I’m finally coming down off my Zach hat trick high, and it might be time to turn in. Good night, everyone!
Ummm…
One of these things is not like the other.
I gotta think the official has got it more accurately, because as the roomie and I were discussing, he’d hear guys speaking and know you have to, you know, conjugate verbs, things like that. I kept thinking the PG article was just too weird, and that there’s no way he’d have been willing to talk to reporters if his English was really still that bad.
But Shelley Anderson is hardly an unreliable crankypants sportswriter hack, so I’m just really confused now.
This would be solved a lot more simply if they’d put up video of it. I would actually think the official has slightly more of a reason to cast it in a better light, but even if the PG’s accurate, it’d hardly makes his efforts “bad”. You gotta start sometime, and it takes a hell of a lot of nerves to talk to people who *aren’t* going to report everything you say.
(Insert the “how many languages can YOU speak?” argument here.)
How many years did it take Mario again?
Oh, and what they said on LGP.com was “No pizza?” :P
I would actually think the official has slightly more of a reason to cast it in a better light
That was my knee-jerk reaction, but I ultimately down thinking that there’s no way he learned to understand normal English but himself speaks it like Tarzan. I just don’t buy it.
Looked on Pens TV for vid, but found nuthin’.
I dunno about Mario…I didn’t follow hockey until the middle of the 90-91 season and he was well versed by then. But Mario lived with a local family his first year or two – I think they might have helped him along.
Insert the “how many languages can YOU speak?” argument here.
Three(ish), and I used to be fluent in two (my Spanish is super rusty now but I was officially rated fluent). And when I learned them, I learned verb conjugation pretty much first!
I’d love to learn Russian. Maybe I should volunteer to help him if he’d teach me in return. “Let’s go back to my place and dangle some participles.” :P
Alright, I gotta go to sleep already!
Morning update: apparently there IS video – FSN pregame showed it. Now I just have to find it online….
Hey IPB, are we still excited about the game or is the buzz starting to wear off? I watched it this morning and only just got online, but I’ve been squeeing all day! Rain, wind, snow couldn’t ruin my day. Yay Zach! Yay Marty! Yay everyone! See, I knew I wasn’t crazy when I told my parents there was something there and it would come. Yay!
/teenybopper hyperness.
Hey Mags — of course we’re still pommerdoodling! We’re going to pommerdoodle until the next game, at which point we’ll either get to pommerdoodle THROUGH THE ROOF, or we’ll have all our hopes and dreams crushed. It’s a very emotionally healthy way to work through a hockey season. :D
Pensgirl, I will mention that I spent a month-long exchange in Russia in high school, and while I understood the language well enough, I definitely spoke like Tarzan. And that’s going from a grammatically complex language like English to a grammatically simple one like Russian. I can only imagine it would be a zillion times harder going the other way, especially if you’re not even in the foreign country with the stated intent of studying the language.
Ladies and gentlemen, please prepare yourself for Captain Brian Campbell!
We’re going to pommerdoodle until the next game, at which point we’ll either get to pommerdoodle THROUGH THE ROOF, or we’ll have all our hopes and dreams crushed.
I think that’s what I’m going to do too. It’s totally a responsible way to behave. I’m actually sort of afraid of the impending crash…
Captain Brian Campbell!
…
I got nothing. (Other than the fact that I’m going to spend the entire month calling my friend and Brian look-a-like “Captain Soupy” instead of just “Soupy”. I’m sure he’ll love it :P)
Captain Brian Campbell!
My prediction: the Sabres go 0-for-December. That. Is. So. Bad.
Captain Soupy?!? Surely you jest.
My prediction: the Sabres go 0-for-December. That. Is. So. Bad.
Oh, it won’t be that bad. Soupy does play hard and he’s very well-liked by his teammates. If he re-signs I think he has a pretty good chance of wearing a full-time letter. I knew IPB would get a kick out of it though! :-)
For the record, December’s A’s are Jochen Hecht (he’s worn a letter every month so far) and Jaroslav Spacek (goody, more Jaro interviews!)
I saw the Yahoo headline about Zach’s hatter before I came over here, and read the recap. Sounds like y’all had a blast pommerdoodling and sombrero’ing.
I’m not as bothered by Soupy being named Captain as I am by MacArthur being sent down to Rha-cha-cha, all so Andrew Peters can continue to play less than three minutes per game.
Schnookie, there’s a third article now, and it also has him speaking better.
I wasn’t saying I expected him to have an easy go of it. There’s no linguistic commonality between Russian and English (I’ve always wanted to learn Russian, never had the time). When I read the first article, though, it just didn’t seem right. I mean, ideally the guy’s going to be spending the bulk of the next 15-20 years here. I just wasn’t buying it that people hadn’t gotten him past “he talk me” after over a year’s worth of lessons. The other two articles have him saying “He tell me.” That sounds more like where he should be and realistically would be.
December’s A’s are Jochen Hecht (he’s worn a letter every month so far)
Big thumbs up for Yo-Yo.
MacArthur being sent down to Rha-cha-cha, all so Andrew Peters can continue to play less than three minutes per game.
o.O How does this make sense in any universe?
Damn closing tags.
I’m not as bothered by Soupy being named Captain as I am by MacArthur being sent down to Rha-cha-cha, all so Andrew Peters can continue to play less than three minutes per game.
Amy, Mark and I are both pissed about Clarke being sent down. What the heck else does he need to develop that he’s going to get in Rochester? I’m pretty sure he still leads them in scoring and he’s been up for a while now. Keep him and now that we have a full line-up of forwards start scratching the stubborn mule heads who won’t play the way they’re being asked to play.
The Sabres sent MacArthur down? WTF? I’ve watched about 3 of their games this season but even I know MacArthur brings a lot more to the line-up than Peters. Gah!
Oh, and Rha-cha-cha? :^:::::::::::::::::::::
I’m not as bothered by Soupy being named Captain as I am by MacArthur being sent down to Rha-cha-cha, all so Andrew Peters can continue to play less than three minutes per game.
Oh my god, that’s a MILLION times worse than Captain Soupy. What in the hell are they thinking? (We keep hearing rumblings that Janssen is thinking about when he’s going to come back from injury, and can I tell you how mad I’m going to be if one of our current forwards loses his roster spot to him?)
I think it depends on the player as well. Max seemed to pick up English fairly quickly once he decided to learn it whereas Kalinin still struggles. He’s just much more self-conscious about it which hold him back some, I think.
(If this makes no sense, don’t mind me. Honestly, I have no idea what we’re talking about.)
Really I was most struck by how disjointed the articles are than anything. I mean, they were all in the room with him, weren’t they? So what was he actually saying? Don’t the reporters understand English?
Honestly, I have no idea what we’re talking about.
The discrepancies in Malkin’s English as reported by 3 different sources. 2 say decent, 1 says not so good
Don’t the reporters understand English?
Maybe they all have sieves for memories.
The discrepancies in Malkin’s English as reported by 3 different sources. 2 say decent, 1 says not so good
Ah! I see!
Keep him and now that we have a full line-up of forwards start scratching the stubborn mule heads who won’t play the way they’re being asked to play.
You know as soon as someone gets injured (knock wood) C-Mac will be right back up here. Might as well have a mule head sit for awhile to even things out.
If this makes no sense, don’t mind me.
No, it makes perfect sense. My older sister Kate the Great and I have very similar academic work ethics and until college had identical education upbringings. KtG has always had a head for languages and is fluent in 2 foreign languages and proficient in at least one other. I, on the other had, after 2 years of French and 4 years of Russian can say “I do not speak French” in French and “Is the boy really blind?” in Russian. At lot of it is confidence, but a lot of it is just that some people are good at learning languages and some aren’t, just the way some are good at math and others aren’t. Also, there’s the issue of who you’re speaking to. When I spent a month in Russia I was much more likely to be willing to try out my Russian on my friends or host sister than I would have been to try it out on a stranger or a person in authority.
Honestly, I have no idea what we’re talking about.
Yeah, I probably shouldn’t have said anything about it, because I really don’t care what language most of these guys are giving interviews in. :P
Awwww, MacArthur was my third favorite Sabre! That sucks.
You know as soon as someone gets injured (knock wood) C-Mac will be right back up here. Might as well have a mule head sit for awhile to even things out.
I love Adam Mair and I have to admit, I’d almost see him sit over Clarke. I like the little curly-headed guy. He’s grown on me very quickly. But seriously, Peters? Whhyyyyyyyy? I will never understand. Never.
“Can I even tell you all how much I love the Devils right now? There’s always that moment in each season where you just click with the current model of your team.”
Going way back because I’m so behind. I LOVE this feeling! I’ve had it for pretty much all of November. I love everything about my team right now. I feel like I should be sending them all love letters.
Can I even tell you all how much I love the Devils right now? There’s always that moment in each season where you just click with the current model of your team.
I have to say, despite the struggles of November I really started to feel that way about the Sabres as well. It’s mostly the same players so I suppose that makes sense but they’re finally starting to show flashes of the scrap that I expected them to play with all along.
So I’m puttering around the house right now, with the Rangers-Senators on in the background, and I’m struggling. Struggling hard. I mean, I suppose I should view this as a glass-is-half-full situation: the Senators are losing. Badly. And what is this? Six in a row? Seven? I should be DELIGHTED. But it’s the stupid fucking Rangers. This is not a win-win, because in this game, we’re ALL losers.
I’m glad that you guys are also in love with your teams, alix and Heather! It’s such a nice feeling when you realize they’re no longer a “new” team to you (and even when it’s lots of the same guys, it’s always a bit different), but are, once again, that team you love best. *Happy sigh*
I feel like I should be sending them all love letters.
Hee! Do it! If you don’t send them, at least do it on the blog. You know you want to :P
I know the Rangers are slag-faced whores but I’m so delighted by this current Senators losing streak. I’d really like to last as long as possible. The Rangers time will come.
Hee! I kind of do, Mags. Hooray! In the game on thursday Nazzy got an assist to tie the all time points lead, but then they claimed it was unassisted and took it away. But now they gave it back to him. Yay!
That is a tough one, Schnookie.
I’m glad that you guys are also in love with your teams, alix and Heather! It’s such a nice feeling when you realize they’re no longer a “new” team to you (and even when it’s lots of the same guys, it’s always a bit different), but are, once again, that team you love best. *Happy sigh*
It took me longer this year too. Last year’s team was just so eminently lovable that I wanted a pocket version I could carry with me, so that kind of made it harder right off the bat this year. Then they hadn’t really found themselves until (it seems) the last week. My clicking with my team is dependent on the team clicking with itself. That only took two months!
I think what I’m learning right now is that I hate the Rangers FAR more than I hate the Senators, which is saying a lot, because I hate the Senators more than most things on this planet. (Sorry Sherry! @@@) I would give my eyeteeth for this to be 7-0 Senators right now. (Although I’m not sad to see the wheels falling off Gerber. Nor am I sorry to see the Rangers winning without Avery. I hate, hate, hate that there is statistical evidence to support this “Avery is their heart and soul, and Stan has at least a teensy leg to stand on when he tries to sell him as their MVP” crap. So I would very much appreciate if the Rangers would stop losing all the time when he’s out.)
I think what I’m learning right now is that I hate the Rangers FAR more than I hate the Senators
I don’t even bother tapping into the hate factor…it’s about the division. (Which is why, though I hold no ill regard for the current Devils, I’m still annoyed by your win streak!).
*Sigh* Now they have pictures of all the hot Canucks visiting the Children’s hospital. Do they want me to just fall over and faint? :p
the Senators are losing.
Damn. Poor Sherry.
*Sigh* Now they have pictures of all the hot Canucks visiting the Children’s hospital. Do they want me to just fall over and faint? :p
Yeah, the Pens did their Make-A-Wish trip this week too. Warm and fuzzy.
Do they want me to just fall over and faint? :p
They want you to proclaim you’ll have their children, methinks. That’s what everyone over on the Ravelry Puck This board is saying :P
“They want you to proclaim you’ll have their children, methinks.”
Done! :p
I don’t even bother tapping into the hate factor…it’s about the division.
This is part of my reasoning as well. It helps my boys out more if the Senators lose. But I was also really getting tired of the whole “The Sens have beat the SCFs curse! The Sens are focused and determined! The Sens are the BEST TEAM EVER!” stuff so I’m glad to see them coming down to earth and coming down hard.
Ooooh, I just realized the Sens are on CBC. Gerber has been yanked.
‘Night, Bethanie! Sweet dreams of the Little Sombrero Prince!
I actually just woke up, and I’m still riding the hat-trick high. They actually list Zach’s as the first hat trick at the Rock and not Pando’s because they revised Pando’s goal after the game ended.
It was a great game though. Being able to use the internet on the iPhone is awesome. So I really don’t have to wait to get home to go on IPB. Oh, the joys of having season tickets. :D
Being able to use the internet on the iPhone is awesome.
Agreed!
Wow Ottawa fans, that’s some booing.
Being able to use the internet on the iPhone is awesome.
Agreed!
I dislike you two so hard right now. I want an iPhone. I saved up for it and everything, and then last week they came out with the announcement that it won’t be available in Holland for another YEAR because they don’t think we’re interested. Germany has it, England has it, Belgium is getting it in January, why can’t we have it? Gah. *bitchbitch* *whinewhine* Ok, I’m done now.
Sorry Mags! I only bought one because at my new job they block all webmail and I was jittery and antsy without being able to check my personal email. Apparently I am a techno addict. I also use it to read IPB on the train, so that’s awesome.
But I wouldn’t have one if I hadn’t taken this job, and the downsides of the job are such that I wish I hadn’t. So the iPhone is small consolation.
I do like seeing my Sid wallpaper when I wake it up though. :P
Why would they think Holland is not interested? Idiots.
But it really is awesome. I love it. :D
I do like seeing my Sid wallpaper when I wake it up though. :P
Hee!
It’s probably a good thing I don’t have one. I remember when I still had a sidekick, I’d spend half my classes IMing people and checking my email instead of taking notes. That was pre-uni edu though and I still aced all my classes.
Fucking Rangers. 4-0.
Hey Bethanie, I was reading about a trick where you could create your own ringtones with a simple manual process that requires no hacks, but when I tried they wouldn’t actually play on my phone (see Mags, it’s not perfect – you can’t even customize ringtones for free!). Have you tried anything like that on yours? The stuff I was reading was from just a couple of weeks ago, so it’s all current.
Could you really? I never actually tried, mainly because I don’t like ringtones. I think they’re obnoxious.
But I have time on my hands this weekend, so I’ll play with it and let you know how it turns out. :D
It’s probably a good thing I don’t have one. I remember when I still had a sidekick, I’d spend half my classes IMing people and checking my email instead of taking notes. That was pre-uni edu though and I still aced all my classes.
I haven’t gotten quite that bad yet, but that’s because my job has been really busy. Now that I can check email when I want, I only do it once or twice a day.
It’s pretty cool, but it really could use some enhancements to be as cool as it ought to be. I just think it’s asinine that I can’t transfer my old Arrested Development ringtones onto it. I want to hear Final Countdown when my friends call!
Fucking Rangers. 4-0.
Aaaah, shit.
Why would they think Holland is not interested?
I dunno. They stopped supporting my Sidekick 2 years ago as well. We just don’t get too many smartphones here. It’s kinda sad.
see Mags, it’s not perfect – you can’t even customize ringtones for free!
Neither can my Nokia :P. It doesn’t have games beyond chess either.
I have to stop complaining. There’s people who have it worse than I do.
Well, that blows. I actually never had a Sidekick, which is sad, because I’m a techno-buff. But I never really liked T-Mobile’s service, so I’ve been stuck with Cingular/AT&T for years. Not that I mind, though.
I never really liked T-Mobile’s service
Me neither. They’re merging with Orange here and it’s supposed to get better, but I doubt it. I’m with KPN because they’re the most reliable and I could get internet, cable, mobile and a landline with one company (gotta love former state-owned companies. They do everything). It’s a bit more expensive, but I’ll pay the extra if it means I don’t lose a call halfway a conversation.
4-1. Corvo got the goal. Spezza and Alfredsson the assists.
I really would never mind paying a little extra if it meant that the service was good. Because nothing pisses me off more than a dropped call.
Neither can my Nokia :P.
Actually, I found a way to do it on my old Nokia. It allowed you to use recordings from the “voice memo” feature as ringtones, so I just took my Sony computer speakers, pointed them at one another about a foot apart, put my Nokia between them with the speaker facing up, and would record a clip I wanted to use until I liked how it sounded. Then I’d rename it and delete the ones I didn’t want.
The iPhone doesn’t have a recording feature. It should.
I agree with you about service, Bethanie. I had Verizon for three awful years. Reliable? Sure, if you mean I could rely on it to never work. But I like AT&T – I’ve had it for three problem-free years now. On the rare occasion when I have had a call drop, they credit me with a minute back.
Yeah, exactly. I love their service. And it helps that I have an AT&T store about three minutes away from where I live. The customer service is awesome.
My tin can on a string has never dropped a call. Except that time the string frayed and broke. But that was an easy fix — just head on down to the local hardware store, buy a ball of twine, and it’s all good!
My tin can on a string has never dropped a call. Except that time the string frayed and broke. But that was an easy fix — just head on down to the local hardware store, buy a ball of twine, and it’s all good!
:^:::::
Can’t go wrong with a tin can :D I should just get one of those, it’s probably cheaper.
Pookie – hee! My friend’s aunt still uses one of those really old, huge cell phones from the late 80s/early 90s. And she’s all, “I always get reception, don’t I?” :D
Being able to use the internet on the iPhone is awesome.
Agreed!
GAH! I must have one of those!
Stupid switch to Verizon!
OH
MY
GOD!!!!
We’re watching a tivoed Mythbusters right now and we just found out THEY’RE DOING A “MCGYVER” MYTHBUSTERS!!!!!!!!!!! I can’t even being to quantify how excited I am for this!
AAAAAAH!! I LOVE MYTHBUSTERS!! AND MACGYVER!
They had a teaser for it, in which they PROVED ONE OF THE MACGYVER STUNTS (shooting out a lightbulb with drain cleaner), and I actually shouted that NOTHING WILL MAKE ME HAPPY UNTIL I SEE THIS SHOW! (There’s some exaggeration there. I mean, the Devils will play between now and then. But you get the idea! :D)
Macgyver is AWESOME. I think the only reason I ever watched Stargate was because the actor who played MacGyver was in it…
The promo was fantastic. Adam says, “This is a teaser for a full show of MacGuyver myths.” Long pause. “I KNOW!” I love that they know their audience enough to know that everyone at home is freaking out!
THEY’RE DOING A “MCGYVER” MYTHBUSTERS!!!!!!!!!!!
You mean, like the Nestle’s Crunch Bar that stopped a leak at the nuclear plant?
Adam says, “This is a teaser for a full show of MacGuyver myths.” Long pause. “I KNOW!”
That’s hilarious!!!
You mean, like the Nestle’s Crunch Bar that stopped a leak at the nuclear plant?
Dude, I hope so!
I’m drawing a total blank on any other things I’ve seen MacGuyver do. We gave Boomer the complete set of DVDs for Christmas last year and watched about six or seven episodes, but what I learned was that I was way younger when that show was on than I remembered. I distinctly remember watching the show in 2nd grade, so I suppose it makes sense that I wouldn’t recall it that well, other than that it rocked and that it was the show I most looked forward to until 4th or 5th grade (when I realized it really kinda sucked).
My sister had a boyfriend back then that was a mechanic. We all started calling him MacGuyver when their car broke down out in the country and he found various things in the trash in the ditch to fix it enough to make it back into a town.
MOPG and DOPG are both engineers, as was MOPG’s dad (who I’m pretty sure was the muse for Mythbusters). So this show appeals to me on a chromosomal level. :P
The roomie was at a work conference in Oct. where Adam and Jamie were the keynote speakers. How cool is that?!
The roomie was at a work conference in Oct. where Adam and Jamie were the keynote speakers. How cool is that?!
*mad envy*
Totally off-topic, but remember when we were talking about dried cranberries yesterday? I found a dried cranberry/blueberry mix at the health store this afternoon and I’m eating them right now. Andrew was right, they’re addictive!
Also, I saw yoghurt covered raisins and nearly lost it. I didn’t know those actually existed! I thought it was just a myth!
Also, I saw yoghurt covered raisins and nearly lost it. I didn’t know those actually existed! I thought it was just a myth!
No myth! And they’re totally awesome. :)
Also, I saw yoghurt covered raisins and nearly lost it.
I saw them today too! I was in the organic section looking for the Pirate’s Booty.
I saw them today too! I was in the organic section looking for the Pirate’s Booty.
Hehehe, Pirate’s Booty, awesome.
I was at the health store trying to find chocolate for my vegan housemate. I never knew it’d be that hard to get a hold of.
It took me a little while to find chocolate I could eat because of my allergy. “Dark” chocolate isn’t supposed to have milk but a lot of companies will label something dark even when it does have milk. So annoying!
“Dark” chocolate isn’t supposed to have milk but a lot of companies will label something dark even when it does have milk. So annoying!
Tell me about it. Chocolate initials are a traditional holiday gift here, and I figured I’d stick with tradition for the first time since I got here, but I can’t find anything for roomies L and Y. Very very irritating. I can’t even find a Y in regular chocolate. It’s name discrimination I tell you :P
You mean, like the Nestle’s Crunch Bar that stopped a leak at the nuclear plant?
I love MacGuyver AND MacGruber, SNL’s parody of MacGuyver.
But I like AT&T – I’ve had it for three problem-free years now. On the rare occasion when I have had a call drop, they credit me with a minute back.
I’ve had some serious problems with AT&T but I love them now. I pay serious money each month for my cell phone bill, but I get unlimited calling and texting to Cingular customers, plus the minimum of regular call minutes for my Blackjack. (Most everyone I know has Cingular, so it’s not that big of a deal). However, the data plan that I have is unlimited – so I can send and receive files, download items and mess around with the internet for a flat rate every month.
My paper bills are always HUGE.
Off-topic again, but CBC just did a story about bloggers and the NHL. It was a pretty balanced look at the issue, presenting both the MSM’s and blogger’s sides of the issues: bloggers having full press credentials, bloggers attire, appropriateness of questions, accountability, etc.
I have to laugh about how the MSM is catching onto an issue that erupted across the blogosphere a few weeks ago.
CBC just did a story about bloggers and the NHL.
Mirtle posted about it. Was he in it or did they cut him out?
I can’t even find a Y in regular chocolate. It’s name discrimination I tell you :P
That stinks! Maybe you could make a Y out of a V and an I?
the data plan that I have is unlimited
Yeah, the iPhone data plan is $20/month but it’s unlimited web and email, and 200 texts which is more than enough for me.
Mirtle posted about it. Was he in it or did they cut him out?
He was mentioned as a “good” blog, with Ron McLean showing his homepage. The bloggers interviewed in the story wrote for On Frozen Blog, Kukla’s Korner and one other one that I can’t remember.
What was really interesting was how McLean and Elliott Friedman mention that they sometimes use the information bloggers provide as the starting points for research on stories.
I didn’t see Mirtle, Mags, but I was only paying half attention after they said Pittsburgh’s considering allowing bloggers at the Igloo…I was kinda stuck in “for rills?” mode.
What was really interesting was how McLean and Elliott Friedman mention that they sometimes use the information bloggers provide as the starting points for research on stories.
That’s pretty cool. At least they’re not ignoring them. It’s a start.
I read that HNIC was profiling DC blogs on On Frozen Blog. They had mentioned that A View from the Cheap Seats was included, so I had a momentary freak out that IPB’s own CapsChick would be on HNIC, but no dice. Anyway, we’ve opened up a thread for this evening, if anyone’s interested. No diary tonight, though. Sorry!
Also, I saw yoghurt covered raisins and nearly lost it. I didn’t know those actually existed! I thought it was just a myth!
Myth? Busted!
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Hee hee!