Since getting involved in this little thing we call the hockey blogosphere, we’ve been extremely vexed by the varying standards of what can and should be expected as acceptable behavior from fans. We keep hearing fanbases calling other fanbases classless boors, and when given examples of the offending behavior we find ourselves thinking, “That’s like the best day we ever had with opposing fans while attending Devils games at CAA,” or worse, “Wait, we do stuff like that.” It seems everyone likes to paint their least favorite team’s fans as “classless” for actions ranging from booing superstar players just because they’re stars, to stomping on free giveaway posters, to drunken brawling in the stands. But come on, people. Not all “opposing team” behavior is classless. Oftentimes, it’s something you probably do yourself, but just don’t realize it. So in an attempt to bring some sanity back to the art of hating other teams’ fans, we’re proud to present the IPB Scale of Fan Douchebaggery.
For inspiration we’ve looked to the Beaufort Scale, a system of measuring wind strength when no formal tools are available. In a few short descriptive phrases, Admiral Sir Francis Beaufort was able to give generations of sailors a method of taking cues from their surroundings to gauge the elements. With our IPB Scale, you’ll be able to take stock of the situation at games and be able to determine immediately how severe the level of douchebaggery is — or isn’t.
IPB Scale of Douchebaggery
1: Not Actually A Fan Uninvested; cheers equally and without understanding for both sides in a game.
2: Reverential Unbiased; finds no wrong in any team or player.
3: Split Allegiance Opens heart to more than one team; wears half-and-half sweater.
4: Genteel Singularly committed; partakes in polite ribbing with opposing fans.
5: Good-Natured Ardent supporter; responds in kind to playful taunting with minimal profanity.
6: Humorless Single-minded; bristles when taunted; unfriendly and immovable of attitude.
7: Grouchy Unresponsive when on the winning side of the scoreboard; lashes out verbally and profanely when on the losing side.
8: Confrontational Combative when on the losing side of the scoreboard; aggressively taunting when on the winning side.
9: Mean-spirited Revels in the failures of others; doesn’t differentiate between opposing team’s players and opposing team’s fans; refuses reason.
10: Boorish Lout Interaction quickly escalates to unnecessary physical contact; usher summoned.
11: Doucherocket Physically imposing; ruins game for entire sections. Some damage occurs.
12: Classless Cheers firing of coach struck with cancer; throws batteries at Santa. Widespread damage occurs.
I think when I am in attendance at a game I am a 5. But when watching from the safety of my couch, I am a 9.
I think depending on the situation I’m somewhere between a 4 and a 5. If the situation is right (say, losing to Ottawa in Game 6 of the ECF in 2003) I can get up to a 6.
Frisby, I’m like you — I’m a hard 9 when I’m at home. But I’m definitely a 4 at games (except that one foray up to 6 that Pookie mentioned). Oh, wait — I’m an especially assy 6 when I’m attending games between two teams I actively dislike. Last year we got stuck attending a Leafs-Caps game in DC, and I was distinctly 6-ish all night.
Hmm. What a useful tool! This is an excellent post.
I feel like there might be something else between 5 and 6, though. I’m definitely not always good natured, but I’m also never humorless. I might be a 5.25. I’m a little worried about the “minimal profanity” qualifier.
Also, you make a good point, Frisby. I am TOTALLY worse at home.
I’m a little worried about the “minimal profanity” qualifier.
We weren’t sure about that qualifier, but decided it’s all about the “being in control and socially functional enough not to curse a blue streak in front of some little 5-year-old” thing.
I’m a little worried about the “minimal profanity” qualifier.
Great minds! I expressed the same concern while we were writing this! Schnookie reminded me that I, and most Good Natured People would take into consideration being in a public space filled with delicate ears, and wouldn’t take things too far.
Shall we add:
5.25: Good Natured but Edgy Engages in and occasionally initiates good natured ribbing of opponent’s fans with moderate to lusty use of profanity
Am I a total brute for thinking it’s okay to swear at hockey games? Not like, “Fuck you, Caps fan sitting next to me”, but stuff like “That fucking suuuuucked.” I’m never screaming profanity at people, but I can’t seem to stop myself from respond to the action with my honest feelings (which usually include swearing).
The only time I can remember sitting near a kid I did try to curb my potty mouth. A little.
5.25: Good Natured but Edgy Engages in and occasionally initiates good natured ribbing of opponent’s fans with moderate to lusty use of profanity
Yeah! I boo the opposing stars too! And if the “Let’s go Pens” chant gets too loud at the Ice Bowl, I boo that too!
Am I a total brute for thinking it’s okay to swear at hockey games?
No! I would probably like to think that I would consciously stop swearing around kids (since I’m somehow capable of it at work; mostly thanks to the introduction of “Ovechkin!” as a swearword), but I have definitely been known to forget. I mean, I feel parents have a certain responsibility to know that their kids are going to hear foul language at sporting events, right? Right? Isn’t that fucking right?
I boo the opposing stars too!
Booing the opposing stars didn’t make this scale because it’s a fucking right.
Part of what got us thinking about this was ages ago when someone commented that shouting “… sucks!” after the names in the other team’s starting line-up is “classless”. Um, that’s one of my favorite things about attending live games!
The first game I ever attended in person was a Flyers/Kings game at the FU center. Hey, it was free tickets that work gave me and three coworkers. I started out as a 5, but during the 2nd intermission they showed out of town scores and when the Devils game came up there was all kinds of profanity being shouted by the Philly fans (shocking, I know) and I quickly became a 7.
I mean, I feel parents have a certain responsibility to know that their kids are going to hear foul language at sporting events, right? Right? Isn’t that fucking right?
I actually feel pretty strongly that this is right. I don’t mean to suggest that I don’t try to curb swearing around children. I totally do, but I think there is a HUGE difference between swearing, and swearing at someone, and I never EVER swear at people. I think it’s kind of stupid how we act like kids should be shielded from profanity. They’ve heard it ALL before, people. Kids need to be shielded from aggressive negativity, but not WORDS.
I think there is a HUGE difference between swearing, and swearing at someone, and I never EVER swear at people. I think it’s kind of stupid how we act like kids should be shielded from profanity. They’ve heard it ALL before, people. Kids need to be shielded from aggressive negativity, but not WORDS.
I am with you on all of that. 100%. I do very little to curb my swearing when I’m at hockey games, and I really don’t care what little kids are exposed to the endless torrent of f-bombs I spew. (Although I tend to swear at Patty Elias. Does that count as swearing AT someone, or is that different? :P)
Frisby, being stuck at the FU center will turn even the mildest-mannered person into a 7. At least. It’s just that bad.
Actually, I think I started out as a 3 and then went right up to a 7.
I never EVER swear at people.
And that’s the key. That’s what separates you from the animals!
I like to doodle, but I’d never doodle on a player’s picture! :)
Have I ever told the story about Boomer and my neighbor swearing? Schnookie and I used to live in a townhouse between Neighbor A and Neighbor B. A was this really great handyman dude who befriended us and helped us out a ton. B was a cranky old wench we hardly ever saw. One day, B invited me to check out her flowers in her backyard. While talking to her she started dissing on A and went so far as to call him an asshole. I was a little taken aback, not by the word itself, but just that this almost perfect stranger thought they could use language like that in a genial conversation with a neighbor. Later that day while talking to Boomer on the phone, I told her what had happened and said, “I can’t help but be a tiny bit offended!” Boomer, bless her heart, responded with (and meant every word sincerely), “I know! I mean, if she’d called him a motherfucker, that’s fine. But asshole?!? That’s uncalled for.”
The FU center is the only place I’ve ever seen a 12.
(Although I tend to swear at Patty Elias. Does that count as swearing AT someone, or is that different? :P)
I think swearing at the players IS different. :D I can’t imagine that you are standing up and screaming profanity at Patty, so yes, I think it’s okay to swear at him. It’s all in the delivery in my opinion. As long as your demeanor is not threatening, I think swearing is fine.
I like to doodle, but I’d never doodle on a player’s picture! :)
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WOOOOOO! Preds just beat the Oilers 5-2! Ellis was in goal but I don’t care!
I’m kind of a prude when it comes to language overall – sorry – but it’s definitely the parents’ responsibility to not take a kid to a sporting event if they don’t want little Jimmy to hear that kind of stuff. It’s not hard.
That said, I did get quite a chuckle out of the probably 9 or 10 year old kid at the Ottawa brawl game who was yelling for Emery to go fuck himself.
Oh, and since I didn’t get to share my joy from the Devils’ win last night, WOOOOOOO!
I think there is a HUGE difference between swearing, and swearing at someone, and I never EVER swear at people.
Same here. Although to be honest I don’t swear all that much in general. Not because I have a problem with it but because I’m just not in the habit.
And I’m totally a 4 at a game but on my couch I’m at least a 7.
Ok, you people suck. I neeeed sleep, but I just can’t stop commenting!
I like to think I’m a 5, but I’m confused….
I never swear at a game louder than the people directly to my left and right can hear. This is a new developement since I started working in Elementary Schools. I used to curse like a sailor.
I’m a 7 when Van Massanhoven is reffing the game. A 3 when it’s DoKoHo.
I’ve also been forced from an arena because of physical confrontation, but I might have a good excuse? A drunk mofo down the row started taking swings at the lady behind him (opposing fan, of course) and I jumped in to restrain him while security was running the aisles. I left cause I needed a whole bunch of stitches…
Ok, you people suck. I neeeed sleep, but I just can’t stop commenting!
Hey, if I can’t get any sleep because of the constant need to comment here, then I won’t be happy unless all of you can’t get any sleep. So… It’s working! My evil plan is working! Mwa ha ha ha ha!
I left cause I needed a whole bunch of stitches…
Oh, well that hardly counts. I mean, Boomer had to leave for stitches once, too, and the only reason she rates above a zero on the douchebaggery scale is because she does have a single and stated team allegiance. (Wayne Gretzky tried to take off her scalp with a deflected shot into the stands. He hates her.) (And really, nice try with the “I was jumping to a lady’s defense” thing. We all know you were mixing things up in the cheap seats at the Spectrum. Either that or stomping on posters of Alex Ovechkin down in DC.)
Either that or stomping on posters of Alex Ovechkin down in DC.
Oh, I’d do that too. Heck, I’d take a few sharpie markers with me too! I just would never write on Ovechkin himself…
Oh, I’d do that too. Heck, I’d take a few sharpie markers with me too!
I think anyone who wouldn’t just isn’t a real fan. :P
There needs to be a ranking for when you work for the home team and thus cannot be anything but polite and classy towards the visiting team, no matter how douchebaggy you find them, their coaches, their owners, their city and their visiting fans, and are seething with #9-scale resentment and hatred, all internalized so it eats at your SOUL.
Or maybe that’s just me when the Silvertips are in town. ;)
(I hate it when y’all start a thread I’m not aware of!) :P
I swing wildly between a 5 and a 7. I’m an ardent supporter when on the winning side that lashes out verbally and profanely when on the losing side.
But just at home. At the game, I chuckle at funny taunting and I’m all haughty and condescending about non-funny taunting, and I never swear above a whisper. I swear like a Teamster when I’m alone, but I’m pretty clean when I’m around other people.
Unless those people start it.
I’m probably somewhere between a 4 and a 5, with 7 levels of profanity during a loss (especially if its a bad one).
Regarding profanity at sporting events, I think most fans try to watch their language if tender ears are around. However, I think most kids have heard the occasional profanity from mom or dad, so it’s not scarring them for life. But, when multiple profanities are strung together creatively, that’s when I get worried about kids.
Besides, we all know hockey players have potty-mouths. Just listen to what occasionally floats over the on-ice microphones.
it’s definitely the parents’ responsibility to not take a kid to a sporting event if they don’t want little Jimmy to hear that kind of stuff. It’s not hard.
Of all the stupid people in the world, the ones I want to smack the hardest are the parents who take Little Timmy to a college football game and get bent about the profanity and the drunkenness. The college football is for the college students. The college students are drunk and profane. Little Timmy does not belong here, fucktard.
Besides, we all know hockey players have potty-mouths. Just listen to what occasionally floats over the on-ice microphones.
Once back when Wayne was still playing the mics picked him up saying some unsavory things. I said, “Wait, what did he just say?” Without missing a beat Boomer said, “I believe he just called the ref a cocker spaniel.” For some reason that’s all I can think of when the conversation turns to athletes swearing. That and the mic picking up a hysterically high-pitched Mario Lemiuex shreiking like a little girl to another player, “What are you, fucking nuts?!”
Without missing a beat Boomer said, “I believe he just called the ref a cocker spaniel.”
Hee! Boomer’s awesome.
There were some mics picking up players in the background last night for the Stars/Wild game, and I don’t know who it was, but I could hear some Star arguing with the ref going, “Fucking kidding! Fucking kidding me!” I swear. Did anyone else hear this?
It definitely was not Steve Ott, as the player’s voice didn’t sound like a squeaky toy.
I’m anywhere from a 5 – 8 on that scale, depending on the game, whether I’m watching at home or not and depending on who we’re playing.
Hee! The infamous cocker spaniel game. Good times, good times.
I swear like a Teamster when I’m alone, but I’m pretty clean when I’m around other people.
Unless those people start it.
Nice! And yeah, it’s “those people’s” faults! Heh.
Or maybe that’s just me when the Silvertips are in town. ;)
Like tomorrow? :P
I reckon I’m something like a 5. But I’m probably not. I don’t always have the sense to curb my swearing around small children but I don’t swear much to begin with, I do swear AT people if they give me sufficient reason to (like Airfrance staff after a canceled flight home), and have been taken away from an arena after being involved in physical altercations (I was defending my sister from a 10 at a football game). So I dunno. I think I’m a 5. I may not be.
And, Gambler, if you were on a KLM/Continental flight with a girl wearing black jeans, a Devils t-shirt, and an oversize gray sweater that looks like the one from Flashdance, that was me. However, I slept basically the whole way, so it’s unlikely you saw me even if we were on the same plane. Pity.
However, I slept basically the whole way, so it’s unlikely you saw me even if we were on the same plane. Pity.
Yay, Mags! You made it home safely!
Nice! And yeah, it’s “those people’s” faults! Heh.
It’s always those people’s faults!
I think the only time I’ve ever gotten unruly at a game was at a football game where I had ice, chips, pocket change, random pieces of metal, soda, etc. thrown at me where I finally just starting yelling.
Or maybe that’s just me when the Silvertips are in town. ;)
Ooh, Mara, I missed your last comment yesterday about Hunt For Red October! I’ve seen that movie approximately 800 times and it never gets old. It’s what started my old man crushes, I think. (Damn you, Sam Neill!)
In case no one’s noticed, I seem to only find men attractive who are at least 10-15 years older than me. Le sigh.
I would like to jump in here for a second a tell you Nadine’s swearing around kids method:
She swears like crazy, but each time she lets loose with a profanity, she turns around and says “sorry” to the kid and parent.
Not sure where that would fall on the scale….
I however, swear with abandon…no apologies. You’re at a fucking hockey game, for pete’s sake!
(stupid flyers fan forgets the word “and” in the above post…sigh! that’s just nadine getting me back for spilling her secrets…)
(I hate it when y’all start a thread I’m not aware of!) :P
Patty, I’m with you. I feel very strongly that someone should post an alert when a new post is up and a conversation is going on there.
Where is everybody? I want to play around with my new laptop! Waaaah!
She swears like crazy, but each time she lets loose with a profanity, she turns around and says “sorry” to the kid and parent
Heh! I’m sure the parents appreciate it!
And don’t worry about the spelling. We just assume Flyers fans can’t read anyway! :P
Ooh, new laptop! Sweet! How’s it working? Has the quality of your life as an ivalid just increased hugely?
As for the new thread, sorry! We can leave a comment alerting you to a new post if you want. Last night’s thread was so much fun though! It would have gotten all wonky and out of context if all of a sudden Matt and Schnookie were having a drop-down, drag-out fight over here. Hee hee!
Caitlin, I don’t think Holland is really home. It’s more where I live at the moment. But for all intents and purposes, I guess it is. I’m not sure what my point is.
Matt and Schnookie were having a drop-down, drag-out fight over here.
Matt and Schnookie had a fight? Teach me to not stop my catch-up attempt after 150 comments.
Heather, how’s the laptop?
Where is everybody? I want to play around with my new laptop! Waaaah!
Whee! So you finally got it then? That’s awesome!
I’m finally feeling better, but I’m not sure if that’s a blessing or a curse, since it means I’m well enough for the Red Wings on Saturday.
The laptop is awesome! I should’ve gotten one of these things years ago. I’m sitting here with my feet all propped up, iTunes going, and tooling around the interwebs. I had a bit of a meltdown trying to get it all set up with our internet connection but Mark swooped it to save the day when he got home.
Mags, you didn’t miss too much. The fight between Schnookie and Matt was disappointingly civil.
I’m finally feeling better, but I’m not sure if that’s a blessing or a curse, since it means I’m well enough for the Red Wings on Saturday.
Glad you’re feeling better, Caitlin! But I hear you on the Red Wings. I don’t ever have to see them – actually I think we do play them this season – and I find them kind of infuriating.
Someone come up with an excuse so I don’t have to go to my 11am meeting and can read the last comment thread.
Heather, a laptop with wireless interweb access has become my new TiVo. With it, I’m online all the time, able to have a blog I attend to constantly, making friends and hanging out with them 24/7. Without it I’m a lonely, bored person with no human contact beyond Pookie and Boomer. What was I doing all those years before my laptop/wireless revolution?
The fight between Schnookie and Matt was disappointingly civil.
Hey! That’s his fault for not being all incendiary like Earl. It’s almost like he wanted to have a civilized discussion instead of a shouty argument for argument’s sake, or something. Next time I’ll try to lower the level of discourse to a more combative level.
(Oh, and I just had a meeting with my directors that they’d promised me would include discussion of a possible promotion. Guess what wasn’t discussed? Yeah, my possible promotion. I probably shouldn’t have admitted to them that I don’t do any work.)
The fight between Schnookie and Matt was disappointingly civil.
Bummer.
Hey! That’s his fault for not being all incendiary like Earl. It’s almost like he wanted to have a civilized discussion instead of a shouty argument for argument’s sake, or something. Next time I’ll try to lower the level of discourse to a more combative level.
I’d appreciate that! I kept waiting and waiting for the explosion to come and it just never happened. You were like two adults! Come on, that’s not what the internet is for!
(I’m kidding. I enjoyed it because you both made some interesting points.)
I enjoyed it because you both made some interesting points.
Don’t you mean that you enjoyed it because I made some interesting points and he was WRONG? :P
Hey! That’s his fault for not being all incendiary like Earl.
Is “Earl” the only rating in this system that isn’t numerical?
Don’t you mean that you enjoyed it because I made some interesting points and he was WRONG? :P
Of course! Isn’t that what I said?
Hey, Ookies, did you see my card Kate got me? I know you guys heard about it but there are pictures up on my blog now.
Is “Earl” the only rating in this system that isn’t numerical?
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We considered it but decided you’re just not a classic example of a level of douchebaggery. If we come up with some qualifying factors to add to the douchebaggery numbers, though, we’ll name one after you. :D
EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Heather, the card is SO AWESOME! Oh my god! I’m totally Pommerdoodling right now — seriously, it’s not even a card for me, and I’m spazzing so much that I don’t care that I’m not getting a promotion! :D
So I’m reading the fight now… and Schnookie, I’m glad it was you and not me.
EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Heather, the card is SO AWESOME! Oh my god! I’m totally Pommerdoodling right now — seriously, it’s not even a card for me, and I’m spazzing so much that I don’t care that I’m not getting a promotion! :D
I know! I was soooo excited! I’m super impressed Kate actually sent it to me because I’ll admit, I would’ve been tempted to keep it had I been her.
(Sorry about your promotion though!)
Omigod, Heather! That card is So. Fucking. Awesome. Just… wow. Kate. Wow. Rock on!
Omigod, Heather! That card is So. Fucking. Awesome.
I know! Kate is totally the bomb.
What I love best about the card from Katebits is that it’s SO girly. I just love the thought of Crunchy and Staffy having to sign it. Heh. (And I realize she apologized to them for the girliness of it, but still. It cracks me up.)
Oh, and I just realized that we really should add a 13th level of douchbaggery for Earl, because on top of periodically making my head explode here at IPB, he also NEVER SITS DOWN during games. Hm. That’s pretty heinous. :P
Glad you’re feeling better, Caitlin! But I hear you on the Red Wings. I don’t ever have to see them – actually I think we do play them this season – and I find them kind of infuriating.
Ugh, I think we play them four times this season. I just hate watching our players get kicked in the teeth several games running.
Ah, oh well.
Yes, thank goodness! Rest and fluids did me well. I know you’re not in tip-top shape, but at least you’re up and commenting again!
Unless those people start it.
Nice! And yeah, it’s “those people’s” faults! Heh.
Hee!
Actually, I just meant that I’m happy to swear, I just wait until I know the people I’m talking to are okay with that. Unlike the Ookies’ crotchety neighbor. :D
I know! Kate is totally the bomb.
I know. I want a Kate too *pout*
Oh, and I just realized that we really should add a 13th level of douchbaggery for Earl…
Ah, it’s such a well-made scale already you could probably just call it the IPB Scale of Earlness, and that would probably cover all your bases.
…he also NEVER SITS DOWN during games.
Oh, you’ve underestimated my laziness. I just won’t take shit from people for those odd moments when my legs seem to work at a hockey game. Have some respect for the drunks!
I know. I want a Kate too *pout*
Were I anywhere in the vicinity of New Jersey, I would totally get you a card signed, Mags. A card for something. Hmm.
(Or a ginormous Boxworthy.)
However, I think no one at this point is interested in a card signed by Marty Turco. Even Marty Turco’s not interested in a card signed by Marty Turco right at this very moment.
Caitlin, I do feel about a hundred times better than I did this time last week or even a few days ago really. I went to the doctor for my first post-op check-up today and while I’m completely exhausted from all that walking around, I think getting out and about helped too.
There was also a note from Kate that when told about my situation, Staffy said “Awwwwww.” How cute is he?
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hahaha but Kate is amazing. I’m sure Heather’s recovery just totally sped up :D
Schnookie, sorry about your lack of a promotion.
Heather, that card is absolutely amazing.
Caitlin, I do feel about a hundred times better than I did this time last week or even a few days ago really.
That’s good to hear! It is the worst thing for my ADD self to be in a situation where I have limited mobility, etc, so I really feel bad for you! The only time I’ve ever been sick/injured for a prolonged period of time was for two weeks when I had some hardcore pneumonia going on. Seeing sunlight again was practically magical.
There was also a note from Kate that when told about my situation, Staffy said “Awwwwww.” How cute is he?
What is up with the Sabres trying to weasel out of my divisional-rivalry dislike for them?! :P
I went to the doctor for my first post-op check-up today and while I’m completely exhausted from all that walking around, I think getting out and about helped too.
Yeah, being stuck in the house with no sunlight or fresh air is always a mood killer.
The card really is the very height of awesomeness.
Ah, it’s such a well-made scale already you could probably just call it the IPB Scale of Earlness, and that would probably cover all your bases.
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Have some respect for the drunks!
I’m just doing what any good daughter would do and pointing out that you drove my mother batty during the playoffs, when every time the camera passed by your seats, she had to shout, “Earl, sit down!” I mean, personally speaking, you’re probably the drunk I respect the most.
And as for Heather’s card, Katebits is visiting us this weekend (kind of an impromptu, “Hey, why not hop in the car and drive six hours one way?” sort of thing), and now I’m secretly hoping she has some sort of signed thing for us. I really should have broken a few bones before the Ronan Tynan concert.
Awwww, Caitlin, it’s ok, I’m just whiny. I totally have a Kate, he just doesn’t send me cards or get me signed shit. Just lots of emails and sometimes he calls. All in all, that’s good enough for me (I totally want a Turco card. With an apology for making my fantasy team SUCK)
when told about my situation, Staffy said “Awwwwww.” How cute is he?
AWWWWWWWWWWWW! (Staffy made me cry a little because he’s so sweet. I sure that was not his intention)
hahaha but Kate is amazing. I’m sure Heather’s recovery just totally sped up :D
I don’t know, I’m thinking about holding out for a Henrik Tallinder greeting card. THEN I’ll consider healing up ;-)
What is up with the Sabres trying to weasel out of my divisional-rivalry dislike for them?! :P
It’s ok Vinny, I totally found myself cheering for the Stars yesterday. And while I’ve never had a Leafs/Flyers level of dislike for them, that’s certainly not something I ever expected to happen.
I don’t know, I’m thinking about holding out for a Henrik Tallinder greeting card. THEN I’ll consider healing up
If it’s any help, Heather, I suggested to Katebits that she have Crunchy and Staffy both sign the card as Hank.
(I totally want a Turco card. With an apology for making my fantasy team SUCK)
Turco seems like the kind of guy who might actually do that. That would be pretty funny.
when told about my situation, Staffy said “Awwwwww.” How cute is he?
That’s so cute!
Schnookie, Kate did say she wanted to ask one of them to re-sign the card as “Hank Tallinder” but she chickened out. Crunchy might’ve thought she was crazy but I’ll bet Staffy would’ve done it.
I totally want a Turco card. With an apology for making my fantasy team SUCK
It should be said btw, that I totally drafted him because I adore him first, and his skills second.
Crunchy might’ve thought she was crazy but I’ll bet Staffy would’ve done it.
I totally agree. And it sounds like Staffy was just nervous enough that even if he thought it was bizarre, he wouldn’t have had the wherewithal to do anything but comply to the request.
(I totally want a Turco card. With an apology for making my fantasy team SUCK)
Oh, if that’s going to happen, then Jonathan Cheechoo should buy me a new iPod or something.
Jonathan Cheechoo should buy me a new iPod or something.
Cheech owes me too. Waste of a damn second round pick.
Oh, if that’s going to happen, then Jonathan Cheechoo should buy me a new iPod or something.
While he’s not at Cheechoo level, Patrick Marleau atleast owes me a $25 iTunes giftcard.
I really should have broken a few bones before the Ronan Tynan concert.
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I totally want a Turco card. With an apology for making my fantasy team SUCK
You know, normally Marty could possibly be up for that, but he spent the entirety of his time on the bench last night looking like he was about to burst into tears. So now I’m thinking of two things when I see Marty: “mmm, pizza” and “ohhhh sad”.
Otherwise, I might totally get that for you!
What is up with the Sabres trying to weasel out of my divisional-rivalry dislike for them?! :P
They’re pulling a Roenick, that’s what they’re doing! Constant vigilance, Vinny, and don’t let them infiltrate your defenses!
And word to everyone who said how awesome that card is. So amazing! Yay for Heather & Katebits (and yay that Katebits gets to visit the Ookies this weekend!)
You know, normally Marty could possibly be up for that, but he spent the entirety of his time on the bench last night looking like he was about to burst into tears.
Oh, I do not like that at all. Sad Marty Turco is a bad, bad thing. It hurts me.
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T____T I’m sorry Turcs! Don’t be sad! It isn’t entirely your fault!
It should be said btw, that I totally drafted him because I adore him first, and his skills second.
Okay, Mags, you’re a goalie with awesome goalie experience. Help me out here. Is it just me or is Turco looking kind of desperate? (I know you’ve watched part of some of the Stars games recently, at least.) Especially against the Wild it looked like he was so desperate he couldn’t read anything right.
When you go to the left corner of the net, and I, of all people, say, “NOOOO MARTY, GO RIGHT”, something’s wrong there, methinks. Perhaps?
Oh, I do not like that at all. Sad Marty Turco is a bad, bad thing. It hurts me.
Marty is 98% of the time very funny and happy. The other two percent he evenly splits between being angry or sad.
In Dallas we had a big NYE celebration and they had Marty and Brenden there in the last few minutes to count everything down. They were asking Marty where Brett Hull was and Marty told the broadcasters, “Well, Hullie’s off somewhere, you know, he parties like it’s 1999!” while swaying and slurring his speech like crazy. He spent the entire time up with the broadcasters laughing and swaying.
Drunk Marty Turco was like, the highlight of my New Year’s Eve.
Drunk Marty Turco was like, the highlight of my New Year’s Eve.
I’ll bet! I hardly ever see the Stars play but I love Marty Turco. He just makes me smile. He won me over during the All-Star game last season.
They’re pulling a Roenick, that’s what they’re doing! Constant vigilance, Vinny, and don’t let them infiltrate your defenses!
constant vigilance! (when i see that I think harry potter :D)
:( Turco ruined my fantasy stats but i love him and i hope he rebounds :D (that, and bc Jordan Staal has totally surpassed him for being fantasy upset of the season. and yet, I still can’t cope with dumping him off my roster. Just can’t do it.)
:( Turco ruined my fantasy stats but i love him and i hope he rebounds :D
Well, I’m a little hopeful that the New Year’s inebriation was awfully addictive for Turco–if he could be stumbly and slurry in net for the next little while, I’d appreciate it.
Caitlin, I don’t know if it’s desperate or more resigned. To me he’s recently looked like he was resigned to his fate and was almost accepting that it wasn’t going to be a good period for him. Like he’d given up a little bit. And like he wasn’t having a tonne of fun.
My thinking is, and what my goalie coach and the sports psychologist tell me, is that once you get to that point, where you’re accepting a game (or a period of time) isn’t going to be good for you, you’ve quit. As a goalie you are in a unique position to make or break a game based on your play, and you may never, ever, ever quit. But you can’t think about that during a game. I remarked to my aunt at one point during a Stars game last week, that he looked like he was thinking too much.
I’ve been on the wrong side of 17-0 scores but the thing I always took away from that, was that at least I did the very best I could. Marty looks like he doesn’t believe he’s doing the best anymore, because he doesn’t think he CAN.
He’ll come back. Give him a bit. A good series of saves, a great practice, a good game, sincere compliments from people who matter to him. It all helps.
I have to say, everyone on my fantasy team has done exactly what I expected them to. It’s a little disturbing how predictable they’re being.
He won me over during the All-Star game last season.
You should see him with kids. It is just about the most adorable thing ever, watching kids meet Turco.
I think that All-Star game, especially where he was mic’ed, won a lot of people over too.
sincere compliments from people who matter to him. It all helps.
We count, right? Because I have time to whip out a letter or something.
Buffalo people (or anyone familiar with WGR’s stuff), have you heard the AMP commercial with Millsy and Marty? Pretty funny. The Ice Bowl Rap made me giggle a little too.
I have to say, everyone on my fantasy team has done exactly what I expected them to. It’s a little disturbing how predictable they’re being.
Same here, Meg. The Marauders are a model of consistent mediocrity. Sadly, I don’t really get an iPod out of that, do I?
He’ll come back. Give him a bit. A good series of saves, a great practice, a good game, sincere compliments from people who matter to him. It all helps.
God, poor Marty! Jeez, Turks, don’t go sticking your head in any ovens.
Marty always kinda gets a sympathy vote from me, because a lot of times fans are extremely quick to attack his play.
if he could be stumbly and slurry in net for the next little while, I’d appreciate it.
Ah, Earl, no can do. There’s this guy whose name starts with “M” and ends in “ike Smith” who’s going to be starting in net for this next game at the very least.
We count, right? Because I have time to whip out a letter or something.
The person he seems to be, yeah, fans matter. Fuck, I mean, Guus Vogels (tied with Marty for Most Meaningful Person) once told me the biggest boost he’d ever had, was seeing a kid in the stands genuinely cheering for the first save he’d made that game, after he’d allowed 3 goals on 3 shots.
We count, right? Because I have time to whip out a letter or something.
Heather, everyone counts! Hee.
Cat & I joke that any time we want to cry, we just have to go watch Marty (and the other players, too) visiting kids in the hospital for the Stars annual hospital visits.
It’s almost like he wanted to have a civilized discussion instead of a shouty argument for argument’s sake, or something.
I’ve said it before, I’ll say again. The Marty fight is usually civil. The fight about Lou is much less so. I’ll put out flyers and ads when I plan on picking that one!
Don’t you mean that you enjoyed it because I made some interesting points and he was WRONG? :P
BAH!
I don’t know, I’m thinking about holding out for a Henrik Tallinder greeting card. THEN I’ll consider healing up
It’s not the same thing, but are you interested in a Hank-signed puck? I keep buying those $20 charity pucks when I’m in Buffalo. With the random draw, I now have 4 or 5 Hanks…
Same here, Meg. The Marauders are a model of consistent mediocrity. Sadly, I don’t really get an iPod out of that, do I?
No. Actually, my one surprise has been a good one, so I don’t think I’d get anything from that anyway. I picked up Brent Burns without having ever heard of him and he’s quite the good young defenseman.
It’s not the same thing, but are you interested in a Hank-signed puck? I keep buying those $20 charity pucks when I’m in Buffalo. With the random draw, I now have 4 or 5 Hanks…
I would totally take a Hank puck off your hands, Matt! And please, please let me know when you engage in the Lou battle. That would should be a doozy. Make sure you mention how much more tight-lipped Darcy Regier is than Lou.
…seeing a kid in the stands genuinely cheering for the first save he’d made that game, after he’d allowed 3 goals on 3 shots.
Awww!
Marty’s awesome to the fans. He comes out and signs stuff most every practice, has never been anything but absolutely nice the…one time I’ve met him, and buys out a section every home game so that kids who can’t afford it can come see a hockey game. It’s usually groups who sponsor/help kids that book out those seats for the kids.
Ah, Earl, no can do. There’s this guy whose name starts with “M” and ends in “ike Smith” who’s going to be starting in net for this next game at the very least.
As an A-Team fan, Smith is one of my favorite goalies to watch, only because every sixteen seconds or so I can’t help but give a good Colonel Decker impersonation: “You’re mine now, Smith!”
I picked up Brent Burns without having ever heard of him and he’s quite the good young defenseman.
Burns is another favorite for the Mr. Burns “Excellent”.
buys out a section every home game so that kids who can’t afford it can come see a hockey game.
Ok, that’s it, I’M sending a damn letter to Marty.
The fight about Lou is much less so. I’ll put out flyers and ads when I plan on picking that one!
I’d say I’m looking forward to it, but I’m not sure that’s not a lie. :D (And actually, I dreamt while sleeping through my alarm this morning that there was a Lou argument going on here, so as long as you make whatever anti-Lou points I was dreaming, I think I’m pretty prepared…)
I would totally take a Hank puck off your hands, Matt!
Alritey! If you fire me off an email with a mailing addy, I’ll make sure it gets shipped tomorrow morning. mburakow[at]gmail[dot]com.
Matt, I will do that! Thanks a bunch!
Well, all this laptopping has worn me out so I’m off for a brief nap. But don’t you worry, IPB… I will be back! :D
Have a great nap, Heather!
I’ll make sure it gets shipped tomorrow morning
Wow, you’re fast. I still have to send the Crosby puck to A.Oil. (in my defense, the holidays totally kicked my ass when it came to mailing things. Post office so busy x.X)
Happy napping, Heather!
“You’re mine now, Smith!”
I’m just always like, “Smitty, you’re so ginormous.”
But now I’ll think of that every time I see Smith in net.
Ok, that’s it, I’M sending a damn letter to Marty.
Mags, Marty’s section is called “The M Club”; it’s a designated section and has it’s own sign. (I think Stu Barnes must give some money to it too, as they’ve got a sign up that I haven’t seen before that says “Stu Cru” as well.) I’ll take a picture for you on Saturday. ;)
Oh, I’ve got more, Mags! Marty sponsors the Stick With Reading program and he and the Stars work it every year. They go around to elementary schools (this year it was Marty, the anthem singer, Krys Barch and Mike Smith) and read to kids and talk to them, etc. to encourage them to read.
Hence why I joke that Marty’s all about the underprivileged children and reading.
I’ll make sure it gets shipped tomorrow morning
Wow, you’re fast.
Not really. I’m just finally getting around to shipping the last of the Christmas presents tomorrow =)
I still have to send the Crosby puck to A.Oil.
No kidding. I’ve been deficient in sending Patty her Zubov bobblehead. (In my defense, I’ve gone to several games Patty hasn’t gone to and I’ve been trying to hijack free shit to send her, but I keep missing out! Grr!)
Caitlin… Marty Turco made me cry…
Buffalo people (or anyone familiar with WGR’s stuff), have you heard the AMP commercial with Millsy and Marty?
I just went and listened to it. Its pretty funny. “I’m sorry Millsie, I don’t speak Russian.”
Caitlin, I had no idea how awesome Marty Turco was.
For anybody that missed it yesterday, one for the ages.
Ruutu vs Tucker.
Dude, did Tucker do the bitchfight thing and try to take out Ruutu’s eye? Not cool Darcy! Not cool at all!
Awww, guys! When I get back in the office, I’ll even post links!
Don’t cry, Mags! You know what I just realized? We never finished our letter to Derian Hatcher!
Buffalo people (or anyone familiar with WGR’s stuff), have you heard the AMP commercial with Millsy and Marty? Pretty funny. The Ice Bowl Rap made me giggle a little too.
Ok, now I’m intrigued. Anybody got a link for me?
We never finished our letter to Derian Hatcher!
I know! I wrote everything we had down so I could work on it on the plane, but I never got around to it (what with all the sleeping and pissing off the flight attendants I did)
Heather, that card ROCKS! I saw it was posted just as I was leaving the reference desk for my last shift and I was like, “Wait, wait, I have to study Staffy’s handwriting! Don’t take me away from the computer! NOOO!!!!”
So on a totally unrelated note, an edlerly woman just asked me if a specific author was good and said that she was looking for books that had (and I’m not making this up) “No violence and no… hm, how should I say this… black… uh… [insert nervous laughter here]… people… [more nervous tittering]. You know?” I almost, almost said, “No. I do not know.”
Ok, now I’m intrigued. Anybody got a link for me?
Go to wgr550.com and click on the link that says “Miller’s Commercial Originally With Marty?”
I hate having to work for a living! It makes me post late. I have it on good athority that the Ookies were actually flirting with a “7″ after Game 6 of the ECF vs. Ottawa in ’03.
I am generally a “5″.
I hit a 7.5 when I was at Game 6 of the 2001 Finals. I literally turned my Marty Broduer jersey inside out and walked angry circles on the concourse of the Meadowlands during the third period.
I was a full scale 9 when taunting a Petr Sykora fan on his first game back to Jersey as a Duck when Sykie went -2.
Lastly, and I think only the Ookies will get this one, I would like a “10″ to be renamed an “Irv”.
I picked up Brent Burns without having ever heard of him and he’s quite the good young defenseman.
Meg, I also picked up Burns and have been pleasantly surprised! I think the Pan Boxers and Chinchillas have identical line-ups…
Go to wgr550.com and click on the link that says “Miller’s Commercial Originally With Marty?
Ok, I just totally lost my license to internet. I must have looked at that page 10 times over and still missed it.
Lastly, and I think only the Ookies will get this one, I would like a “10″ to be renamed an “Irv”.
Morgan, that is EXACTLY what Pookie said last night when we were writing this!
I was a full scale 9 when taunting a Petr Sykora fan on his first game back to Jersey as a Duck when Sykie went -2.
I think we were all 9′s about Sykkie after his first game back to Jersey as a Duck.
I have it on good athority that the Ookies were actually flirting with a “7″ after Game 6 of the ECF vs. Ottawa in ‘03.
If we were really that bad it was just because your mother was egging us on. :D
I literally turned my Marty Broduer jersey inside out and walked angry circles on the concourse of the Meadowlands during the third period.
Oh, and Morgan, this story is legend at stately IPB Manor. Seriously, whenever we think of great tank jobs by Devils teams, we always think of you forlornly walking the concourse with your inside-out 30 sweater, helplessly mourning the pissing away of a Stanley Cup. Good times!
Matt, here’s the direct link to the media file. WGR’s website annoys me sometimes. Its way to cluttered.
http://eod.liquidviewer.com/wgr-od/wgr/20080104_marty.wma
“If we were really that bad it was just because your mother was egging us on. :D”
My mom said something about having to talk people off of ledges…
Lastly, and I think only the Ookies will get this one, I would like a “10″ to be renamed an “Irv”.
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No joke, I said to Schnookie almost those exact words! I actually said “I would say that a 10 is Irv, going out of his way to hang out at Port Authority just to be nasty to Devils fans but I guess that wouldn’t make sense to anyone else….”
As for hitting “7″ at Game 6, we were just following your mom’s lead! :)
Mags, you have my e-mail, right? I’ve been so remiss in my duties of ridding the world of Danny Briere!
Also, I’m sitting down this week to make a batch of Devils icons – I will improve my photoshop skillls, dammit! – so if there’s anything you’ve been aching for, let me know and I’ll do my best.
My mom said something about having to talk people off of ledges…
Oh, sure, but she was right up there on the ledge with us! I mean, she was the one who said, after the girl sitting in front of us accused us of being too negative during the game, “Was she watching the same game we were?”
Irv, going out of his way to hang out at Port Authority just to be nasty to Devils fans but I guess that wouldn’t make sense to anyone else….
I have totally haunted the bowels of Penn Station before, for that exact purpose in RE: Rangers fans.
I will improve my photoshop skillls, dammit!
Good for you, Caitlin. I’d offer you some graphic advice, but I’m a hack–I’ve never had photoshop software at any point in my life.
Caitlin, I have Cat’s email, but I can’t find your’s *pout* (either way, mine is magses (at) gmail (dot) com)
Hrm….. the more I think about it, excepting my non-cursing at games, I am probably much more a 7 than a 5.
By the end of the day Matt’s going to be like, “No, no wait, the more I think about it, I might be an 11… or maybe 12. No, wait, is there a 13?”
Earl, thanks! Jen’s amazing at Photoshop, but I kinda fail…. for now.
Mags, I’ll e-mail you in a bit! Mine’s texasmoviequeen (at) gmail (dot) com.
Caitlin, Photoshop isn’t that hard. Although I’m better with the likes of CorelDraw, they don’t write that for Macs. So PS is it.
By the end of the day Matt’s going to be like, “No, no wait, the more I think about it, I might be an 11… or maybe 12. No, wait, is there a 13?”
Hrm… never thrown batteries. Do canned soups count?
Do canned soups count?
And how about (Earl, don’t look now) full, hard plastic beer glasses?
Matt, was the canned soup packed in a snowball first?
Matt, was the canned soup packed in a snowball first?
No, just a hurtling freight-train of Chunky brand Beef and Vegetable. I only pack snow with gravel and broken glass.
“Marty’s awesome to the fans. He comes out and signs stuff most every practice, has never been anything but absolutely nice the…one time I’ve met him, and buys out a section every home game so that kids who can’t afford it can come see a hockey game. It’s usually groups who sponsor/help kids that book out those seats for the kids.”
Nazzy does that suite thing too. And him and Marty are twinsies with the looking like they want to cry thing too. Nazzy hasn’t scored in a while, and he was moved off the Swedish Meatballs line, and he looked SO sad! I felt like I should find a cab to cheer him up.
I’m a 4 or a 5 at games, but probably a 7/8 on my own couch. And it probably jumps up to a 9 for Flames games.
And how about (Earl, don’t look now) full, hard plastic beer glasses?
Who’s distributing free beer? That’s practically saintly.
I only pack snow with gravel and broken glass.
Yup, I think that’s a 13.
Who’s distributing free beer? That’s practically saintly.
Me. But there was no beer in the glass, just water. So you don’t mind if I get incredibly offended by something you said and toss beer at your head then?
I only pack snow with gravel and broken glass.
Au.
Who’s distributing free beer?
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Nazzy does that suite thing too. And him and Marty are twinsies with the looking like they want to cry thing too. Nazzy hasn’t scored in a while, and he was moved off the Swedish Meatballs line, and he looked SO sad! I felt like I should find a cab to cheer him up.
First of all, :^::::::::::::::::::: at the cab. Secondly, I can’t remember when the last time I felt bad for a Canucks player was. This might be the first. Poor Nazzy!
Hrm… never thrown batteries.
Well, you’re a Devils fan. You’d know more about this if you rooted for a Philly team. Or asked Pensgirl about it, like me. ;)
Caitlin, Photoshop isn’t that hard.
Ooh, I know, I’m just learning all the weird ins and outs of it. It’s hard to look at what Photoshop gives you if you’ve never used it before and think, “Yes, that’s what I’ll need to use to make Image X look all snazzy”. But I am learning! Thanks free online Photoshop tutorials! (Jen taught me how to correctly cut out a picture a month or so ago and I was so excited. Yeah, I’m a big geek.)
You’d know more about this if you rooted for a Philly team. Or asked Pensgirl about it, like me. ;)
Ask me about what? Battery-throwing (of which I have no experience) or Philly fans (of whom I’d rather forget :P)?
Hrm… never thrown batteries.
Well, you’re a Devils fan. You’d know more about this if you rooted for a Philly team. Or asked Pensgirl about it, like me. ;)
We should have said, “throws battery-packed snowballs at Santa” to make it clearer, but we liked it simpler.
So you don’t mind if I get incredibly offended by something you said and toss beer at your head then?
Hmm, tough question. If it was a Guinness, sure. Otherwise it may have to be a liquor drink.
Don’t do it when you’re offended, though. Save my reward for when you’re impressed.
Save my reward for when you’re impressed.
And when would that happen?
I’m sorry, Earl, that came out meaner than I intended @@@@@@
Ask me about what? Battery-throwing (of which I have no experience) or Philly fans (of whom I’d rather forget :P)?
When I asked you about Philly fans throwing batteries at Santa Claus! Thank you, incidentally, for kindly elaborating!
We should have said, “throws battery-packed snowballs at Santa” to make it clearer, but we liked it simpler.
Well, simpler is probably better. I tend to over-complicate things.
If it was a Guinness, sure. Otherwise it may have to be a liquor drink.
Excellent taste, good sir! Bonus points if the liquor drink is Stoli or Jameson’s.
And when would that happen?
Most Row B visitors are impressed when the off-ice officials demand that I drink more. It’s a weird relationship we’ve developed over the years.
Oh, and I’m a huge believer in giving pucks to kids–they’re the future fanbase.
Other than that, I dunno. Maybe my ability to speak somewhat coherently after a sick amount of liquor?
Well, simpler is probably better. I tend to over-complicate things.
Okay, that sounds weird and bitchy. Please excuse me today, as I’m hopped up on cold medicine.
When I asked you about Philly fans throwing batteries at Santa Claus! Thank you, incidentally, for kindly elaborating!
You’re welcome incidentally!
I was thinking in a hockey context, that’s why I was confused. :)
Most Row B visitors are impressed when the off-ice officials demand that I drink more. It’s a weird relationship we’ve developed over the years.
See, this is exactly the environment I learned to appreciate hockey in.
SHIT! The freakin’ Junior game has Pierre on the broadcast team. I’m sooooo tempted to turn it off.
Other than that, I dunno. Maybe my ability to speak somewhat coherently after a sick amount of liquor?
If you drink as much as I imagine you drinking I suspect I’d be impressed by your ability to stand.
Also, am I the only one that LOVES the Darryl Sittler – Swiss Chalet commercials?
Most Row B visitors are impressed when the off-ice officials demand that I drink more.
I’m not a Row B visitor and I’m impressed.
If you drink as much as I imagine you drinking I suspect I’d be impressed by your ability to stand.
Yeah, last game that I was at it was sort of an impressive feat. It wasn’t my usual seats, but damn, there’s some BoC readers who can’t wait to buy me a drink, I guess.
And the US comes storming out of the gate with 8 shots in the first minute.
“Secondly, I can’t remember when the last time I felt bad for a Canucks player was. This might be the first. Poor Nazzy!”
It’s a red letter day!
Most Row B visitors are impressed when the off-ice officials demand that I drink more.
Seriously? I’m impressed and I don’t visit Row B.
I just read that Staffy’s in for the Sabres and Emery’s getting the start in goal for the Sens tonight. Is Paddock trying to break his goalie? The puck isn’t even going to have dropped and the Em-ree, Em-ree chants will be in full force.
“And the US comes storming out of the gate with 8 shots in the first minute.”
Crap. Is Bernier or Mason in net for Canada? I’m so bummed I have to go to class instead of watching this game!
Watch Emery pull a Conklin against the Sabres. Is it so much to ask that he sucks against us as much as he sucks against everyone else?
Crap. Is Bernier or Mason in net for Canada?
Mason.
Tavares makes a real high check and draws a penalty… Undiciplined. =(
Watch Emery pull a Conklin against the Sabres.
“Pulling a Conklin” sounds dangerous. Emery best not try. ;)
“Pulling a Conklin” sounds dangerous. Emery best not try. ;)
Yeah, given the way the Sabres have made bad goaltenders look good this year it’s really not much of a tribute to Conklin. either.
And the US comes storming out of the gate with 8 shots in the first minute.
Whee, yay!
I was so sad that Canada took down Finland.
It’s a red letter day!
It probably is, yes! Just don’t expect me to say anything nice about Louie or the Doublemint Twins you’ve got over there… I’ll just keep my mouth shut. ;)
If anybody wants to follow a live blog on the game, there’s one here:
NYT blog
TSN.ca has live video feed, although you need to install the MS Silverlight plugin….
Yeah, given the way the Sabres have made bad goaltenders look good this year it’s really not much of a tribute to Conklin. either.
Ol’ Ty is 6-0-0 since being called up – I don’t think he’s sweatin’ it. :)
Whatever particular brand of voodoo he did is clearly working*.
*Until tomorrow, because we can’t beat Florida for anything. Sigh.
There’s also a live feed from Team 1040 that you don’t need to download anything for.
Oops, not video though.
Thank God my boss is a Devils fan. He may not always approve of my loyalties, but he understands the addiction and has no problem with me putting the game on at work. I’m currently sitting in the auditorium w/ my laptop, watching the game on the projector. Gimme a soda and it’d be just like home =)
Staffy’s back in tonight?!? Hooray! We’re totally TiVoing it, and totally watching it, win or loss, I don’t care what Katebits says!
That’s twice now that Mason has been caught behind the net on a bad pass. His luck’s gonna run out soon if he keeps it up.
Oh, I should have added to my comment that I am starting to get a little concerned. If anyone remembers the reports coming from Stately IPB Manor when CapsChick came to visit… I’m worried the same thing will happen, and we’ll kick off ’08 with THE WORST WEEKEND OF HOCKEY EVER.
GO CANADA. Ok, got my nationalism out of the way.
I was so sad that Canada took down Finland.
Me too. I was mad Canada had to play Finland. I wasn’t going to be happy with either outcome.
Alright, which one of yous jokers found IPB searching “Zach Parise WANTED TO BE AN ISLANDER”?
Alright, which one of yous jokers found IPB searching “Zach Parise WANTED TO BE AN ISLANDER”?
Not me!
Best quote of the broadcast:
We’d like to take a moment aside and wish a speedy recovery to the tens of thousands of Canadians that called in sick to work today. We know you’ll be better by Monday.
That was me, Pookie.
Alright, which one of yous jokers found IPB searching “Zach Parise WANTED TO BE AN ISLANDER”?
I don’t think those colors would look good on him.
Someone found my blog by searching Pookie and Schnookie. I think that person got lost somehow.
“Zach Parise WANTED TO BE AN ISLANDER”
Oops. I guess I misspelled the word “Icelander”.
End of the first (well, 5 seconds left) and no score.
I don’t think those colors would look good on him.
Nothing but Devils red, white and black look good on Zach.
Meg, I figured as much. You’re on notice now! Once more and I’ll have andrew ban you. He seems to think he has that power…
Someone found my blog by searching Pookie and Schnookie. I think that person got lost somehow.
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Earl, Zach so wants to be an Icelander. There’s quite a party scene there I think. He wants to go there and Tracy Flick the entire youth of the country.
Nothing but Devils red, white and black look good on Zach.
Not even some classic green?
Best quote of the broadcast:
We’d like to take a moment aside and wish a speedy recovery to the tens of thousands of Canadians that called in sick to work today. We know you’ll be better by Monday.
I heard there was an epidemic going on up there. What are the odds? :)
I was mad Canada had to play Finland. I wasn’t going to be happy with either outcome.
Oh, Finland. Sigh.
I still can’t believe I can order Finnish hockey tickets. Online. From America. In English.
In this day and age, it really shouldn’t surprise me, but the fact that I could theoretically buy tickets for an HPK game in February with my Visa cards with two clicks of a button is astounding to me.
Alright, which one of yous jokers found IPB searching “Zach Parise WANTED TO BE AN ISLANDER”?
Not me. It was probably the same person who found my blog by Googling “Mike Ribeiro obnoxious”!
Nothing but Devils red, white and black look good on Zach.
Zach: I say, and gold! And plastic!
(We decided Zach thinks “plastic” is a color now, thanks to his plastic star from the Young Stars game. It’s the color better than gold in his mind.)
Earl, Zach so wants to be an Icelander. There’s quite a party scene there I think. He wants to go there and Tracy Flick the entire youth of the country.
Zach totally watched The Mighty Ducks 2 approximately 587 times and decided that Iceland was so the way to go.
Zach: I say, and gold! And plastic!
Is Zach mixing up legal tender and apparel again?
Zach confuses a lot of things. It’s very sad.
Is Zach mixing up legal tender and apparel again?
He’s like that woman who wore a dress made of gold credit cards to the Oscars several years back. He thinks his toga is very appealing.
Meg, Zach totally wears a toga! HAHAHAHAHAHA!!! When he’s not in his formal wear he likes to kick back in a toga. And his WJC gold medal. And his plastic star. (He had Boxworthy convert it into a medal.)
We’d like to take a moment aside and wish a speedy recovery to the tens of thousands of Canadians that called in sick to work today. We know you’ll be better by Monday.
This totally happened last year when school had already started for me and I had class during the semis between Canada and the U.S…it was totally worth skipping class to watch the shootout.
Zach totally watched The Mighty Ducks 2 approximately 587 times and decided that Iceland was so the way to go.
“Greenland is covered with ice, and Iceland is very nice!”
Mathias puts Canada up by 1
Zach: I say, and gold! And plastic!
Zach, gold doesn’t look good on you. It looks HOT.
I had class during the semis between Canada and the U.S…it was totally worth skipping class to watch the shootout.
I’ll bet. I blew off practice to watch the WJC game. Bad goalie.
“Lester Averman: They’re bigger! They’re stronger! They’re faster! They’ve got more facial hair!”
Maybe that’s why Zach was totally all about Iceland.
Mathias puts Canada up by 1
Yes! And I am actually legitimately sick this year so if I were to delay my return to school a few days that’ll be all right, right?
I’m way late on the discussion of classless fans but I just have to vent about my only experience with horrible visiting fans. The fans would have been a 12 except they were in a luxury box so no damage or fighting occurred. But I’m sure about 95% of the people (including the kids) in my section and the neighboring sections would have started a brawl with them.
Oh, and -Ookies, that is an excellent scale, although I don’t know what is says that I’m always a 4, even when I get pissed off. :P
“Lester Averman: They’re bigger! They’re stronger! They’re faster! They’ve got more facial hair!”
Sadly I was just watching that last night.
I don’t know what is says that I’m always a 4, even when I get pissed off. :P
I think it means you need to spend some time studying at the Earl Sleek School of Becoming An Insulting, Falling-Down Drunk. I think that school guarantees adding at least 2 levels to your innate douchebaggery.
kms2, there is nothing worse than being in the presence of a 12. I’ve only been in such a place once (plenty of 11s and 10s, though…), and as a result will never, ever, ever go back to Philly. (Oh wait, did I say the city name out loud?)
and as a result will never, ever, ever go back to Philly. (Oh wait, did I say the city name out loud?)
I think you mean “Blilly.”
I’m TiVo-ing the WJC game, so I might have to steer clear…
I think you mean “Blilly.”
Right, thanks Patty! I can’t believe I forgot my own rules of keeping things anonymous. :D
I think it means you need to spend some time studying at the Earl Sleek School of Becoming An Insulting, Falling-Down Drunk.
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Sleek, do you accept students this late in the season?
I think it means you need to spend some time studying at the Earl Sleek School of Becoming An Insulting, Falling-Down Drunk.
Enrollment is still open, but spots are filling up fast!
She swears like crazy, but each time she lets loose with a profanity, she turns around and says “sorry” to the kid and parent.
Haha, sounds like CKim!! She once jumped up in her seat and shouted “WHAT THE FUCK!!!” just as the crowd quited down so she totally sounded like a crazed lunatic….everyone just sort of slowly turned around in their seats. I couldn’t help but laugh.
I’ve never seen the Kings on the road but I imagine I would be a tame visiting fan. When I see the Kings at home (Staples Center) I’m about a 5 or 6, unless I’m with my parents and then I turn into a 3 or 4. By now they’re used to me saying “[team name or player] SUCKS” and booing but I NEVER swear in front of them. When I watch games at home I’m all over the board depending on my mood.
I’m TiVo-ing the WJC game, so I might have to steer clear…
So am I–fortunately I don’t mind knowing the outcome ahead of time. Although if Canada wins I’m so cheering for Sweden.
The Sabres seem to have a block about shooting on Emery on top of their block about shooting period so I’m a little worried about tonight now. Though I’m stoked that Lindy finally listened to me and broke up Vanek and Roy.
Though I’m stoked that Lindy finally listened to me and broke up Vanek and Roy.
I was tempted to throw a party. Vanek with Connolly . . . it’s about damn time!
Enrollment is still open, but spots are filling up fast!
Okay, Earl, I enroll right now after the day I’ve had at work.
I need a drink. *facedesk*
I’m TiVo-ing the WJC game, so I might have to steer clear…
I keep forgetting that these things exist! I promise, no more updates from me. I apologize for my crassness.
**mutters to himself**
stupid, stupid, stupid self
**stops muttering**
I was tempted to throw a party. Vanek with Connolly . . . it’s about damn time!
I believe I have written proof somewhere that I wanted this all along. Good to know the coaching staff has been trolling the Top Shelf archives again ;-)
Matt, just get a DVR so you can live a time-delayed existence with the rest of us.
I believe I have written proof somewhere that I wanted this all along.
You do! I remember! You wanted them together aaaages ago.
Hey, Matt, it’s all cool! Don’t worry. No one said anything before the game about not wanting to know the results, so there was no way of you knowing people were TiVoing it. Spoilers are hard to avoid around here so you kind of enter IPB at your own risk. Although I will state here that we’ll be TiVoing the Sabres-Sens tonight and would appreicate no spoilers during the Devils game thread, please!
On that note, I’m leaving an hour early thanks to my very understanding boss! This means I can get a quick nap in before the Willful Caboosemobile rolls into the driveway. See you all later!
The Sabres seem to have a block about shooting on Emery on top of their block about shooting period so I’m a little worried about tonight now.
Yeah, one of the keys to beating Emery is to shoot on him, but alternatively, if they could just keep giving the puck to Chris Phillips, that might accomplish some goals-scored also.
That’s okay, Matt! I don’t want to stop any of your discussion about it. I might be the only one that cares. That wouldn’t be fair of me.
After a couple hours I’ll drop back by and not catch up on comments until I’ve watched it (or decided I just want to hear the score).
This means I can get a quick nap in before the Willful Caboosemobile rolls into the driveway.
Does it back into the driveway?
Heather, your card is super awesome!! I can’t believe she got them to sign “Get Well!”
I came across some ESPN sports show and they were discussing the Winter Classic and one guy seemed so disgusted with it and said, “and Ryan Miller was wearing a hat that he made out of a sock!” and the guy across from him said, “Who?” and the first guy said, “Ryan Miller!! The goalie!”
I immediately changed the channel because sports analysts should not be discussing the Winter Classic if they don’t even know who Ryan Miller is!!!
You do! I remember! You wanted them together aaaages ago.
I will stress again however that the success of the Connolly-Vanek pairing really rests on Vanek shooting the puck as opposed to passing it out from in front of the net. Though Earl might be on to something with the Chris Phillips method…
Ugh. It looks like I damaged my laptop hard drive when i dropped it last week. The sucker’s degrading fast and I think I need to replace the drive ASAP, before I manage to lose everything. Back later, after I fix this thing which will probably be at least tomorrow.
Does it back into the driveway?
Of course it does! What else would a Willful Caboosemobile do? (And yuckety-yuck!)
one of the keys to beating Emery is to shoot on him,
Is Emery still starting games??
I immediately changed the channel because sports analysts should not be discussing the Winter Classic if they don’t even know who Ryan Miller is!!!
Yeah, that’s pretty bad. That sounds like a “Pardon the Interruption” exchange. I love those guys but they should not talk about hockey ever. It hurts my head when they do.
Is Emery still starting games??
Evidently he is tonight. Because the Sabres refuse to shoot on him. (That’s my interpretation.)
Damnit, Matt is gone, and I was just going to beg him to talk hockey to me because Eurosport cut off my SJC feed. They’re showing TENNIS NEWS. I don’t want to hear about Raphael Nadal!
Is Emery still starting games??
Shocking, isn’t it.
This means I can get a quick nap in before the Willful Caboosemobile rolls into the driveway.
What, you don’t want it in the living room?
Yeah, that’s pretty bad. That sounds like a “Pardon the Interruption” exchange. I love those guys but they should not talk about hockey ever. It hurts my head when they do.
Did you see Wilbon dressed like a hockey goon for Halloween (black eye and Canucks sweater). They also did something yesterday, leading to a smackdown by Reali and an apology from Kornheiser. I couldn’t catch all of it, since my oven timer decided to go off at that moment.
Did you see Wilbon dressed like a hockey goon for Halloween (black eye and Canucks sweater)
And if you didn’t but want to see it, I have pictures.
“It probably is, yes! Just don’t expect me to say anything nice about Louie or the Doublemint Twins you’ve got over there… I’ll just keep my mouth shut. ;)”
Hee. Fair enough.
And hooray! I got back in time to watch the third period. Go Canada Go!
Karl Alzner is just asking me to have a crush on him. He makes his own clothes! Cute little button.
Karl Alzner is just asking me to have a crush on him. He makes his own clothes!
Alzner does WHAT? That’s so cutesy! (and sort of poor sounding. He’s not poor is he? Poor baby)
Did you see Wilbon dressed like a hockey goon for Halloween (black eye and Canucks sweater)
Ugh…yeah, I saw that.
And hooray! I got back in time to watch the third period. Go Canada Go!
Yay USA! (sorry, Canadians, but I gotta root for my country, too!)
“Did you see Wilbon dressed like a hockey goon for Halloween (black eye and Canucks sweater).”
That pissed me right off! I was losing it. And yes, I probably need help. If they actually knew something about hockey, I would have probably calmed down a little bit.
“Alzner does WHAT? That’s so cutesy! (and sort of poor sounding. He’s not poor is he? Poor baby)”
Hee. I don’t think he is. Apparently he just really loves clothes.
I really haven’t watched ESPN in years, ever since they turned their backs on hockey. I don’t know if you guys are fans of other sports, but if not, I’d recommend not watching it ever–I really can’t say I miss it.
Did you see Wilbon dressed like a hockey goon for Halloween (black eye and Canucks sweater). They also did something yesterday, leading to a smackdown by Reali and an apology from Kornheiser. I couldn’t catch all of it, since my oven timer decided to go off at that moment.
I didn’t catch either thing but I might have to check out the podcast to see what the smackdown was about. I usually enjoy it but I go through phases where I watch it every day and then phases where I don’t watch it at all. I used to get upset about their hockey talk but now I just roll my eyes and remind myself that they have no idea what they’re talking about.
Mags, I would love to see pictures!
I really haven’t watched ESPN in years, ever since they turned their backs on hockey. I don’t know if you guys are fans of other sports, but if not, I’d recommend not watching it ever–I really can’t say I miss it.
I used to watch SportsCenter almost every night before I went to sleep, but I loathe baseball and the insane amounts of baseball coverage made me leave the warm glow of SportsCenter.
I don’t miss it either.
Heather, give me a second and I’ll upload them on my Flickr. They’re not very good, what with being taken on my camera off my tiny TV, but they get the point across.
I don’t know if you guys are fans of other sports, but if not, I’d recommend not watching it ever–I really can’t say I miss it.
PTI is the only show I watch on a mostly regular basis. I haven’t purposely watched Sportscenter in years – I catch snatches here and there sometimes – which is sad because I grew up in the generation that watched it two or three times every morning because it was so good. I do watch Baseball Tonight here and there but even that fell off a little this past season. If I want all Yankees all the time, I’ll just turn on the local news. It also seemed to finally get dumbed down a little like most of ESPN’s other shows.
I didn’t catch either thing but I might have to check out the podcast to see what the smackdown was about.
Heather, it was in Reali’s errors segment at the end.
I used to watch SportsCenter almost every night before I went to sleep
I was reading that one of the anchors butchered the Sabres players – Richard Kotalik and Jason Peters are now apparently in our lineup. What makes that really funny is that Jason Peters is a Pro-Bowl football player for the Bills!
I don’t know if you guys are fans of other sports, but if not, I’d recommend not watching it ever–I really can’t say I miss it.
I sometimes enjoy tuning in just to PTI for my “non-hockey sports” fix (and yeah, Heather, you’re right that once you come to grips with the fact that they know nothing about the NHL, so when they do talk about it, it’s meaningless, it’s much easier to stomach), but other than that, if the network completely folded it would have no impact on my life.
The mispronunciation of hockey names is one of the things that drives me the most nuts about Sportscenter. I was only in journalism school for a couple of years but even I learned that you get people’s names right. I know some of them are slightly open to interpretation but it can’t be that hard for a major network to find out how a player says his name.
(I love Rick Jeanneret but his “Spa-chuck” drives me batty.)
I was only in journalism school for a couple of years
MSM ALERT!
I haven’t purposely watched Sportscenter in years – I catch snatches here and there sometimes – which is sad because I grew up in the generation that watched it two or three times every morning because it was so good.
I miss the old Sportscenter days! Those were good times. Back in the heyday of Olberman and Patrick, before their success ruined sports television for everyone. And more than the 11:00 pm Sportscenter, I loved the 5:00 pm one, with Charley Steiner. Where you’d get a low-key and fairly intelligent across-the-board pregame show for everything in the major sports that night. Oh, ESPN, why did you have to get popular by being smart, then decide to take over the world by being stupid?
MSM ALERT!
Hee!
If it helps, I quit because all the sports journalists I met were grouchy, cynical bastards who didn’t seem to like sports at all.
If it helps, I quit because all the sports journalists I met were grouchy, cynical bastards who didn’t seem to like sports at all.
Hmm, maybe I should become a professional football journalist, then.
And more than the 11:00 pm Sportscenter, I loved the 5:00 pm one, with Charley Steiner.
Charley Steiner’s bit at the end of the Y2K commercial is still my all-time favorite ESPN commercial. “Follow me! Follow me to freedom!”
Oh, ESPN, why did you have to get popular by being smart, then decide to take over the world by being stupid?
Crazy, isn’t it? I have to remind myself sometimes that ESPN really did use to be smart, funny journalism.
Hmm, maybe I should become a professional football journalist, then.
As far as I can tell, you’d fit right in. The more you hate football, the better.
(Mike Harrington of the Buffalo News is excepted. I’ve never met him but I like him.)
Oh, ESPN, why did you have to get popular by being smart, then decide to take over the world by being stupid?
Isn’t that how it always works. I don’t know though, I never watched ESPN. The closest I’ve ever gotten to sports television was watching Sports Night.
Charley Steiner’s bit at the end of the Y2K commercial is still my all-time favorite ESPN commercial. “Follow me! Follow me to freedom!”
Oh man, that was SO FUNNY. I also loved the one where they had the anchors doing line readings from “Jerry Maguire” and he got “You had me at hello”. But my all-time favorite was the one about how the ESPN anchors had their own endorsement deals, and his mock commercial was for a fried chicken/donut fast food restaurant. He’s there with a bucket of fried chicken and a box of donuts shouting, “I like the chicken! I like the donuts! I like the chicken and the donuts!”
What makes that really funny is that Jason Peters is a Pro-Bowl football player for the Bills!
That’s funny! In a sad way. (I don’t know who to feel worse for, the Sabres or poor Jason Peters.)
Around here, I’m very meh on football because it’s all Cowboys coverage all the time. I like to think that even the most casual Cowboys fan must know the entire roster by now. The entire D/FW metroplex seems to be having one massive conniption fit over how well the Cowboys have done this season and the stupid new stadium they’re getting.
The closest I’ve ever gotten to sports television was watching Sports Night.
That’s near the top of my Blockbuster queue right now. Figure I may as well watch some of those TV shows I’ve never gotten around to. It’s right behind season one of Veronica Mars.
Schnookie, I think it was the tie around his head in the Y2K commercial that really sold me. For some reason that totally cracks me up. I have to say, I don’t remember the chicken and donuts spot. I’ll have to see if it’s on YouTube.
Heather, picture is up on my flickr (linky)
I think it was the tie around his head in the Y2K commercial that really sold me.
Oh, I completely agree!
That’s near the top of my Blockbuster queue right now. Figure I may as well watch some of those TV shows I’ve never gotten around to.
They made Sorkin use a laugh-track for the first season, which is…awkward. But if you get through that it’s a good show.
Jason Peters is he of the groin injury against the Giants, no?
Mags, thanks for the picture! It’s actually pretty good considering it’s a picture of the TV! Wilbon’s kind of cute there, I have to say.
Meg, my little brother has been pushing Sportsnight on me for years. It seems like a show I’d like, I just never got around to it. But now I have time!
But now I have time!
The silence is only because I’m envious. I really should get bed-ridden somehow.
I really should get bed-ridden somehow.
Drink more.
Drink more.
You’re like a doctor, right? Can I use this advice as a prescription?
You’re like a doctor, right? Can I use this advice as a prescription?
Well, cirrhosis could put you on a transplant list. That will definitely make you bedridden!
I’m like, a dentist. But I did just spend 2 days reading all there is to know about liver metabolism. As a person operating in a medical field, I’d say drink less. As a person giving advise to promote your status to “bedridden”, DRINK MORE. Interpret it as you see fit.
I might be the only person in the world who sees the transition to bedridden as a “promotion” :)
I might be the only person in the world who sees the transition to bedridden as a “promotion”
I’m right there with you, Earl. I mean, obviously missing the Ice Bowl sucked, and the pain of the broken ankle sucks, but beyond that, I’m pretty damn jealous of Heather. :D
It’s supposed to rain a lot the next couple of days, Sleek. You could have an “accident”. :P
Wait, I’m not suggesting you commit fraud. Bad zot!
Um, I killed it, didn’t I?
You may have, zot, you may have.
if they could just keep giving the puck to Chris Phillips, that might accomplish some goals-scored also.
I see how it is T_T;
It’s not you, zot! I was just finishing up here to head home. And now it’s 5, so I’m outta here!
See you kids later for the Devils-Flyers diary — this one is “Improved! With more Katebits!” :D (Pommerdoodling!)
It’s ok, Sherry, the Sabres only like to give the puck away to people who can score on poor put-upon Miller.
“Improved! With more Katebits!”
You guys are just going to make Katebits do all the typing, aren’t you? Clever…
Ooh, it is 5! I’m out of hear too. Go Sabres (and Devils)!
Bye Schnookie! Have fun with Katebits!
Sherry, is ok *patpat* Does the fact that I’m going to stay awake to watch the Sens/Sabres game make you feel any better? (I don’t currently know who I’m rooting for though. Vinny is going to kill me, but I’m still having a fling with the Sens as my second team, over the Sabres and the Penguins. I’m going to burn)
Yikes! Here, not hear.
Does the fact that I’m going to stay awake to watch the Sens/Sabres game make you feel any better? (I don’t currently know who I’m rooting for though. Vinny is going to kill me, but I’m still having a fling with the Sens as my second team, over the Sabres and the Penguins. I’m going to burn)
You are not going to burn, Mags. Do it! Do it for me! I will totally protect you! I may be small but I’m feisty, dang it.
I hope I can watch the game tonight, I’m heading back to the Hammer and my friends are making me go to an ’80s dance night… uh yeah, I know.
and my friends are making me go to an ’80s dance night…
Those aren’t really friends, I take it. In California, we call those people “kidnappers”.
See you, Schnookie and Meg. Sherry, I won’t root for the Sens as a team, but I’ll root for players on the RFRs. :)
In California, we call those people “kidnappers”.
You mean friends don’t usually make you dress up like either a) Madonna or b) a metal band groupie on purpose while forcing you to dance to Cyndi Lauper? Crazy Americans :P
Goodness. Run while you can, Sherry. The 80s should never be revisited.
Show ‘em, Sherry. Dress up like Mr. T. You won’t be invited again.
Um, I killed it, didn’t I?
You didn’t kill it! I got busy! I’m around until 5:30 at least. (6:30 on -Ookie time.)
In California, we call those people “kidnappers”.
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Dress up like Mr. T. You won’t be invited again.
Don’t tempt me. Anybody have any bling I can borrow? :P
Sherry, I’ll even passively watch the Sens today. Kidnappers haven’t gotten to me yet!
And by “passively”, I mean it will be on the other TV while I play Katamari. Which means I probably won’t see any of it.
Sherry, I’ll even passively watch the Sens today. Kidnappers haven’t gotten to me yet!
As long as you’re cheering for them at the same time :P Clearly you owe it to them (and me).
Anyways time for dinner, bye IPB!
I mean it will be on the other TV while I play Katamari. Which means I probably won’t see any of it.
Our friend borrowed Katamari and now I really miss playing it! Gah.
Poor tormented Sherry! (I will do it for you. [Sorry, Vinny] I’ve invited my sister. This should make for entertaining TV. Perhaps I should liveblog her comments…)
They made Sorkin use a laugh-track for the first season, which is…awkward. But if you get through that it’s a good show.
ugh, I forgot about that. Despite the laugh track it is a good show. And for those that like Dirty Sexy Money</i?, Peter Krause is in Sports Night.
Whenever I watch PTI I pretty much assume (a) hockey will not be discussed and (b) in the slight chance that it is discussed Wilbon and Kornheiser will talk about a flagrant penalty and call for the NHL to revisit their stance on violence. The best PTI in recent memory was when JR was on the show at the start of the 2007 playoffs.
Heather, here’s Charley Steiner with chicken and donuts, if you’re interested (the video quality is really poor, sorry):
ESPN COMMERCIAL
we are so, so in a fight Mags :(
The Sabres and my newly sort-of-less-dislike for them will have me cheer for them tonight :D esp since it’s against the Sens!
So who’s not FIHTing at the moment? :P
Hmmm…I love Heater and Spezza…but the Sabres have Patches! Tough decision for me :D
Vinny, I said sorry!
Patches! He’s really quite adorkable. :D
And there’s Crunchy…and his commercials and photos.
aw Mags :( but it’s the Sens.
Vinny, it’s Fish! And Heater and Spizza Boy and A Marty Goalie and and and… I should hate them but I don’t. If Emery does something good though, all bets are off. Hate. Emery.
Plus, I have no seen cute!Patches. You cannot judge me.
Mags, I found your email address earlier in the thread and am sending you the cute Patches picture. Watch for an email from aimelena(at)gmail(dot)com.
Patches is a doll. Totally adorable. He drives me a little crazy on the ice, but he’s very cute.
Man, I hate that we don’t have a computer in the Discovery House at work. It’s not like I DO anything. You know what I did today? Fed a bearded dragon, held a snake for 10 minutes, and talked to maybe 35 people, tops. ALL DAY. The other 6 hours of my day were spent watching episodes of Firefly on my iPod. We need internet in the DH.
Anyway, at games, I’m about a 5.25, but I’m TOTALLY a 9 at home. If I’m watching with people, I’m not a 9, but if I’m by myself? It’s close to a 10 sometimes.
Also, all that talk upthread about Marty Turco made me a little teary-eyed. I would have gone to practice today and told him that he’s still awesome, but work got in the way.
The other 6 hours of my day were spent watching episodes of Firefly on my iPod.
Nothing wrong with that other than perhaps the size of the screen. My mom made me a Jayne hat for Christmas last year.
Maybe Crunchy learned Chinese from watching Firefly. Oh, and this is from way, way back, but remember how MamaCrunchy was rooting for Drew? It’s because she knew that Crunchy got in a “Yo Mama” fight. :P
It’s because she knew that Crunchy got in a “Yo Mama” fight. :P
You might be onto something there, zot. Maybe MamaCrunchy isn’t down with her son picking on other people’s mamas.
Nothing wrong with that other than perhaps the size of the screen. My mom made me a Jayne hat for Christmas last year.
I want a Jayne hat so bad. I suspect I’d look horrible wearing it, but whatever! I don’t care even a little.
Maybe Crunchy learned Chinese from watching Firefly.
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I want a Jayne hat so bad. I suspect I’d look horrible wearing it, but whatever! I don’t care even a little.
That’s the key really. You can’t care too much. Some people look at me kind of funny but it’s worth it for the occasional, “JAAAYNE! SWEEEET!”