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(Note: Pookie is working on Saturday, so anything that gets broadcast before 6 p.m. Eastern on Saturday will be witnessed by us on TiVo delay. Not that that affects the Versus programming, but we have no idea what the NHL Network has in store. They’re not offering swag, so we can’t be bothered to find out what their lineup looks like.)
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Not that that affects the Versus programming, but we have no idea what the NHL Network has in store. They’re not offering swag, so we can’t be bothered to find out what their lineup looks like.
That made me actually LOL.
I read in an e-newsletter this morning that nhl.com is supposed to have mondo coverage of the ASG, including dressing room access.
I saw that too, Amy! I can’t wait! I scoffed at the red carpet arrival thing last year, but it turned out be embarrasingly fun. It sounds like at least one hour of behind-the-scenes-ish stuff will be on while I’m still at work, but I suppose it will be better in the long run to be able to fast-forward over icky players like Neidermayer and Alfredsson.
I’m still working my way through last night’s comment thread, so I apologize if this is already mentioned, but did you hear that Sutter was so pissed at the team last night, he made them stay for a closed door workout after the game? If it wasn’t for NHLPA rules, he would have pulled a Herb Brooks and made them skate.
I hadn’t heard that about Sutter! (I haven’t read my Devils blogs yet today.) That’s awesome! He did that earlier this season, but to do it last night, on the night before the guys all go on vacation?!? HOLY CRAP! I LOVE BRENT SUTTER!!! HAHAHAHAHA!!!
Man, Brent Sutter is a total hardass. That’s fantastic.
I LOVE BRENT SUTTER!!! HAHAHAHAHA!!!
I like our coach, but right now – I love your coach the mostest.
I read in an e-newsletter this morning that nhl.com is supposed to have mondo coverage of the ASG, including dressing room access.
This is why I like the ASG. Lots of cool stuff like this that we never get to see.
I am IN LOVE with Sutter right now. Oh. My. God. That is SO AWESOME. I was going to suggest to Pookie that we write a post today about all the things we hoped Sutter had done with them, but which we know he didn’t because they were all on vacation as soon as the game was over (or in many of their cases, before it was over)… and now I found out he beat them into the ground as much as the PA would let him? FANTASTIC!!! HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!! Stupid fuckers.
Swagtastic!
I saw some Sutter comments after the game (and after the forced workout). He had some great lines, something about the players thinking about Vegas on the All-Star break
He had some great lines, something about the players thinking about Vegas on the All-Star break
I just saw those, too! I love that he doesn’t pull his punches when he’s taking snarky digs at the team after they tank. It must really confuse the players, though, after post-lockout era of Larry Robinson and Claude Julien just rolling over and accepting their coach-killing ways. They all sit there hearing Sutter say those things and think, “Wait, is he fighting back? That’s not supposed to happen…”
Swagtastic!
If need be, this is just the tip of the iceberg! I want that magnet board! :P
So I just got talking to a Rangers fan, right? I said, “Hey, big night last night, what with that Leetch retirement!” He was all, “Yeah, but what took them so long?! I mean, they should’ve done it after 1994.” I looked at him perplexed and said, “But… he was still playing…” The guy said, “So what?” He had no idea a player had to retire to get his number retired. Rangers fans. *shakes head sadly*
Rangers fans. *shakes head sadly*
Seriously. Poor saps.
The only hockey fan in my office is a Stars fan. He and I rarely talk hockey, though, because he has a young son and has kind of lost touch with the NHL. So this morning he said to me as we were walking in from the parking lot that he’s excited that next season his son is going to be old enough that he’ll be able to spend some time on watching hockey again, and is planning to get Center Ice. So I said some sort of pleasantry about the Stars in an effort to be all, “Hey! Face-to-face interaction about hockey! It could be fun!” and he snorted that the Stars are never going to win anything until they “scrap Modano”. He thinks he’s holding the team back, “like Gretzky’s teams at the end of his career”. So, Stars fans, do you all feel like Modano is to the Stars as Gretzky was to the Rangers?
He had no idea a player had to retire to get his number retired.
Wow. Isn’t it kind of common sense to a fan of any sport that numbers are retired only after a player has stopped playing?
He thinks he’s holding the team back, “like Gretzky’s teams at the end of his career”. So, Stars fans, do you all feel like Modano is to the Stars as Gretzky was to the Rangers?
No, I don’t think so at all. While Mo’s production on points isn’t necessarily what it used to be, he’s good on the power play, plays on the PK fairly well and so on and so forth. I have little complaint with Mo. After next season, I believe, Mo’s four year contract extension expires, and he’s flat out said he will take it on a year to year basis and then move into the front office. It’s my understanding there’s already been discussions with the Stars about where he will go in the offices when he’s ready.
Mo’s not dragging the team down heavily; he’s probably, I would say, in about the middle of the pack, play-wise. (His plus minus this season is pretty ugly, though.) He’s not as great as he used to be, but he’s not terrible, either. He’s just a player getting older.
What’s really hurting us in my opinion right now is stuff like trading a first round draft pick for Matty Norstrom. Really nice dude, but we’re paying him $4.25 million a year right now to fall over Marty Turco. (Hey, I can do that too!)
It’s nice to have Mo there. If your friend is looking to place blame somewhere, there’s a lot of people and things to blame, I don’t think Modano’s one of them.
It’s nice to have Mo there. If your friend is looking to place blame somewhere, there’s a lot of people and things to blame, I don’t think Modano’s one of them.
That’s kind of what I thought. This guy is one of those people who, at first, sounds like he really knows what he’s talking about, but the more you discuss hockey with him, the more you realize he really doesn’t. It’s a step above the “I only know the names of the superstar players! Hey, is Patrick Roy still in Colorado?” kind of guy, but almost more frustrating, because for a glorious few moments you think you’ve found a fellow serious fan, but then your hopes are dashed.
This guy is one of those people who, at first, sounds like he really knows what he’s talking about, but the more you discuss hockey with him, the more you realize he really doesn’t.
Oh, yeah. One of my coworkers yesterday told me, “How great is it that Brett Hull got to retire with the Stars?” and I asked her, “…Seriously?”
I feel terrible for Mo. I’m glad the fans love him so much, because the past couple years, between the injuries and the stupid stress of the records, along with how he got treated by management, made me feel so horrible for him.
Whoa! The Sabres won? Weird. How do I deal with this? Sorry Stars fans! This is totally not the way things were supposed to go!
But the internet hates me. Not only can’t I see Yo-Yo’s sexy, game-saving move everyone’s been talking about, but his post-game interview is available online only as an audio file. I think Yo-Yo arranged this on purpose. He’s still sore about our last phone conversation. I’m sorry! I wish I could be there! Really! (Okay, maybe not really.)
(And Caitlin, don’t think I didn’t see you trying to make a move on my man without me around last night. BACK OFF! Just kidding… he is quite fetching isn’t he?)
And Caitlin, don’t think I didn’t see you trying to make a move on my man without me around last night. BACK OFF! Just kidding… he is quite fetching isn’t he?)
I was thinking fondly of you, Gambler, because Yo-Yo is awesome! He is quite fetching! (Sorry about moving in on your man… :D)
The Yo-Yo liking must remain a secret; I’m afraid Stars fans would stone me to death were they ever to find out.
He had no idea a player had to retire to get his number retired. Rangers fans. *shakes head sadly*
Did he think Leetch would skate around with his jersey just missing the number? With torn stitches hanging off of it? And the area that had been covered with the “2″ slightly less faded than the rest of his shirt?
Did he think Leetch would skate around with his jersey just missing the number? With torn stitches hanging off of it? And the area that had been covered with the “2″ slightly less faded than the rest of his shirt?
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Yeah, he’d totally have this phantom “2″ outlined in blue, dangling, torn stitches on his white sweater. It’s very poignant when you retire a guy’s number while he’s still playing.
Hee! Supposedly the Panthers are giving away 5 flat screen tvs for every goal Lui lets in when the Canucks play there on Feb 1st. He’s totally going to get a shutout now.
It’s nice to have Mo there. If your friend is looking to place blame somewhere, there’s a lot of people and things to blame, I don’t think Modano’s one of them.
I agree with Caitlin. I still think Modano contributes a lot. I think it’s cool when your fastest and flashiest player is also one of your best checkers. He’s great on the penalty kill and the power play. And I could watch him do that creepy stick-check stuff all day.
I laugh when non-Stars broadcasters and analysts (Eddie Olczyk) think that the proof that he’s no good is that he’s killing penalties. When that’s really the proof that he is good. And I hear people talk about what a bad idea it is to have a forward on the point for the PP, but Modano is great at it.
Hee! Supposedly the Panthers are giving away 5 flat screen tvs for every goal Lui lets in when the Canucks play there on Feb 1st. He’s totally going to get a shutout now.
Haha! That’s sooooo minor-league promotion-y of them!
Did y’all email the marketing lady about your posts? If anybody gets two magnet boards, save one for me, because I’m sure I’m doing it wrong.
That’s sooooo minor-league promotion-y of them!
Well, considering it is the Panthers, just about everything they do is minor-league-y. Am I right or am I right? ZING! BURN! Yeah… sigh.
I laugh when non-Stars broadcasters and analysts (Eddie Olczyk) think that the proof that he’s no good is that he’s killing penalties.
I find that really bizarre that anyone would say that, because I thought the ability for a forward to play on the PK was a measure of their all-around game. I have always thought it was sort of a standard belief that if a guy who was vying for “best player on his team” status wasn’t able to play on the PK, there was something wrong with him. Whether he actually played on the PK or not, it’s always seemed to me that it’s meant as a knock against them if they couldn’t. *Cough*Scott Gomez*Cough*
That’s sooooo minor-league promotion-y of them!
Well, considering it is the Panthers, just about everything they do is minor-league-y. Am I right or am I right? ZING! BURN! Yeah… sigh.
I laugh when non-Stars broadcasters and analysts (Eddie Olczyk) think that the proof that he’s no good is that he’s killing penalties.
I find that really bizarre that anyone would say that, because I thought the ability for a forward to play on the PK was a measure of their all-around game. I have always thought it was sort of a standard belief that if a guy who was vying for “best player on his team” status wasn’t able to play on the PK, there was something wrong with him. Whether he actually played on the PK or not, it’s always seemed to me that it’s meant as a knock against them if they couldn’t. *Cough*Scott Gomez*Cough*
Did y’all email the marketing lady about your posts? If anybody gets two magnet boards, save one for me, because I’m sure I’m doing it wrong.
We totally emailed her. And we will continue emailing her with links to all the posts we write this weekend. And then we’ll continue emailing her until we get our magnet board. (I’m sure you’re doing it right, Patty. I mean, you did exactly what we did, didn’t you?)
Did y’all email the marketing lady about your posts?
Not yet, no. See how optimistically I say, “yet”!
Pookie, I thought we did email her.
I am loving Sutter more and more. His style isn’t at all unusual in the WHL, where teams are regularly punished with post-game workouts. But I think it’s awesome he didn’t feel the need to adjust that style much, now that he’s coaching millionaires instead of kids.
I also love that he’s a hardass, demanding coach, but doesn’t freak out about the little things (like when Asham yelled at him during practice a few weeks back). He just yells back. Seems to me that’s actually a sign of respecting his players.
Whoa… the rare time when the -Ookies say the opposite!
:D
I emailed her. I want to add another post, but I don’t want the banner to be lost. I probably should have pointed out that people need to click on it. :D
Somebody mentioned that the NHL Network is going to be covering it like mad. Now I really can’t wait.
I’m not an Eklund fan, lemme just say that right now. But back during the lockout I subscribed to his email and I just read the headline without opening it, usually. But the little flyout preview says that his latest claim is that the Turco for St. Louis swap is “close to being a done deal.”
I just wanna punch that guy.
I laugh when non-Stars broadcasters and analysts (Eddie Olczyk) think that the proof that he’s no good is that he’s killing penalties.
Wow, that’s a really stupid thing for Eddie O. to say.
I find that really bizarre that anyone would say that, because I thought the ability for a forward to play on the PK was a measure of their all-around game. I have always thought it was sort of a standard belief that if a guy who was vying for “best player on his team” status wasn’t able to play on the PK, there was something wrong with him.
Total agreement. If I were a top-end NHL player, I’d be embarassed if I weren’t at least competent on the PK. If you’re the best player on your team, your coach should be able to throw you out at ANY MOMENT like a secret weapon.
Not… “damn, it’s 5 minutes left in the 3rd period of Cup FInals, Game Seven…we really need some help right now. I know! I’ll send out Speedy McAwesome, my star player! …as soon as this PK is over, or he’ll lose us the game.”
IMO, sorta related, a star player should also be at least competent in more than one position, and with assorted linemates. If you have to try seventeen line combos before Speedy McAwesome gets his shit together, he’s not a true franchise player. (*cough*Jagr*cough*)
I think the NHL Network is devoting a sizable chunk of their coverage to a coaches’ roundtable or something stupid like that. I was all excited about the promised coverage, but then Pookie read off what they were talking about, and got less and less excited with each thing she mentioned. Of course, I might be making that up. I’m not a very good listener.
I find that really bizarre that anyone would say that, because I thought the ability for a forward to play on the PK was a measure of their all-around game.
I just went and compared the shift report to the box score for last night’s game, and Vanek played less than 20 seconds on the PK. And in the Phoenix game he played less than a minute on the PK. The team is paying him $10 mil and he doesn’t play a lot on the PK?
Is it that weird old guy on On the Fly?
Just when I start getting to the point where I think he’s just eccentric and kind of charming, he starts to get on my nerves again. :D
The team is paying him $10 mil and he doesn’t play a lot on the PK?
Poor guy. I feel so sorry for him, for some reason. :D
Eddie O. said that in a game during a Modano scoring (kind of) slump. I think he was just jumping to conclusions. :D
If you have to try seventeen line combos before Speedy McAwesome gets his shit together, he’s not a true franchise player. (*cough*Jagr*cough*)
I agree in large part with this, but I agree while admitting that I’m using the idea of “franchise player” when I really mean “franchise player in a vacuum”. I mean, the last two seasons, when he was paired with Nylander, Jagr was a “franchise player”. There are so many mitigating factors when you’re talking about what makes a hockey team work, and especially when you’re looking at what makes a player work. This is not to say that I hold Jagr up as a golden standard of fabulousness, or that I don’t think he deserves to be lambasted for how he’s played this season, but sort of like with the notion of which guys are great captains and which ones aren’t, I think a lot of the perception of the true “franchise player” has to do with time, place and circumstance.
Hee! Speedy McAwesome!
Can I use that for Nik Hagman’s new nickname, mara? And I will not be using it sarcastically. Because he’s speedy and he’s McAwesome!
The team is paying him $10 mil and he doesn’t play a lot on the PK?
Scott Gomez much?
Poor guy. I feel so sorry for him, for some reason.
I do too in a way. Sometimes I forget that he’s just 23, has had all this money thrown at him, lives in the Buffalo fishbowl, has a new baby, and is in a scoring slump. If I were him, I’d be a hot mess by now.
I just went and compared the shift report to the box score for last night’s game, and Vanek played less than 20 seconds on the PK. And in the Phoenix game he played less than a minute on the PK. The team is paying him $10 mil and he doesn’t play a lot on the PK?
Yeah, Vanek’s really never killed penalties. The only reason he gets the PK time he does is because Ruff likes to get him out at the very end once in a while to try and create a mismatch of sorts. Then again, the Sabres aren’t really short on penalty killing forwards and he might learn to do it as he gets older. Of all the things that bother me about Vanek that’s not really one of them.
Although I do love how versatile a player like Roy is.
I think a lot of the perception of the true “franchise player” has to do with time, place and circumstance.
Oh, I certainly agree with that, too. You’re entirely too reasonable. :)
But it’s so much fun to rip on Jagr as a shining example of How Superstars Should Not Be. Is there anything likeable about the guy besides his skill (which we so rarely see anyway)?
Sometimes I forget that he’s just 23
Hopefully, in future seasons, you can look back and say, “Remember when we all thought he was a big bust? I’m so glad we kept him around because now he’s leading the league.”
(That’s what Tampa Bay is probably saying about Vinny, eh?)
Can I use that for Nik Hagman’s new nickname, mara?
Feel free, Patty! I forfeit my intellectual property rights for you!
Hmmm…Pinky and the Brain don’t penalty kill. Does that mean they suck? :D
You’re entirely too reasonable. :)
I don’t know what came over me! :D
But it’s so much fun to rip on Jagr as a shining example of How Superstars Should Not Be.
Oh my god, is it ever! The thing I like best about the Jagr situation right now is that he’s getting shunted off to the side now because the Rangers made some changes in the offseason looking to the bright, Jagrless future… and those changes are making their giant-money, franchise players Scott Gomez and Chris Drury. I mean, scoff all you want about Jagr, but any way you slice it, that’s a HUGE step down. That Glen Sather. He’s just so fantastic. :P
But Matty O is awesome on the penalty kill ;D
Hmmm…Pinky and the Brain don’t penalty kill. Does that mean they suck? :D
Hee. I think there are all different reasons for players not to penalty kill. Some teams have a lot of players who do it well, some coaches like to distribute ice time so their star offensive players don’t get tired killing penalties, etc. Much like franchise players, penalty killers don’t exist in a vacuum. I’m more worried when players don’t play a responsible defensive game 5-on-5.
Personally, I’m rooting for Jagr from now until the end of the season. From what I understand, he needs to hit certain quotas in order for his contract to be automatically renewed. The way I see it, the longer Jagr is in NY, the longer Chris Drury is miserable.
Hmmm…Pinky and the Brain don’t penalty kill. Does that mean they suck? :D
I hate to have to tell you this, alix, but yes. It does mean they suck. :P
(The Devils are actually a lot like the Sabres in that there are so many forwards who are really good on the PK that the “top line” guys don’t get called on very often to do it. But they all can. The only forward we’ve had in the last few years who got lots of ice time but couldn’t be trusted if he was forced to kill a penalty was Gomez.)
The way I see it, the longer Jagr is in NY, the longer Chris Drury is miserable.
The thing is, the longer Jagr’s in NY, the longer the media and fans are willing to ignore that Drury is -12 and has, like, 3 points. When Jagr’s gone, and Drury’s suddenly thrust into the big-money, superstar, face-of-the-franchise role his contract demands, he’ll be even more unhappy!
Hmmm…Pinky and the Brain don’t penalty kill. Does that mean they suck? :D
I read on that Penalty Killing blog that if you don’t kill penalties, you do suck. So sorry, alix!
Just kidding! They are probably just down on the depth chart. Ribeiro doesn’t kill penalties as a rule, but I have seen him do it in those games where there are so many penalties that he’s stiffening up on the bench so they put him out so he can keep warm. :D
Oooooh. That’s a good point, Schnookie. I hadn’t thought of it that way.
he’s getting shunted off to the side now because the Rangers made some changes in the offseason looking to the bright, Jagrless future… and those changes are making their giant-money, franchise players Scott Gomez and Chris Drury.
And Jagr’s got all those quotes out right now about how he’d like nothing better than to re-sign and stay in New York, sounding like he’s trying to reassure the Rangers and their fans, and you can practically hear the Rangers (and their fans) in the background saying “sorry, are you assuming that we want you to re-sign?”
I don’t think he’s capable of comprehending the fact that he’s just not making that team much better right now, and they MIGHT ACTUALLY NOT WANT HIM.
But they all can.
And that right there is where they differ from the Sabres. I don’t think Lindy would let Afinogenov near the PK with a ten foot pole, and Vanek and Stafford probably really can’t penalty kill either at the NHL level. But I think Stafford (and to a lesser extent Vanek) play the kind of game where they could wind up learning how to do it. They’re just so far down the list right now they would never get a chance in the first place.
The way I see it, the longer Jagr is in NY, the longer Chris Drury is miserable.
The thing is, the longer Jagr’s in NY, the longer the media and fans are willing to ignore that Drury is -12 and has, like, 3 points. When Jagr’s gone, and Drury’s suddenly thrust into the big-money, superstar, face-of-the-franchise role his contract demands, he’ll be even more unhappy!
So really, it’s win-win for Devils fans.
I don’t think he’s capable of comprehending the fact that he’s just not making that team much better right now, and they MIGHT ACTUALLY NOT WANT HIM.
He’s probably so used to the Rangers wanting players that don’t make the team better. :D
So really, it’s win-win for Devils fans.
Yup! :D (Well, it’s a win-win for as long as Renney’s coaching them and Hank doesn’t have a full season of quality goaltending in him. If either of those things change, Devils fans might have reason to be unhappy…)
Hank doesn’t have a full season of quality goaltending in him.
I’m certainly more afraid of him finally living up to his hype than of Pretty Ricky ever managing it.
Whoa… the rare time when the -Ookies say the opposite!
Sorry, sorry! @@@ I misread you, Patty! I thought you’d asked if we’d heard back from her yet! Sorry, I was distracted and all day I’ve been wondering why I hadn’t heard back yet about my magnet board, so I read what I wanted to read, not what you said. We did in fact email her. Like Schnookie said. This is a rare istance in which she was right and I was wrong. Don’t get used to it!
I have also not heard back about my magnet board and I’m growing concerned.
I have also not heard back about my magnet board and I’m growing concerned.
I know! Did I go all swag-faced whore for NOTHING? Or were there never any magnet boards? Am I going to be given a travel mug and told I’ll get nothing else and I’ll like it? I’m starting to freak out — selling out is emotionally exhausting!
I’m growing gravely concerned. I fear Gene the Wonder Fridge is getting cold with that big bare magent-board-shaped spot on his door.
I know! Did I go all swag-faced whore for NOTHING?
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I fear Gene the Wonder Fridge is getting cold with that big bare magent-board-shaped spot on his door.
I think you mean colder.
No need for cinnamon rolls, Pookie! Save those for when you really insult me. :D
I would kill myself if all this whoring only lead to a travel mug. I already feel hideously violated…..a travel mug would just really send me over the edge.
The funny thing is that I actually really like the Vs. banner in my sidebar. It makes me feel fancy.
I wouldn’t fret yet, one of the women I talked to said they were expecting the shipment from Versus, so I don’t know if they’ve even gotten the stuff to send out yet ;)
The funny thing is that I actually really like the Vs. banner in my sidebar. It makes me feel fancy.
I felt like I was at NHL.com when I was over at TWC this morning. It does look very professional.
I felt like I was at NHL.com when I was over at TWC this morning.
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Maybe I just like being a whore, and I don’t even need magnet boards as motivation. It’s a lifestyle choice, man.
I also was surprised to see how nice and swanky it looked on TWC! IPB’s not prepared for that kind of swank, so only in-posts banners for us.
It’s a lifestyle choice, man.
Oh, of course! I wouldn’t suggest you’re just in it for the swag. You’re not cheap and easy like some people I know. (I don’t know who I’m suggesting is cheap and easy. Pookie and me, I think.)
Well, I’m not going to lie. I got into it for the swag, but I’m staying in the “business” because I enjoy it. :P
All in the game*.
*the swag game that is
All in the game*.
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I’m thinking of putting the banner in my sidebar, too, so it doesn’t get buried on later posts. I don’t want her to not notice it when she visits.
It’s a lifestyle choice, man.
You never know if you’re gonna like something until you try it.
I’m thinking of putting the banner in my sidebar, too, so it doesn’t get buried on later posts. I don’t want her to not notice it when she visits.
How many posts are you planning on writing between now and the actual ASG? I mean, there aren’t that many days to be burying the banner, are there?
…buried *under* later posts… Sheesh.
How many posts are you planning on writing between now and the actual ASG?
I still have the Sabres post-game (I am always way late with those), and I have a couple more A-SG ideas. But I’m pretty lazy. They might not show up until Sunday night. :D
Can you post-date a post so it stays on top? I know you can on LJ.
Really nice dude, but we’re paying him $4.25 million a year right now to fall over Marty Turco.
Yeah, well our fall-over-the-goalie d-man wants 6+ so you guys have a total bargain on your hands :-) (No, I’m not letting it go.)
Thank goodness for All-Star breaks. I have like, 3 or 4 days to love my team without them ruining it!
Thank goodness for All-Star breaks. I have like, 3 or 4 days to love my team without them ruining it!
I know . . . it’s so nice to feel cheery about the team for a change. Of course they’ll probably promptly lose to Tampa immediately after the break thereby squashing those good feelings. But still!
our fall-over-the-goalie d-man wants 6+
That better be some damn impressive flailing he’s doing.
That better be some damn impressive flailing he’s doing.
He’s good at it, I’ll give him that :-)
Of course they’ll probably promptly lose to Tampa immediately after the break thereby squashing those good feelings. But still!
Gah! You’re thinking too far ahead, Meg!
All right, all right! I won’t talk about Brian Campbell anymore. Sheesh, I get the message!
Yeah, Heather, you’ve really wrung that topic dry, I think. :P
Actually, the hockey topic on my mind today is that having a long hockey weekend makes me feel like I shouldn’t have to work either. Does anyone else feel this way?
Schnookie, the weekend can’t come soon enough. I have a bunch of work to do and even less motivation than usual today.
the hockey topic on my mind today is that having a long hockey weekend makes me feel like I shouldn’t have to work either.
Agreed! (not that I was doing any work today, but that’s beside the point)
Actually, the hockey topic on my mind today is that having a long hockey weekend makes me feel like I shouldn’t have to work either. Does anyone else feel this way?
Hmmmm… No, not really :P
This has been the slowest week EVER, and I didn’t even have to work on Monday. I honestly feel like it should have been Friday two days ago. I am just completely drained this week.
Actually, the hockey topic on my mind today is that having a long hockey weekend makes me feel like I shouldn’t have to work either. Does anyone else feel this way?
Yes. For about the first half hour after my alarm went off, I thought it was Saturday.
We’re all wrecks today! And we don’t have the warm, comforting embrace of real hockey again until TUESDAY! It’s so AWFUL! :D
This has been the slowest week EVER, and I didn’t even have to work on Monday. I honestly feel like it should have been Friday two days ago. I am just completely drained this week.
Tell me about it, I was totally whining to my roommate about this yesterday in between complaining about the totally over the top display of affection taking place in the seats immediately in front of us. I was all, “I can’t wait for this week to be over–and really, what do they think they are, fifteen!–it’s just seemed really endless.”
This has been the slowest week EVER
Just abouts, yeah. I haven’t been to school since Tuesday, because of my leg, and getting progressively more ill. Which culminated yesterday morning in 3 spontaneous nosebleeds and my mother deciding (not me, I was all for just waiting for it to go away. So stupid) that maybe that wasn’t healthy and taking me to see the dr. I want this week to end, so that maybe the sick can end too.
“I can’t wait for this week to be over–and really, what do they think they are, fifteen!–it’s just seemed really endless.”
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That’s awful, Meg! (And really, I feel like I can barely remember a time when it wasn’t this week, you know? I’m looking back like, “Yeah, I think I’ve always, my entire life, been stuck in this week.”)
And Mags, I’m so sorry you’re sick! Get better soon!
That’s awful, Meg!
Hee . . . A few years back my parents went to a Bills game during which a couple got kicked out of the stands for having sex. I feel like this was kind of the ballet equivalent. As in, they were fully clothed and all but it seemed equally inappropriate. So in retrospect, pretty funny, but at the time it was one of several annoying things.
“I can’t wait for this week to be over–and really, what do they think they are, fifteen!–it’s just seemed really endless.”
*grin*
Schnookie, thanks :) I’ll get better. I just want to be better now, y’know.
A few years back my parents went to a Bills game during which a couple got kicked out of the stands for having sex.
Are you serious? That’s just… wow.
Are you serious? That’s just… wow.
I know, right? I can’t recall but I certainly hope it was before it got cold.
A few years back my parents went to a Bills game during which a couple got kicked out of the stands for having sex.
Wow! I’m impressed!
I can’t recall but I certainly hope it was before it got cold.
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This week has been so slow, I swear it should be next Friday today.
But at least it’s Friday now, and payday, which helps even more. And I’m going snowboarding tomorrow.
And I’m going snowboarding tomorrow.
Ooh, fun . . . enjoy!
I’m going snowboarding tomorrow.
Wheeeee! Have fun!
I just want to be better now, y’know.
Ugh, I know that feeling!
This week has gone by so slowly. This day has gone by incredibly slow and I am ready to go home rightnowthanks.
We’re all wrecks today! And we don’t have the warm, comforting embrace of real hockey again until TUESDAY! It’s so AWFUL! :D
I, for one, am glad for lack of real hockey until whenever it is the Stars go play the Canucks.
Thanks, Meg and Mags, I shall try! Just send some good mountain weather vibes my way. :)
Random: I just found a pattern for a knitted hedgehog, and I feel compelled to make one in red and black and name him Zach…
And we don’t have the warm, comforting embrace of real hockey again until TUESDAY! It’s so AWFUL! :D
I’m chalking 50% of the feeling like shit up to “no hockey tonight”. I blame you, hockey. You’re letting me down.
Mara, if need be, I’ll hop on a plane and personally bring you snow, but I doubt homeland security would let me in.
This week has been endless and I still have to work tomorrow! Because of going to New Orleans and working weekends, from Jan 14 to Feb 1 I’ll have a grand total of 2 days that I didn’t/won’t have to wake up early.
Random: I just found a pattern for a knitted hedgehog, and I feel compelled to make one in red and black and name him Zach…
That sounds adorable.
I was reading the descriptions of the events in the skills competition. Is it me, or do the descriptions make everything sound needlessly complicated?
I fear Gene the Wonder Fridge is getting cold with that big bare magent-board-shaped spot on his door.
Okay, I’m a little late, but have you Ookies really named your fridge after Wet Hot American Summer? That’s… beyond awesome! (Christopher Meloni is a small crush of mine.)
Mags, in the words of Crunchy on Heather’s card: Get well. (The “Or else” is implied.)
Gambler, I’m so sorry you missed the game last night! Jochen was Smokin’ like nothing else!
It’s like Lui said, I finally got a big win and now we have to go on a break? Boo. Although I’m sure he wasn’t really booing because he gets to go down to Florida to see the wifey.
“I, for one, am glad for lack of real hockey until whenever it is the Stars go play the Canucks.”
Tuesday! I’m actually really pumped for that game! It seems like we haven’t seen your Stars in forever. Get ready to…shoot Stars…like a shooting star…or burn out Stars…I don’t know! Your team name is hard to work with in that context.
Okay, I’m a little late, but have you Ookies really named your fridge after Wet Hot American Summer?
You better believe it!
Now if you’ll excuse me, I’m gonna go hump the fridge.
Get well. (The “Or else” is implied.)
Or else what, Crunchy? You and your skinny butt are going to make me? :P
Get ready to…shoot Stars…like a shooting star…or burn out Stars…I don’t know! Your team name is hard to work with in that context.
Make like a falling star and burn to cinders? I dunno.
Okay, I’m a little late, but have you Ookies really named your fridge after Wet Hot American Summer?
We were on a “someday we’ll get to remodel the kitchen” fantasy shopping tour of Expo, just looking at high-end appliances and various materials and stuff, and there in the middle of the fridge section was the Leibherr. We were getting kind of tired and spacey and a little bored with being there, and one glance at the Liebherr had me running over to it and saying to Pookie and Boomer, “Now if you’ll excuse me, I’m going to go hump the fridge.” I mean, how could we not call it Gene?
Jochen was Smokin’ like nothing else!
Yeah, but only where I couldn’t see him! And I saw him making the pretty eyes at Caitlin! He’s forgotten all about me! *weeps*
Man… I’m going a little nutso without hockey. And here I was thinking the opposite was true.
I’m actually really pumped for that game! It seems like we haven’t seen your Stars in forever. Get ready to…shoot Stars…like a shooting star…or burn out Stars…I don’t know! Your team name is hard to work with in that context.
Hee! It also makes it hard for us to have a mascot, something for which I am eternally grateful.
Jen informed me that Razor has taken up calling the guys “the Twinkles” if that’s helpful. ;)
Now if you’ll excuse me, I’m gonna go hump the fridge.
Well I can’t blame you. As I remember, Gene is quite a humpable fridge!
Oooh yum! Taylor Kitsch aka Tim Riggins is one of the celebrity judges for the All Star shoot out thingy. He is fiiiine. One more reason to tune in.
Yeah, but only where I couldn’t see him! And I saw him making the pretty eyes at Caitlin! He’s forgotten all about me! *weeps*
They showed a bench shot of him and he looked depressingly sad. He was mourning you, Gambler!
He was too grief-stricken to even notice me. ;D
Taylor Kitsch aka Tim Riggins is one of the celebrity judges for the All Star shoot out thingy.
Who?
“Hee! It also makes it hard for us to have a mascot, something for which I am eternally grateful.”
Hee! You mean you don’t want a big fuzzy star that steals children and makes out with Pam Anderson?
“Jen informed me that Razor has taken up calling the guys “the Twinkles” if that’s helpful. ;)”
HA! Razor is my new favourite Non Canucks play by play/color guy.
Taylor Kitsch aka Tim Riggins is one of the celebrity judges for the All Star shoot out thingy.
Is he really? Holy cow.
Who?
I’m with you, Mara. Of course, I stopped paying attention to celebrities sometime around Gary Cooper, so I fully put forth that I’m an old fuddy-dud. :P
“Who?”
Oh sorry, I forgot not everyone watches Friday Night Lights obsessively. He plays one of the football players and he’s Canadian and apparently plays hockey.
Jen informed me that Razor has taken up calling the guys “the Twinkles” if that’s helpful. ;)
Start calling them “the Twinkies” and the crowd demographics might change a little.
Hee! You mean you don’t want a big fuzzy star that steals children and makes out with Pam Anderson?
Eww, no! And for the record, I’m still highly upset that your mascot seems to have mated and spawned. WRONG.
Razor is my new favourite Non Canucks play by play/color guy.
Razor and I are getting married. He just doesn’t know it yet.
Who?
I’m with you, Mara.
I’m looking for a good picture. Gimme a sec (and I suddenly feel less ill! Who knew pretty people could cure disease?)
I’m with you, Mara. Of course, I stopped paying attention to celebrities sometime around Gary Cooper, so I fully put forth that I’m an old fuddy-dud. :P
I don’t watch live TV (except for sports), so I’m always behind. IF I happen to like a show (and there are about four I like), I watch it a season late, on DVD.
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Oh sorry, I forgot not everyone watches Friday Night Lights obsessively. He plays one of the football players and he’s Canadian and apparently plays hockey.
I didn’t like the movie enough to bother with the show, so I have no idea who’s in it.
Just googled him…nice body but the face and hair aren’t doin’ it for me.
I stopped paying attention to celebrities sometime around Gary Cooper, so I fully put forth that I’m an old fuddy-dud.
Whatever, Gary Cooper was the man.
So was Robert Mitchum.
I still would rather rewatch a bunch of old movies than watch half the stuff released in theaters.
Is it bad that I’m sitting at my desk, at work, alternately surfing the web and playing Cooking Mama 2 on my DS?
nice body but the face and hair aren’t doin’ it for me.
I’ll give you the hair, but the rest… nah. Pretty man.
Is it bad that I’m sitting at my desk, at work, alternately surfing the web and playing Cooking Mama 2 on my DS?
Rhetorical question?
I’ll give you the hair, but the rest… nah. Pretty man.
If we all drooled over the same guys, some guys would be very busy and some would be very lonely. :)
“Eww, no! And for the record, I’m still highly upset that your mascot seems to have mated and spawned. WRONG.”
HA! But baby Fin is so cute! Fin’s doing an all star mascots blog. He’s a very smart orca.
For the record, season one of Friday Night Lights is available on DVD and it is, IMHO, one of the best seasons of TV ever. Seriously.
Yeah, but only where I couldn’t see him! And I saw him making the pretty eyes at Caitlin! He’s forgotten all about me! *weeps*
Gambler, Yo-Yo asked me after the game if you were watching. When I said no, he said, “Oh,” very softly and shuffled off. He misses you so much!
If we all drooled over the same guys, some guys would be very busy and some would be very lonely. :)
Very true.
He’s a very smart orca.
….Wait, the orca is blogging? How is that possible? He doesn’t have fingers! …He doesn’t have HANDS, technically.
Can Fin type with, well, fins?
I didn’t like the movie enough to bother with the show, so I have no idea who’s in it.
I was underwhelmed by the movie but the show is awesome. Seriously, people! I’m telling you! (Second season has been a little more uneven. But the first season is TV perfection.)
I was underwhelmed by the movie but the show is awesome. Seriously, people! I’m telling you!
Loved the movie, loved the book, very meh on the TV show; don’t know why.
Whatever, Gary Cooper was the man.
So was Robert Mitchum.
I’ll see your Gary Cooper and Robert Mitchum and raise you one Cary Grant and one Steve McQueen.
I just finished season 2 of Deadwood, season 1 of The Tudors, and I’m in the middle of season 4 of Las Vegas and season 3 of House.
Next I want season 3 of Deadwood and season 1 of Rome, so I’m a little busy. :)
Perhaps Fin dictates his blog through whale noise-recognition software.
I’ll see your Gary Cooper and Robert Mitchum and raise you one Cary Grant and one Steve McQueen.
And don’t forget one Paul Newman. Those eyes kill me every time. And he’s been happily married to Joanne Woodward for 50 years. God bless ‘em.
Wait, the orca is blogging? How is that possible?
If an orca is blogging, I demand that a sabretooth tiger cat mascot blog. He at least has paws to type.
And Fin’s blog is kind of cute. But in one of the pictures on Fin’s bio page, the Nashville mascot looks like a disturbingly feminine version of Sabretooth.
I’ll see your Gary Cooper and Robert Mitchum and raise you one Cary Grant and one Steve McQueen.
I will happily take all four!
Perhaps Fin dictates his blog through whale noise-recognition software.
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Is the Tudors actually worth watching? I LOVE that time period, so I was thinking I should probably check it out. And Jon Rhys Meyers is not unfortunate looking.
No love for Bogart, AKA the only man who ever made a white tux look good?
“Perhaps Fin dictates his blog through whale noise-recognition software.”
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And don’t forget one Paul Newman. Those eyes kill me every time.
One of the most vicious arguments I’ve ever had was “Paul Newman or Robert Redford?” (I went with Paul.)
My favorites are: Gene Kelly, Steve McQueen, and Cary Grant, usually in the order.
For the record, season one of Friday Night Lights is available on DVD and it is, IMHO, one of the best seasons of TV ever. Seriously.
I’m on disc three of the 1st season right now and it really is awesome. I love that attention paid to the little details . . . the characterization, the homes that don’t look like show homes that the characters could never afford, etc. It’s just brilliantly done.
One of the most vicious arguments I’ve ever had was “Paul Newman or Robert Redford?” (I went with Paul.)
I feel like that’s an easy choice. :)
No love for Bogart, AKA the only man who ever made a white tux look good?
None here atleast. I never got Bogart’s appeal. Clark Gable either.
Is the Tudors actually worth watching? I LOVE that time period, so I was thinking I should probably check it out. And Jon Rhys Meyers is not unfortunate looking.
I actually think JRM looks like a little too much like a crack user for my taste, but I will not deny that he’s a pretty decent actor and has presence (and a nice body!). My personal eyecandy in the show is Henry Cavill, omg hot.
I enjoyed it, but anyone with more than a vague notion of Tudor history is going to see massive historical errors. (i.e., they combined Henry VIII’s two sisters, Mary and Margaret, into one character named Margaret to avoid confusion with Henry’s daughter Mary. And they had Cardinal Wolsey kill himself.) If you’re a huge stickler for accuracy, it might bother you. If you’re more like me and just enjoy period dramas, you’d probably like it.
It’s basically a soap opera with beautiful people wearing fabulous costumes and having sex a lot. (really a lot.) The acting is good, and there’s enough international political-type stuff that it’s not JUST about who’s sleeping with who.
I’m on disc three of the 1st season right now and it really is awesome. I love that attention paid to the little details . . . the characterization, the homes that don’t look like show homes that the characters could never afford, etc. It’s just brilliantly done.
You’re so right, Meg. Everything perfectly fits small town Texas. And each person is just perfectly cast in each role. I’d watch the show just for Kyle Chandler and Connie Britton because I think the Taylors are one of the best, most realistic depictions of marriage ever on TV.
I feel like that’s an easy choice. :)
I know, right? I mean, Robert Redford is fine but hello? Paul Newman!
One of the most vicious arguments I’ve ever had was “Paul Newman or Robert Redford?” (I went with Paul.)
I’ve never gotten the Redford appeal. Paul Newman, on the other hand…
Also, has Redford ever done a hockey movie? There you go.
I know, right? I mean, Robert Redford is fine but hello? Paul Newman!
And Paul Newman has aged a heck of a lot better than Robert Redford did.
And Paul Newman has aged a heck of a lot better than Robert Redford did.
It’s like he just FINALLY started looking really, truly “old” in the last couple of years. And how old is he, 80 or something?
They showed a bench shot of him and he looked depressingly sad. He was mourning you, Gambler!
Thanks, Caitlin, but that look has nothing to do with me. I mean, of course he’s depressed. He plays for the Sabres.
When I said no, he said, “Oh,” very softly and shuffled off. He misses you so much!
Awwww, poor little fish!
Friday Night Lights is available on DVD and it is, IMHO, one of the best seasons of TV ever. Seriously.
Heather, I saw you recently watched season one of Veronica Mars, which is my personal standard of perfection in television. How does Friday Night Lights match up in respect to VM? Not that I can watch it here, but you know, for future reference and all. My sister is obsessed with it, but she’s obsessed with pretty much everything on TV, so it doesn’t really mean much.
“It’s basically a soap opera with beautiful people wearing fabulous costumes and having sex a lot. (really a lot.) The acting is good, and there’s enough international political-type stuff that it’s not JUST about who’s sleeping with who.”
That sounds good to me! I do know quite a bit about that time period, but I can probably just forget the stuff they change.
“My personal eyecandy in the show is Henry Cavill, omg hot.”
I’ll keep an eye out for him ;D
And Paul Newman has aged a heck of a lot better than Robert Redford did.
And he makes a mean lemonade! Can’t go wrong there.
You’re so right, Meg. Everything perfectly fits small town Texas.
Yeah, it’s actually a little weird for me because it’s like a whole different planet. Particularly the town obsession with a high school football team. Or sports team for that matter. (I mean, even if the Williamsville North football team had won more than the occasional game no one would have known because no one would have cared and I recall the hockey team being quite good but again, I don’t think anyone cared that much, particularly outside the school.)
Anyway, I kind of watch it and feel like I’m watching something that takes place in a whole different country than the one I grew up in, which is part of why I avoided it at first. So I think it’s quite the accomplishment that the veracity of the characters and their relationships have one me over anyway.
My favorites are: Gene Kelly, Steve McQueen, and Cary Grant, usually in the order.
My favorites are usually Jimmy Stewart, Robert Mitchum and John Wayne.
Jimmy Stewart kills me; I love, love, love Mr. Hobbs Takes A Vacation.
No love for Bogart, AKA the only man who ever made a white tux look good?
I have a lot of love for Bogart! :D
Awww, I miss Veronica Mars!
“I’d watch the show just for Kyle Chandler and Connie Britton because I think the Taylors are one of the best, most realistic depictions of marriage ever on TV.”
I HEART those two so much! Season 2 has kind of had some less than stellar story lines, but as long as they stay so awesome I’ll keep watching.
And how old is he, 80 or something?
83, I think.
And he makes a mean lemonade! Can’t go wrong there.
And a mean Italian salad dressing. What’s cool about his products is that all the profits go to charity.
Gambler, I like FNL a little better than VM but it’s hard to compare because they’re very different shows in style. Part of my problem with VM was that I never really got the appeal of Duncan or Logan so that hurt it just a touch for me. (Although don’t get me wrong, it was a GREAT season and I’m super glad I watched it. I totally understand why it’s your TV standard!)
I HEART those two so much! Season 2 has kind of had some less than stellar story lines, but as long as they stay so awesome I’ll keep watching.
alix, I saw a picture not that long ago of Kyle with his real-life wife and it totally messed with my head because as far as I’m concerned, he IS married to Connie Britton.
And you’re right, they’ve been the best part of season 2. Landry is one of my favorites so I’ve been pretty up and down about his main storyline although I was glad to see him get more screen time. Hopefully it’ll right itself a little. (And don’t get me wrong… an uneven episode of FNL is still better than just about everything else on TV, IMO.)
Part of my problem with VM was that I never really got the appeal of Duncan or Logan so that hurt it just a touch for me.
Oh, see, Logan ended up being one of my favorite TV characters of all time, and he’s probably one of the main reasons I loved it so much. His story arc was so interesting and well-written and -acted, I thought. But yeah, Duncan is such an unappealing character. I hate that actor, too, although the woodenness comes out way more in the second season.
The quality of the show takes a major drop in the next two seasons, with the plots getting unnecessarily complicated and the attention to detail falling by the wayside. It was for the most part still smartly written, and I still loved it, but it’s almost like it’s a different show to me.
Man, now I really want to watch season one of VM!
“alix, I saw a picture not that long ago of Kyle with his real-life wife and it totally messed with my head because as far as I’m concerned, he IS married to Connie Britton.”
Hee. So true.
“Landry is one of my favorites so I’ve been pretty up and down about his main storyline”
I love Landry too. I hope they have Matt and Landry go back to having more screen time together. I love their dynamic.
“(And don’t get me wrong… an uneven episode of FNL is still better than just about everything else on TV, IMO.)”
Word.
Oh, see, Logan ended up being one of my favorite TV characters of all time, and he’s probably one of the main reasons I loved it so much. His story arc was so interesting and well-written and -acted, I thought.
I do actually agree with all of that. I’m not sure how I feel about him and Veronica as a couple though. I loved them as reluctant friends.
My little brother warned me about the slight drop-off – he didn’t like the third season at all it seems – but I’m going to watch them anyway. And maybe Logan as romantic interest will grow on me. If they keep dating. I’m not even sure they do.
alix, Matt and Landry together is one of the best dynamics on the show. They seem very much like real best friends.
Man, at least West Wing went 5 seasons before the writing suffered!
I think it might be time for some caffeine. Have a great hockeyless Friday night everyone!
True, Mara, but West Wing was special. Although even then, I’d only give it through season 4 before the writing suffered, and even then I thought season 4 had a few questionable episodes. Once Sorkin left at the end of season 4 I thought it took a decided downturn.
And, 5 o’clock, so evening folks!
Man, at least West Wing went 5 seasons before the writing suffered!
I think Veronica Mars and Friday Night Lights are both victims of the network they’re on trying to monkey around with shows that are critically loved but getting low ratings. Some of the things that have happened on FNL this season are big, showy EVERYTHING WILL CHANGE THIS EPISODE! events that just don’t really fit the style of the show. By trying to make the show appeal to everyone, they watered down what made the people who were already watching it love so much.
That’s my theory atleast.
I think Veronica Mars and Friday Night Lights are both victims of the network they’re on trying to monkey around with shows that are critically loved but getting low ratings.
Honestly, Heather, I can see that. Also, I want to add that if the rest of Season 1 of Friday Night Lights is as good as the first 10 episodes, it’s better than any single season of West Wing as far as I’m concerned. (And I though the first couple seasons of West Wing were fabulous, fabulous television.) So, you know, high peak to fall from.
Ok, I’m really going now. :)
I totally agree, Heather. Good theory.
Some of the things that have happened on FNL this season are big, showy EVERYTHING WILL CHANGE THIS EPISODE! events that just don’t really fit the style of the show.
That’s like what happened to ER. It used to be a good drama set in a hospital. When every episode started turning into drug overdose/shooting/earthquake/terrorist attack/plague events, I stopped watching. So, season 2 or something. :P
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True, Mara, but West Wing was special. Although even then, I’d only give it through season 4 before the writing suffered, and even then I thought season 4 had a few questionable episodes. Once Sorkin left at the end of season 4 I thought it took a decided downturn.
True. In Season 5, I pretty much just like John Goodman as the temporary president, and the resolution of the kidnapping cliffhanger.
Man, WW was a great show. All TV should be that intelligent. I watch the DVDs when real politics are freaking me out. Jed Bartlett as president makes me all feel all warm and safe and happy.
I totally agree, Heather. Good theory.
Thanks, guys. I tend to love those critically acclaimed, little watched shows (FNL, Party of Five – before it got all soap opera-y, Joan of Arcadia, Firefly, Brisco County, Freaks and Geeks etc.) so I have a lot of opinions on how networks screw up perfectly good television :-)
I’m not sure how I feel about him and Veronica as a couple though. I loved them as reluctant friends.
I just love their whole dynamic, in whatever capacity. They’re such well-matched characters, and the actors have great chemistry when it comes to the “battle of the wits” stuff. I gave the writers a lot of credit for plunging full-force into the “romantic” side of the relationship, though. I mean, as soon as they started becoming friends in the back of my mind I was like “Eventually they’re going to get together, that’s where this is headed.” But I barely had time to think that before WHAM, it happened. I totally wasn’t expecting it that soon, so it was a nice surprise. It was that kind of stuff (along with the resolution of the Lilly Kane murder, which I totally did not see coming) that made the growing predictability of the next two seasons so disappointing. I still think they’re worth the watch, though.
By trying to make the show appeal to everyone, they watered down what made the people who were already watching it love so much.
Can’t speak for FNL, but that’s definitely what happened to VM. They started trying to do too much at once in an effort to get more people to watch, and it lost a lot of its simple charm. As opposed to a show like Alias, whose writing dropped off because JJ Abrams is a crazy bastard with crazy bastard ideas.
By Meg! Wow, I feel bad for hijacking this thread to talk about TV. Sorry Ookies! @@@
Also, I want to add that if the rest of Season 1 of Friday Night Lights is as good as the first 10 episodes, it’s better than any single season of West Wing as far as I’m concerned.
See, I have a hard time believing that. (Not saying you’re wrong! But just doubting that I personally would agree.) Because at the end of the day, it’s about…high school football…in Texas. Didn’t I see this movie and didn’t it star whathisface from Dawson’s Creek and a blonde in a whipped cream bikini?
(Add to that the fact that Texas accents are like fingernails on a chalkboard to me. Hearing the word ‘y’all’ too many times puts my television set in imminent physical danger.)
Add to that the fact that Texas accents are like fingernails on a chalkboard to me. Hearing the word ‘y’all’ too many times puts my television set in imminent physical danger.
Uh, we should never speak in real life, then, mara, because you would wind up murdering me.
Yeah, oopsies. Sorry Ookies. It’s all my fault for bringing up Taylor Kitsch in the first place. @@@@@@@
Go Devils! Pando for Prez! More pot pancakes for Paulie!
As opposed to a show like Alias, whose writing dropped off because JJ Abrams is a crazy bastard with crazy bastard ideas.
Hee! So true.
Wow, I feel bad for hijacking this thread to talk about TV. Sorry Ookies! @@@
Me too! It’s funny because I don’t even really watch that much TV. But I totally love the TV I do watch, I guess!
Uh, we should never speak in real life, then, mara, because you would wind up murdering me.
We’ll keep our relationship text-based, then, Caitlin. :) Because I like you just fine this way.
“Uh, we should never speak in real life, then, mara, because you would wind up murdering me.”
Awwwwww! That would be sad. I’ve actually started using y’all because of Patty :D
Because at the end of the day, it’s about…high school football…in Texas.
Mara, I’m resigned to the fact that you’re probably not going to like it no matter what but I will just say, that’s so not what the show is about. It’s about a football team and coach, yes, but it’s not a football show and it’s not comparable to Varsity Blues in any way. At all. There are Texas accents though so I can’t help you there :-) I was raised a southerner so I love hearing those accents.
And yeah, alix, it’s TOTALLY your fault for bringing this up :P
We’ll keep our relationship text-based, then, Caitlin. :) Because I like you just fine this way.
Thanks, mara. :D
Awwwwww! That would be sad. I’ve actually started using y’all because of Patty :D
Hee! Wait until we get you using “all y’all”.
all y’all does kind of roll of the tongue quite well :D
I’m about to pass out from low caffeine supply in my bloodstream. Be back later! Have a great Friday afternoon, y’all :p
It’s about a football team and coach, yes, but it’s not a football show and it’s not comparable to Varsity Blues in any way. At all.
That I believe, because there’s no way my sister would be so obsessed with it if it were actually about football. No way.
Speaking of shows about football, did anyone besides me watch Playmakers, that show on ESPN that the NFL got cancelled because it implied that football players *gasp* take steroids, sleep around, and have friends in gangs?
Now that, I actually liked. At least partially because the show was a walking ad for Under Armor so every character spent a good 3/4 of the time showing off his body. (No complaints here.)
You’re so right, Meg. Everything perfectly fits small town Texas.
I was going to say that we should let Caitlin be the judge of this, but then you reminded me that you grew up at least at this end of the country, if not in actual Texas. :D
So I’ll believe that part. Plus, I hear that all the time from people around here. (I’ve never seen it, myself.)
Sorry, I killed the thread!
It’s okay Patty :D! I’m here. sort of.
Waiting for my instant noodles to cook. XD
Waiting for my instant noodles to cook. XD
Sounds like “instant” might have been overselling it! :D
I’m hitting the road now, myself. Talk to you later, Vinny!
I was going to say that we should let Caitlin be the judge of this, but then you reminded me that you grew up at least at this end of the country, if not in actual Texas. :D
You’re right, I probably shouldn’t have claimed it was small-town Texas. How about small, southern town? :-)
Guys, I really, really want to get an Adler Mannheim jersey. Someone stop me.
I have an Adler Manheim jersey. Gameworn by Stefan Langweider. :)
And two misspellings in one comment! Sorry, Germany.
Mannheim & Langwieder.
If they had a Hecht option, one would be on its way to my door as we speak. As it is I’m still considering getting just a blank one, though I’m searching the internet to see if there’s still hope. How did you get yours, mara?
I was poking around on Mannheim’s website one day last year (looking for info about Stefan, who was Portland’s new Euro player), and they had a press release about gameworn jerseys for sale. I emailed the guy listed on the release (hoping he could read and write in English because my German is worse than 1st grade level these days), and inquired about shipping one to the US.
I still have the link of the release at home, and last time I checked it was still good and some jerseys were still listed. I can check and see if it’s still there when I get home, if you want.
It wasn’t that expensive, in the grand scheme of gameworn jerseys. Only $215 including shipping.
Gambler, you should get one, Hecht or blank. Consider it a souvenir of your time in Germany :-)
Thanks, mara, but a gameworn jersey is a little more than what I’m looking for. That’s cool about yours though! It’s funny what you stumble upon in the internet, isn’t it?
I’m thinking I’ll enlist the help of this guy. He seems like he’d be able to tell me where I can find what I’m looking for. (Seriously, nine Hecht jerseys? Holy crap! I have serious envy of the Adler Mannheim and the two Deutschland ones. WANT!)
Holy crap, that guy has quite a collection!
I know a guy who has at least one gameworn from every WHL team except 2, plus a bunch of OHL ones. You can blow a lot of money, really fast, collecting jerseys.
My collection is much more modest! 4 gameworns (1 NHL, 1 DEL, 1 WHL, 1 UHL).
Oh, Heather, don’t worry. I will find my way to one, one way or another. I will not be stopped.
By the way, my Sabres jersey was delivered to my (US) house yesterday, and my mom assures me it’s already in the mail to Germany. POM.MER.DOOD.LING.
Oh, plus a 1974 Chicago Blackhawks gameworn jersey that was also worn by the 1976 Winter Hawks. (Long story, awesome story.) It’s mildewed and water damaged–I need to get it professionally cleaned and restored some day.
By the way, my Sabres jersey was delivered to my (US) house yesterday, and my mom assures me it’s already in the mail to Germany. POM.MER.DOOD.LING.
How exciting! I’m pommerdoodling on your behalf! I forget, did you get a slug or a vintage? Either way, eeeeeeeee! Yo-Yo will be so thrilled!
How long do you have to pommerdoodle before it gets to you, Gambler? It must take forever!
I forget, did you get a slug or a vintage?
Vintage, vintage, vintage. It’s my first jersey! I didn’t want to mess around! Although if I’d waited, maybe I would have wanted a Winter Classic one. As it is, I have exactly zero merchandise from the Ice Bowl, and I feel that’s wrong. Still. I really love the blue throwbacks.
Also, I’m convinced that this jersey will be full of some sort of magic juice. As soon as it’s in my hands, the Sabres will go on a tear. I can feel it.
How long do you have to pommerdoodle before it gets to you, Gambler?
Mom said a week. Which is an eternity! I’ll die!
Yeah, those white winter classics were definitely gorgeous! But ain’t nothing wrong with the blue either. That’s what I have.
And a week isn’t bad at all considering how far it has to go. I hope the jersey is magic. We could definitely use a little of that. I’m so glad you’ll have it when Jochen hits 20!
Heather, I think you’ll greatly appreciate this. So I’m talking to my boyfriend online as he’s trying to help my accomplish my Hecht Adler Mannheim jersey goal, and somehow the conversation turns to how well Babelfish works at translating German. So Adam heads over to Yo-Yo’s German wikipedia site and starts plugging random things into Babelfish. It’s pretty awful. It makes references to the “disposals” of Drury and Briere (yeah, we threw those bitches out), and translated Hecht as “pike” (of course). But then, best of all, Adam says, “Who’s this guy Henrik Tall Indians they keep making reference to?”
Let me repeat that: Henrik. Tall. Indians.
I cried laughing. Seriously. Tell me that is not the funniest thing you’ve ever heard.
I’m so glad you’ll have it when Jochen hits 20!
Whoa, are you saying Yo-Yo’s not going to score four goals between now and next week? Don’t you insult him like that! :P
Let me repeat that: Henrik. Tall. Indians.
Gambler, that is so. funny! Mark came over to ask me what was so funny, I was laughing so hard. (It wasn’t that funny once I had to explain the whole thing.) But I thought it was awesome. I’m gonna call Hank that from now on!
Whoa, are you saying Yo-Yo’s not going to score four goals between now and next week? Don’t you insult him like that! :P
Wow, I keep forgetting he’s so close! That’s crazy! Forget 20 he’s going for 30 this year!
By Meg! Wow, I feel bad for hijacking this thread to talk about TV. Sorry Ookies! @@@
No problem!
However, you’re all wrong about the best season of TV ever. WRONG! How can you be talking about the best TV without mentioning “The Wire”? TELL ME HOW!!!!
(Seriously, I’ve never, ever seen TV as well-crafted, top to bottom, as “The Wire”. There is nothing like it.)
As for classic men, I’d go Steve McQueen, Cary Grant and Peter O’Toole just for looks. I have, however, realized that when it comes to older movies there are four actors whose movies I literally cannot turn off if they are on TCM when I’m bored: Jack Lemmon, Charlie Chaplin, Buster Keaton and Harold Lloyd. None of those men (with the exception of Chaplin, and he’s a little creepy) are remotely good looking. But I can’t resist!
I’m gonna call Hank that from now on!
Me too! I figured I should share that story here, so you don’t all get confused when I mention Mr. Tall Indians. Mr. Tall Indians! Hee!
Forget 20 he’s going for 30 this year!
He’ll go for 30 which means he’ll score 29, right? Oh, Yo-Yo!
And with that, I’m going to bed. Damn it’s 2:30! Have a good night, Heather, mara, and anyone else who may be around!
(Seriously, I’ve never, ever seen TV as well-crafted, top to bottom, as “The Wire”. There is nothing like it.)
That’s buried in my Blockbuster.com queue somewhere too. I’ve heard nothing but good things about it but I don’t have a good history with HBO shows so we’ll have to see.
I’m shamelessly lacking in knowledge of Harold Lloyd but I have some of his stuff in my queue too and I’m hoping on catching up while I’m out from work. I love Buster Keaton. And I’m with you on Jack Lemmon. I’ve really only gotten him the last couple of years but he’s beyond great.
Goodnight, Gambler! It was nice talking to you!
Hey! No apologies for talking TV here! I should apologize for just wandering off before I could put you all in your place that the GREATEST, LITTLE-WATCHED, CRITICALLY PRAISED SHOW EVER is “The Wire”. I used to think I had a great nose for “intelligent” TV, and that the fact that I watched all those “critics’ darling” shows that got canceled all the time meant that I was watching the very finest the medium had to offer, but watching “The Wire” was the most amazing television experience I have ever had. EVER. It was a revelation about how the medium can simultaneously be high art and important, incisive social commentary while still being profoundly entertaining. (And no, I’m not watching Season 5 right now because I want to do it in deep immersion this summer.)
For some reason I’m refusing “The Wire” right now, but I think I’ll come around to it eventually. I’ve recently been sort of wistful for “Freaks and Geeks”. I might need to rewatch the whole thing.
‘Night, Gambler! Sorry to be ships passing in the night!
Oh, and Tall Indians is the funniest thing EVER.
Kate, I re-watched Freaks and Geeks not that long ago with my little brother. It was so nice. (I’d been begging him to watch F&G, he’d been begging me to watch Veronica Mars.)
Hey, I just noticed I lost my avatar! Where’d you go, Mr. Tall Indian?
Oooh, I LOVE the first season of VM. Don’t even bother with the other seasons, but the first? Love it!
Heather, I was very lacking in my Harold Lloyd knowledge until Boomer gave me a DVD box set of most of his movies a few years ago. And as much as I try to say that Buster Keaton is my favorite of the big three silent comedy stars, I think Harold Lloyd is the most consistently brilliant.
Katebits, we all REFUSED “The Wire” for a long time. Then one day all three of us were like, “It’s time.” I find that TV is the easiest thing to REFUSE, and I do it all the time. I, in fact, REFUSE “Friday Night Lights”. And I completely, totally, wholeheartedly understand REFUSING “The Wire”. Big time.
I was refusing the Wire too until Sports Guy wrote a column saying, “I was refusing the Wire but I’m glad I gave in”. He infused the column with so much empathy and understanding of the I REFUSE concept that I decided to cut him some slack. I was very glad.
One funny story about “The Wire” that won’t ruin anything for anyone who hasn’t seen it: After watching the first 3 seasons on DVD, we decided to give the DVDs to our sister, Kate the Great, for Christmas. KtG prides herself on always being a least 3 steps ahead of every TV show or movie she watches and as a result thinks she’s too good for pretty much everything. So after watching the first episode with her, we asked what she thought. She sniffed haughtily, “It’s okay. I mean, we all know how it’s going to end. The good guys will win, the bad guys will lose. So, whatever.” The looks on our faces must have been priceless! (Two episodes later she was completely hooked and after watching the rest of them admitted how ridiculous her statement was in retrospect.)
Oh, and on the topic of REFUSING “The Wire”, I want to go on record here saying that when I talk about it, I’m never doing it in an effort to dissuade the person REFUSING it. I just can’t NOT talk about it. So don’t think I’m proselytizing with the purpose of converting anyone — it’s just something that I have to talk about!
Oooh, I LOVE the first season of VM. Don’t even bother with the other seasons, but the first? Love it!
Yeah, I just finished the first season and it was awesome. I’m glad he kept harassing me about it. He told me the other two seasons were a drop off but said I should watch the second anyway. He didn’t seem too keen on the third.
I’ll get around to The Wire eventually. Just like you guys did, one day I’ll just decide to try it. I think my disappointment in past HBO shows (The Sopranos, Sex in the City, Oz) have poisoned me against it, unfairly or not.
I fully acknowledge that I am only hurting myself with this particular REFUSAL. I know I’ll get around to it someday! Same with Friday Night Lights, actually. Someday I’ll get over it, and sit down an watch an entire season in one sitting.
I think the second season is a pretty dramatic drop off from the first, and the third is downright blasphemous. The problem is the concept of the first season relied on every character being a possible murderer. Once that was taken away by solving the first murder, it just didn’t have the same awesomeness.
The problem is the concept of the first season relied on every character being a possible murderer. Once that was taken away by solving the first murder, it just didn’t have the same awesomeness.
Yeah, I could see that being a problem. Lee just felt like the network played around with it too much, trying to make it more accessible so it would get better ratings, but kind of killing what was special about the show in the process. But that first season was definitely great TV.
I think my disappointment in past HBO shows (The Sopranos, Sex in the City, Oz) have poisoned me against it, unfairly or not.
I’ve actually never seen anything of “Oz” other than the references to it on Arrested Development (heh. Poor George Michael…), have always REFUSED “The Sopranos”, and hate, hate, hated “Sex and the City”. Seriously, that show just left me baffled. X loved it, so we’d have to watch it with her, and after each episode there would be this long, awkward silence as Pookie and I would sit there thinking, “Can we change the channel now? That was… awful.”
I also hated “Sex in/and (I can never remember) the City.” With a passion. “The Sopranos” was different in the sense that I could see the quality in the writing and acting and I could see why it appealed to some people… but it wasn’t my thing and I thought the acclaim for it was WAY over the top, turning my disinterest into genuine hate.
hate, hate, hated “Sex and the City”.
I do. not. get. why anybody liked that show. I get mad when I fail to change the channel fast enough after a Frasier rerun is over. When it was new it was huge, and I thought it was awful!
I will admit that I love watching “Sex In the City” on TBS when I’m in a hotel and there’s nothing else on. They have to edit out so much that the show makes so little sense it’s like watching some absurdist performance art about the stupidity of mankind.
I totally like Sex and the City. I admit it. It’s like eating candy.
And it’s not like I don’t like stupid shows. I still watch reruns of “The Nanny.” A lot. :D
It’s like eating a candy that’s so ridiculously candyish that you can only eat it once every three years. I can’t think of an example… um… like Gummi bears! Or Cadbury creme eggs!
Hey, I will turn off non-Devils hockey to watch “House” religiously. It’s like candy, too. Candy with Hugh Laurie’s blue eyes.
Yeah, I don’t have a problem with the candy aspect of SATC. I just didn’t like it. Everybody on the show bothered me.
And please. I watch totally stupid TV too. I’m still upset that I can’t find CHiPs reruns anymore.
I thought the acclaim for it was WAY over the top, turning my disinterest into genuine hate.
This is a very key consideration. As soon as I hear that a show is the greatest thing ever (like, say, “The Wire”? :P), if it’s got even one tiny single flaw, I start fixating on it. I go in being all, “PROVE IT!” and most often, the show isn’t able to.
I still watch reruns of “The Nanny.” A lot. :D
Patty, that’s just obscene! :P
I’m certainly not defending Sex and the City on any kind of artistic merit. I just thought it was kind of mindless fun. It turned boy problems into a palatable pile of fluff.
I’ve never seen “House”.
Katebits, “House” is GENIUS. It’s a disease-of-the-week show that is utterly ridiculous, but it stars Hugh Laurie! It manages to combine the lowest of what television has to offer with the most sublime thing television has to offer. And it’s totally candy. And it’s set in Princeton!
I feel like I killed the conversation by liking Sex and the City! Please feel free to continue to bash it and judge me harshly for enjoying it!
I’ve never really watched “House” but Mark and I enjoy the ads which basically say, every single week, IS THIS THE WEEK HOUSE GOES TOO FAR? We giggle and say, “Hey, I thought that was last week.” I do like for Hugh Laurie to win awards though because he’s so funny and charming.
I scoffed mightily at “House” until we needed something to watch and Boomer offered up DVDs of season 1. It turned out to be really, really well-written and the acting is pitch-perfect. It’s totally mindless crap because it’s a “disease of the week” show, but it’s mindless crap where Hugh Laurie and Robert Sean Leonard get wound up and let loose.
Oh, I just remembered the embarrassing show I adore: “Monk”! I’m a total old lady.
I looooove tv show ads which claim they are about to ROCK AMERICA TO THE CORE.
Please feel free to continue to bash it and judge me harshly for enjoying it!
Oh, we are! We’re just doing it behind your back via Gmail. Thanks for recommending that to me, btw!
I like Sex and the City, too, Katebits. Although I think I only watched two seasons of it.
My Favorite Show Of All Time is an odd one… M*A*S*H. I grew up watching it, and then FX (the cable channel–is it still around?) used to play multiple reruns every day when I was getting home from school in high school and college. Now I own about half of the seasons on DVD and gradually collect them as they go on sale.
Heather, we used to laugh hilariously at the “House” commercials because it was pushed heavily during the MLB playoffs on Fox. Every commercial ended with someone shouting at House, “You are risking a patient’s life!” We really enjoyed shouting that whenever possible. (One thing I’ll give the show, though, is that they make occasional and hilarious almost-fourth-wall-breakage references to how ridiculous the show is.)
I love Monk! It took me a long time to get around to it but my mom, my 39 year-old brother, and my 27 year-old brother all raved about it. I finally had to try it just because I was so puzzled that they all enjoyed it. Their tastes don’t cross like that very often.
IS THIS THE WEEK HOUSE GOES TOO FAR?
Oh my god, those CRACK ME UP. And I even WATCH the show. I remember how they inundated us with commercials for it during football in the lockout, and Pookie and I used to run around the house shouting “YOU’RE RISKING A PATIENT’S LIFE!” all the time. I love the commercials that try to make it look shocking when someone punches House. It’s so hilarious.
Oh, we are! We’re just doing it behind your back via Gmail. Thanks for recommending that to me, btw!
Yeah, I’ve never snarked so hard in my life. Thanks for the fodder, Katebits!
See now, I tried to like Monk, and I do like that character, but I couldn’t get past the shoddy mysteries.
The shoddy mysteries on Monk DELIGHT me. It’s like “Murder, She Wrote”, but with Tony Shalhoub being fantastic. We watched it in deep immersion two years ago, and I’m not ashamed to admit that we not only quote it frequently still, but also suspended ALL disbelief and totally got into all the mysteries. We are SUCH dorks.
Mara, I haven’t watched MASH much, but the theme song is like a conduit to a part of my brain that was only accessible when i was a child. I swear, hearing that song makes me feel like I am playing with My Little Ponies and wearing roller skates. I don’t even know how to describe it.
Does anyone else like Man vs. Wild and Survivorman on the Discovery channel? Maybe Discovery has fewer commercials or something, because I’ll actually watch those once in a while.
See now, I tried to like Monk, and I do like that character, but I couldn’t get past the shoddy mysteries.
Geez, Kate, you have terrible taste in TV :P
Katebits, that’s so cute! Did your parents watch it when you were little or something?
You guys want to talk about Columbo? Anyone? anyone?
The crappy mysteries in “Monk” are right up my alley because I’m not good at figuring mysteries out. There was one episode that was so shoddily mysterious that I was like, “There has to be a twist, right? I mean, if I can figure it out…” But it has this “Encyclopedia Brown” vibe to it and the characters are so wonderful. I think it probably helps that I watch it while stitching, so my attention isn’t 100% on the show.
House is Da Bomb! I love it.
My candy show right now though is Gossip Girl. It’s sooooo bad but sooooo good at the same time. Oh and I hate to admit, I watched the first two episodes of MVP. It’s skanky and the dialogue is bad, but the hockey players are hot.
Yeah, my Dad was really into MASH, mara.
I do really like the Monk characters, but I hate how ever single episode there is a shady character in the periphery of the murdered person’s life, and low and behold, HE’S THE KILLER! :D
You guys want to talk about Columbo? Anyone? anyone?
Ah, now you’re talking! My mom watched all those detective-y shows when I was a kid. Rockford was my favorite but I did enjoy Columbo as well. Even now my mom and I will say, “Just one more thing…” in our best (worst) Falk impressions.
alix, I always forget when Gossip Girl is on but I would totally be watching it if I could remember. It’s embarrassing, but I’ve read all the books.
Ohmigod! Rockford! We used to watch that during dinner when I was in high school. I have the BIGGEST crush on James Garner because of that show. I LOVE ROCKFORD!
I hate how ever single episode there is a shady character in the periphery of the murdered person’s life, and low and behold, HE’S THE KILLER! :D
Wait, you hate that? But… but… that’s the entire basis of the show! :P (I find it reassuring. I figure if I don’t have shady people on the periphery of my life, then I won’t get murdered.)
I hate how ever single episode there is a shady character in the periphery of the murdered person’s life, and low and behold, HE’S THE KILLER! :D
Hey, don’t ruin it for me!
Mara, I’m quite smitten with “Man vs. Wild”. One of my favorite non-sports moments of TV in 2007 was a delirious (I say, consciously suspending all disbelief and taking everything shown at face value) Bear wandering around the jungle and pointing out this stunning purple flower and saying, “Nature can’t help but make beautiful things.”
Schnookie, my mom is madly in love with James Garner as I am. He was so handsome and charming.
I figure if I don’t have shady people on the periphery of my life, then I won’t get murdered.
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It’s also funny how everyone is all, “HOLY SHIT MONK IS A GENIUS!!”, when any four-year-old could be like, “That dude did it.” But again, Monk himself is totally enjoyable. Maybe I was just in a bad mood when I Netflixed Monk.
I have to say, hockey has totally taken over. I NEVER watch television anymore.
“It’s embarrassing, but I’ve read all the books.”
Hee! So have I! And I immediatly felt like I should go read about…Africa’s economic situation or something…so my brain didn’t turn to mush.
alix, I know. The books aren’t even well-written junk but I just keep reading them anyway. I’ve also read the off-shoot series where Jenny goes to away to boarding school. I’m shameless.
“Bear wandering around the jungle and pointing out this stunning purple flower and saying, “Nature can’t help but make beautiful things.”
Why do I immediatly think of Paulie all stoned when I read this? “Nature can’t help but make such a sweet, fluffy pancake”
I do really like the Monk characters, but I hate how ever single episode there is a shady character in the periphery of the murdered person’s life, and low and behold, HE’S THE KILLER! :D
Sounds like Scooby Doo!
I have vague memories of Columbo. I always remember one case where Columbo figured out that the victim was killed somewhere else and was not only moved, but his clothes had been changed. The way he figured it out was because the shoes were tied in such a way that it had to be from the other side. Like when you tie a kid’s shoes. That’s all I remember.
One more story: Quite a few years ago I was at a friend’s house and we had been drinking and watching movies or something and it was, like, 2 in the morning and an old re-run of Streets of San Francisco came on. And it was broadcast for the blind! That’s the only reason we could think of for the fact that it had a voice-over describing the action! We thought it was the funniest thing we had ever seen. (We were pretty drunk, but still.) I’ve never seen anything like it since, but I have to assume that blind people can get DVDs like that, right?
I’m totally late on this, but swag-faced whores = :^::::::::::::::::::::
Oh, and have you Clarkson fans seen
thisyet?
The only TV I watch during the hockey season is “House”, ANTM and Project Runway. They’re little sorbets, you know? Little patches of time to veg out and not pay attention.
” I’ve also read the off-shoot series where Jenny goes to away to boarding school. I’m shameless.”
Hee. I haven’t seen those ones yet. Kristin Bell(VM) is Gossip Girl in the show. She is awesome! You just always hear her voice, but it’s quality.
You guys. I need a little sympathy. I am crazy sick and have been for like TWO WEEKS. Last week I had the flu, and this week I have a barking cough. 98% of the time I love living alone, but when i’m good and sick I hate it. I need someone to feel bad for me. :(
Wait. Patty, you’re telling me there was a person saying things like, “He’s opening the door. He’s getting into the car.” ?
And I love, love, love Rockford! I actually met James Garner once!
And! My uncle Bill claims he played snooker with him back when Bill was in high school and was a total slacker and hung out at pool halls. (In James Garner’s home town.)
Zot, thanks for the link! Ooh-la-la! Here I was thinking the All Star Game was totally bereft of hotties! Clarkson is a shining beacon of hotness in a desert wasteland of ugliness!
Katebits, I feel bad for you! Get better soon!
Wait. Patty, you’re telling me there was a person saying things like, “He’s opening the door. He’s getting into the car.” ?
Exactly. And, “The mother is distraught and hugs the boy.”
Thank you, Pookie!
Poooooooor Katebits! If Goose knew he would send himself over with some chicken soup and a nice cushy cab pronto.
Patty, I saw an episode of Bonanza broadcast for the blind once and it was awesome because it was SO detailed. It wasn’t just, “Little Joe brushes his horse,” it was “Little Joe lovingly brushes his black and white pinto Cochise.”
I don’t want to ruin Project Runway for anyone who hasn’t watched it yet, but I will say this: If Ricky doesn’t quit crying I’m going to shove his entire hat collection down his throat.
Exactly. And, “The mother is distraught and hugs the boy.”
Holy shit. That’s hilarious.
Oh, and have you Clarkson fans seen this yet?
Hooooooookay. Now I get it.
Schnookie, my mom is madly in love with James Garner as I am. He was so handsome and charming.
I was just saying to Pookie and Boomer that James Garner is like Jack Lemmon for me. I just love hearing those guys speak.
Why do I immediatly think of Paulie all stoned when I read this? “Nature can’t help but make such a sweet, fluffy pancake”
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I also totally love “Man vs. Wild”, and it’s especially fun to watch the way we do, where we are simultaneously taking everything at face value while also being like, “Yeah, Bear’s having interns bringing him mochaccinos as soon as the camera stops rolling…”
It’s also funny how everyone is all, “HOLY SHIT MONK IS A GENIUS!!”, when any four-year-old could be like, “That dude did it.” But again, Monk himself is totally enjoyable. Maybe I was just in a bad mood when I Netflixed Monk.
HAHAHAHAHA!!! I know! It’s always so obvious, and yet… he’s so brilliant! :P (Seriously, I think the key is that it’s not a show to be watching alone, because it just HAS to be laughed at. Of course, I say that and have to admit that we were all wrapped up in all the stories and really never snarked at it at all…)
I have to say, hockey has totally taken over. I NEVER watch television anymore.
And how. I mean, I’m not watching Season 5 of “The Wire”! That’s saying A LOT!
Poooooooor Katebits! If Goose knew he would send himself over with some chicken soup and a nice cushy cab pronto.
Ahh! I feel better already, alix! Thank you.
To be fair to my flesh and blood friends, they are trying to take care of me, but I’m a big intolerable baby when I’m sick. :P
“Little Joe lovingly brushes his black and white pinto Cochise.”
That’s SO funny! I don’t know why but I actually almost died laughing.
I’m sorry you don’t feel good, Kate. Want me to bring you some coloring books and a Sprite? It’ll make you feel better.
Zot! Thanks for the photo!
But there are MORE!!!
Clarkson…sitting on a throne?
Dayum.
EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Zot, you get a GIANT plastic gold star for that! *Swoons mightily*
Katebits, I’m so sorry you’re so sick! Get better soon! And feel better knowing that I’m feeling sorry for you.
These shows narrated for the blind sound HILARIOUS.
Patty, I’m so jealous of meeting James Garner!
Kate, you should come over here and we can be miserable together. “I feel like shit.” “Atleast you can walk.” “Yeah, well, you’re not coughing.” “Sure, but you carry milk from the kitchen to the living room.”
alix, the GG spin-off series might be better than GG. There’s only been a few books so far though. I have seen a couple of episodes and you’re right, Kristen Bell is great.
I’m sorry you don’t feel good, Kate. Want me to bring you some coloring books and a Sprite? It’ll make you feel better.
Yes, please. And popsicles. Thanks, Patty.
I remember Columbo and his “one more thing”s. I don’t watch much tv, now that I don’t have cable, but I’ve been watching House, Pushing Daisies (when they were showing episodes), and Masterpiece Theater/Mystery. When I did have cable, I watched PR, Avatar:The Last Airbender, JLU, Foster’s Home for Imaginary Friends and old movies. I’m like a weird combination of old lady and little kid. :P
To this day, Kate, even though I fight the urge, and there’s nothing she can do, I always call my mom when I’m sick. I try to think of a good excuse so she can bring it up when she hears my voice. And she’ll say, “I’m sorry honey, I wish there was something I could do for you.” And then I can sleep.
And I’m sure she rolls her eyes after she hangs up. Sheesh! She’s too old to be whining like that!
Kate, you should come over here and we can be miserable together.
Heather, for the last two weeks I’ve been wanting to barge into your house, but I really REALLY don’t want you to catch any of these diseases.
To this day, Kate, even though I fight the urge, and there’s nothing she can do, I always call my mom when I’m sick.
Aww, Patty. You bring up a good point. I haven’t called my Mom for sympathy. She gives the BEST sympathy.
Bonanza sounds hilarious, Heather! That episode I saw was probably like that, too, but I don’t remember it that well. I’m sure when Michael Douglas appeared, the narrator was careful to point out that his hair was perfect. :D
I’m like a weird combination of old lady and little kid. :P
Hee! You really are! :P (Of course, I think we all are…)
And she’ll say, “I’m sorry honey, I wish there was something I could do for you.” And then I can sleep.
Awww! You know, whenever I have a shitty day, I always feel better when Boomer calls me “Sweetie”. We just never outgrow that, do we?
Oh, Katebits, I hope you feel better. I’d send chicken noodle through the interwebs, but I’m sure that would mess up my computer somehow.
Zot, you get a GIANT plastic gold star for that!
Thanks! At the same time, I’m thinking of Zach throwing his plastic gold star away. :|
Oh, and speaking of being insufferable, does anyone want to imagine what Zach’s response was when he realized Clarkson was posing a throne that was clearly meant for him?
Thanks everyone. I appreciate your sympathy, I really do. I feel a lot better already!
You know, whenever I have a shitty day, I always feel better when Boomer calls me “Sweetie”. We just never outgrow that, do we?
We never do.
Anyone want bigger versions of the three Clarkson photos?
Srsly, this one is choke-on-your-gum hot
Throne
Answering questions
You know, David Clarkson looks like a movie star only BETTER. Hot athletes are so freaking awesome.
Hot athletes are so freaking awesome.
Well said.
Hot athletes are so freaking awesome.
That should be our new motto!
I’ve said to Schnookie before that Clarkson should be a model. He’s just that attractive. Thanks for the pictures, zot and Mara!
And Mara, there’s a huge-assed plastic gold star coming your way, too! :D
You know, David Clarkson looks like a movie star only BETTER. Hot athletes are so freaking awesome.
See, I keep trying to tell my non-sports fan friends about this. But they just don’t believe me. Because they’re STUPID.
I can’t believe I went 31 years without objectifying athletes. So much wasted time! I blame baseball. I spent too much time watching baseball.
I can just imagine Zachy poo in his old fashioned swim suit, clenching his fists, and demanding Boxworthy crawl to the young stars game to tamper with Clarkson’s equipment. “I say! Put vaseline on his skates, good sir, so he slides all over the ice!”
Awww little Alex Edler cleans up so nice! Whoever picked his suit is doing a bang up job.
Wooo! All my life, I’ve wanted a huge-ass plastic gold star!
Hot athletes are so freaking awesome.
My theory is it’s because they DO something totally unrelated to being f’ing beautiful. Being gorgeous is totally incidental to their extreme talent in their chosen field.
And the fact that you know those muscles get used somewhere besides 24-Hour-Fitness is pretty awesome, too.
Mmmmmm Clarkson. Mmmmmmm hockey players. We’re all so dang clever we discovered hockey.
So much wasted time! I blame baseball. I spent too much time watching baseball.
Stupid baseball ruins everything!
alix, I love the thought of Zach in his olde-tymey swimsuit, with his handlebar mustache, still muttering to Boxworthy that something needs to be done to ruin the All-Star experience for Clarkson.
We’re all so dang clever we discovered hockey.
Big pats on the back all around! WOO HOO! We’re so awesome! :D
And mara, you’re so right. The hottness is just a bonus with athletes. That’s the key.
I’m actually going to be social (how shocking!) for a couple of hours. Have a great night y’all! Looking forward to the all star diary, Ookies.
The hottness is just a bonus with athletes. That’s the key.
Also, often times the hotness will follow if the player is good enough. See: Pandolfo, Jay.
‘Night, alix! Have fun!
Good night, alix! Have fun being social!
A whole new way to look at Bobby Orr
I was going to tell y’all that the ASG from last year is on NHLN right now, just in time for Turco’s period. But it’s the Canadian broadcast, so no mic’d up Turco.
On the other hand, they just had an interview with “Raj Binder.” So it’s just as good. :D
That sounds, awesome, Patty! We’re playing “Sim 2: Castaway” on the Wii. It’s fascinating. Our Sim, Staffy Staffordson, has made friends with one of the deserted island’s chimps, Zach.
I really need to get a Wii, it sounds like.
It’s fun! I’m going to be entering a contest at work sometime this year where the grand prize is a Wii. In the unlikely event that I win and in the event that you don’t have one by then, I’ll give it to you, Patty!
That sounds, awesome, Patty! We’re playing “Sim 2: Castaway” on the Wii. It’s fascinating. Our Sim, Staffy Staffordson, has made friends with one of the deserted island’s chimps, Zach.
they have one for the NDS! :D i love it to bitssss..
my housemates next year want to pitch in and get a gaming console, but i don’t think we’ve decided on the Wii or the X360 yet. =/ or the PS3.
I just got a DS! You guys recommend Sims 2? I had the original original very first Sims for the PC and it was fun.
We’ve only just gotten started on it this Sims Castaway, but it has a lot of the same appeal as the original only with a bit more dazzle (we’re giving bananas to fish and cooking almond clam roasts!).
Vinny, I have no idea was to recommend. It seems to me the Xbox and Wii have equally appealing games to me, but I’m really the most casual of gamers, you know?
In the unlikely event that I win and in the event that you don’t have one by then, I’ll give it to you, Patty!
Awww, you don’t have to do that! But it’d be awesome if you did! :D
It’s a contest to force people to learn 2.0 web tools like, say, blogging. So if I win it, I’ll feel really guilty!
Anything I can do to help you assuage your guilt, you just let me know. :D
Have y’all ever seen Support Your Local Gunfighter?
I’ve never even heard of it!
Patty, I have along with Support Your Local Sheriff. I love them both.
James Garner and Suzanne Pleshette. Comedy western from the 70s. It was a favorite of ours on TV when we were kids. Cuz-a the whole James Garner thing.
Pookie, if Patty and I are talking about the same thing, they’re old James Garner movies that Schnookie HAS to see if she hasn’t. I don’t remember “Gunfighter” very well but “Sheriff” is completely charming and goofy.
We’ll have to see if we can get our hands on those movies this off-season; thanks for the suggestions!
That’s right, Heather!
It’s on right now. Poor Suzanne Pleshette just passed away the other day. She looks adorable in this movie. (She was always one of my dad’s favorites.)
You should! Gunfighter is first, and Sheriff is the sequel.
I’m signing off now, as I have to be bright-eyed and bushy-tailed for work tomorrow and then for the big All-Star Weekend! Which, we might not have mentioned is on Versus.
Magnet board, please!
Good night to anyone still around!
I haven’t heard of it either :0
I just got a DS! You guys recommend Sims 2?
I recommend, Elite Beat Agents and Animal Crossing. Also, Phoenix Wright stories :)
Good night Pookie :D
I have Elite Beat Agents and Phoenix Wright: Trials and Tribulations.
EBA is fun (although I am stuck on what I think is the last song of the first…stage thingy. A star-shaped hole in the ocean?), but I have to say that I cannot stand Pheonix Wright. Even the sound effects annoy me! I’m giving it to a friend to see if she likes it any better than me, and if not, I’ll sell it to GameCrazy or something.
I recommend Cooking Mama 2. Completely mindless and addicting. You have to play it with the sound turned off, though, or Mama’s Japanse-accented screech will make you chuck the game out the window.
I’m looking for a damn Mario game (either Mario 64 DS or New Super Mario Bros.), but they’re sold out everywhere. I’ll have to buy them online or wait for stores to finally restock.
aww mara i like Phoenix Wright :D haha and definitely Cooking Mama. Not gonna lie – I use a Z4 with my DS…soo..
I also (if you like this kind of high pressure game) recommend the surgery game Under the Knife (damn do i have the right name?) or something close. aah the one with the Pentagram. I haven’t played it in a while though so…
Trauma Center: Under the Knife. Yep, that’s on my list to buy.
What’s a Z4? The only thing I know by that name is the car!
-Ookies, I know you’re down for the night, but you should be very proud of me, as I bought “From Russia With Love” at The Dreaded Wal-Mart tonight. :D
I bought “From Russia With Love” at The Dreaded Wal-Mart tonight.
Sweet! From Russia with loooooove…. I fly to youooooo… Ah, that’s a good one. It’s one I haven’t seen as much as some of my favorites, but it’s definitely one of the best ones! I’m so glad it’s in your DVD library now. We’ll definitely have to do some group Bond movies this off-season. Now, if you’ll excuse me, I have to go into space.
Hee hee!
(I’m not actually going into space. I’m here. At work. Bored. Lonely. Tired.)
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