Gentle Reader, as you probably already noticed, it’s preseason. All across the league coaches, players, trainers and equipment guys are working hard to get themselves into shape before the season starts.
Here the Devils are getting some pointers in pugilism at their state-of-the-art training facility.
And they’re not the only ones! Bloggers the league over are getting into game shape, too, including us! We’ve got some game tape from last night’s Devils/Rangers match on our tivo, and we’ll be doing a special preseason game diary of it tonight. And just like the NHL, it won’t be regular-season quality work, but we’ll be charging you regular-season prices to read it! So tune in later tonight to see the IPB team in action for the first time since last year. There have been some personnel moves, some roster upgrades, some big names added to our already all-star roster. Be the first to see the changes, here! Tonight! Don’t miss it!
we’ll be charging you regular-season prices to read it!
You charge me? So that’s where all my money has been going! I thought it was food…
I love the Devils training facility. It really feels like they appreciate the good old days, you know?
You charge me?
Well… I’m not sure. But I do know that regular-season and preseason game diaries cost the same to the consumer, and that’s just WRONG! :P (Hey Mags, by the way, if we had a crochet pattern that was written in Dutch, would you be able to translate it? Or would you know someone who could? Are you too busy with school? Boomer bought a pattern and some materials when she was visiting KtG, and now she’s stuck waiting for KtG to procure a translation. When she told me her tale of woe, I was like, “Wait! I have a friend who might be able to help!” [It's no biggie if you can't])
Caitlin, the Devils take tradition VERY serioiusly. :P
Schnookie, I would definitely be able to translate, and if I can’t I know people who can. I’m going to Stitch ‘n Bitch tomorrow, so if I can’t, I’ll give it to one of the hookers and have her do it.
And just like the NHL, it won’t be regular-season quality work, but we’ll be charging you regular-season prices to read it!
Ugh. I was supposed to be there last night, but in an act of defiance, I said “Fuck it!” I lost the money whether I went or not, and I didn’t want to go, so why bother, right?
Mags, you’re the best! I’m not sure if there’s any way to actually get this chart out of KtG’s grasp, but we might be able to get her to mail it without waiting on a translation. If she does ever get around to sending it to us, I’ll scan a copy and email it your way. You may have just given us the leverage we need to ransom this chart! :D
Pam, your reasoning is sound. It’s not worth the money anyway, so going is actually more of a waste than not going, because at least if you stay home you can be productive and stuff. :P
I’ll give it to one of the hookers and have her do it.
Huh?
Caitlin, the Devils take tradition VERY serioiusly. :P
I should hope so! What use is it to exercise if your pants aren’t pulled up to your chin and you’re not using the rings to improve your arm..muscles?
By the way, this is the most hilarious screencap ever. It makes me giggle every time I see it.
I’ll give it to one of the hookers and have her do it.
Hee! I actually didn’t realize until I’d turned back to my work here that “hooker” doesn’t necessarily mean “crocheter”. :D
What use is it to exercise if your pants aren’t pulled up to your chin and you’re not using the rings to improve your arm..muscles?
It sounds like you’ve studied at Lou’s school of athletic concepts! I mean, those are TIME-HONORED ways of doing things. Lou’s not one to try something new-fangled, when medicine balls, Indian clubs, and sweatpants pulled up to your chin can do the job just as well.
Yea, that hooker line left me scrathing my head…I get it now!
As for the game, why waste the gas, and be bored at a meaningless game? We went to a Somerset Patriots (baseball) playoff game instead and it was great.
Caitlin, Pam, hooker means crocheter. I’d totally forgotten it means something else to most people. My bad!
By the way, this is the most hilarious screencap ever. It makes me giggle every time I see it.
Same here. It kind of looks like they’re about to break out into a musical number of some sort.
Let me check my calendar, hmm, spend quality with husband and daughterspend evening in front of computer with the Ookies. There, all set.
My new computer shipped yesterday and is supposed to arrive on Saturday!!! Wahoo!!!
Darn, my tags didn’t work. Just think strikethrough the husband and daughter part. :)
Hey everyone! Just checking in during a down moment in my ridiculously busy day. Amy, I think you’re right that the Devils in that picture are about to break into song. (And those ARE the Devils. :P)
Myra, I like the way you prioritize your life. :D
spend quality with husband and daughterspend evening in front of computer with the Ookies. There, all set.:^:::::::::::::::::::::::::::
Congrats on the new computer! Just in time for the hockey season!
Our stupid internet went down this morning, ten minutes before I was scheduled to teach a class that was all internet based. Fortunately my students were just as happy to futz with Microsoft Word, but it was a little hairy there. I can’t wait until the day that the internet is as reliable as a Devils losing streak in March.
I can’t wait until the day that the internet is as reliable as a Devils losing streak in March.
NOTHING is that reliable! :P
I can’t wait until the day that the internet is as reliable as a Devils losing streak in March.
NOTHING is that reliable! :P
The sun comes up in the East, water flows through the path of least resistance, birds fly south for the winter, and the Devils have a spectacular losing streak right after my birthday.
Mags, that’s exactly it! It’s the simple truths of our world.
I would have not mentioned my birthday, but my mom pointed it out. It’s always the game on my birthday, or the game closest to it that is just AWESOME and then they’re made of suck. I’m trying to figure out a way to move my birthday to the off-season so it doesn’t happen anymore…
Hm. Mags, I think we definitely need to petition to someone to make this birthday shift happen.
I’m trying to figure out a way to move my birthday to the off-season so it doesn’t happen anymore…
We’ll just have to convince the Devils that you were born in July or something.
Don’t you see, they play well enough to avoid Lou trying to make improvements at the trade deadline, then they carry on with a March full of suck.
Good point, Pam. But I prefer to think it’s as easy as convincing them all that Mags was born in July.
Ookies, enjoy Dave Maloney is all I’ll say…
I can’t believe there is finally blissfully only ten minutes left in this day! I have to do a pre-training assessment before a management class in two weeks. I clicked on it at 4:15 and discovered it will take 45 minutes. I looked at the clock and was like, “No way. I know it will probably take half that time but… Not on a day like today!” :D Patty, it’s like your worst nightmare what with all the management lingo! I’ll probably be driven nuts by the handouts which will surely have every piece of information duplicated at least once.
Patty, it’s like your worst nightmare what with all the management lingo!
You should use it to make bingo cards! When someone gets “synergy,” “thousand-foot view,” “cores,” “learnings,” and “takeaways” all in a row, they yell BINGO!
You could make “synergy” your free square in the center. :D
And don’t forget your “known unknowns.”
The real kicker is that I have zero interest in being a manager. ZERO. I didn’t go to library school to be a manager. If I wanted to be a manager, I’d have gone to business school.
Don’t you hate that? I hate it when bosses think they’re doing me a favor by giving me advice on moving up to management. Don’t help me!