Tonight’s broadcast (in HD, although we shouldn’t be surprised, since it is the Rangers) is touting itself as a clash of two undefeated titans. That’s right! The mighty 2-0 Devils! Meeting the mighty 4-0 Rangers! And there’s no need to examine the fact that all six of those wins were pretty much just barely eked out. These teams are both behemoths of winningness! The fur is going to fly tonight!
FIRST PERIOD
18:21 With the sparse crowd trying to get a “Marty!” chant going in the background (the crowd noise is blissfully muffled on this feed), the Rangers get their first shot of the night from the high slot, and Voros follows up on the rebound a bit too hard and knocks Marty over. He gets called for goalie interference. The crowd muffledly doesn’t like it. We have no real opinion, because it’s Monday night.
17:34 We get a shot of the bench during a stoppage, and Travis is looking shiny-haired and helmetless. He also is lacking his trademark red mark on his forehead – could it be that he finally has a helmet that fits?
17:03 The power play is not going well. Pookie proclaims disgustedly, “I’m calling Rangers 5, and the Devils nothing.”
16:01 The Devils are ineffectually puttering around the Rangers zone, and Chico remarks, “you can see why the Rangers are 19-of-19 on the penalty kill this season.” Pookie: “Because the Devils are that bad on the power play?”
14:20 As the teams are sort of weakly back-and-forthing, Clarkson suddenly finds himself with the puck in the neutral zone with a lot of ice in front of him. MSG+ eagerly cuts to an ice-level angle so we can watch his walking-in-on-the-D attempt here, but Clarkson just crumples face-first to the ice for no obvious reason. Doc suggests diplomatically that perhaps he “tripped over his own stick”. We wonder if Paulie deployed his gopher army to the wrong end of the ice; Pookie suggests Paulie’s on the bench right now saying, “Come, my children! To the other zone! Arise and attack!”
12:21 We come back from commercial to see a close-up of Marty (while Chico is assuring us that Marty is very popular when he holds goalie camps. Really Chico? We never would have guessed that aspiring goalies think Marty Brodeur is awesome), and it bears mentioning that we still don’t like his stupid new mask.
11:01 A chorus of groans rises from the living room of stately IPB Manor after Zach deftly forces a turnover above the faceoff dots to Lundqvist’s right, dishes smartly to Langer, then Langer laces a great feed across the crease to a streaking Travis… who whiffs terribly on the shot attempt. Schnookie has been muttering about how she has the beginnings of a headache, and this play prompts Pookie to say, “That gave me a headache.”
10:04 This game is very strangely lacking intensity, which is odd, considering how the preseason game we saw between these teams at the Garden was a feisty, good one.
9:48 Did Doc just call the Holik/Rupp/Zubrus line “The Balki Line”?
8:25 The Rangers get a whole bunch of scoring chances for some reason or another, but we’re too busy talking about how this game feels like a college game, or an AHL game where all the players know they’re not going to be called up, or a somnolent shuffleboard match on a seniors-only cruise ship to notice how or why that’s happening.
7:43 The game is now feeling like the Rangers have “weathered the Devils attack” and are now settling into the pace for the rest of the game. They’re setting up with ease in the Devils zone, and the Devils D seems content to just try to get the puck past the blue line when they attempt to break up passes. Psst, guys – you’re allowed to try to take the puck to the other end of the ice. You don’t have to spend the whole game in Marty’s zone.
6:42 MSG+ decides to zoom in on some Ranger as he’s taking Paulie on rushing up the far wing, and just as the play is in HD iso filling the screen, smooth-as-silk ice-water-in-his-veins Paulie just sweeps the puck away and skates off as if nothing happened at all. There is some mention on the broadcast that the play was reminiscent of a guy whose name rhymes with “Bliedermayer”. (Hint: his first name does NOT rhyme with “Blob”. It rhymes with “Blott”.)
6:30 Marty decides to remind us why we hated hockey at the end of last season. Dubinsky cranks a soft shot from just inside the blue line that flutters toward the net after chipping off Oduya’s stick. Marty has a week to glove the shot, but instead it hits his cuff and falls into the net. 1-0 Rangers.
5:19 We’re nodding off listening to Chico making excuses for Marty (Chico: “Sure, goaltenders want to stop all those [kinds of shots], and maybe should…” Us: “Maybe????”), and it’s a good thing, because the wheels are completely falling off the Devils right now. The Rangers are getting shot after shot after shot on turnover after turnover after turnover.
3:12 Chico: “This is interesting – three games in a row now the Devils have given up the first goal.” Pookie: “That’s very interesting!”
2:42 You know what we didn’t get enough of? That playoff series from last year between these two teams. So thank goodness the Devils are doing their darnedest to recreate it for us now.
1:25 Some red wine and Xanax would be really good right now. And just as we type that, Doc informs us the Devils have not registered a single scoring chance in this period. Correction: A LOT of red wine and Xanax would be really good right now.
0:00 BOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! *Throws beer-soaked mousepads at the TV*
FIRST INTERMISSION
Patty (In Dallas) spent much of last season telling us about how orange Steve Cangialosi looks in HD. Now that we’re finally seeing it, we’re a little disappointed; it seems Steve’s make-up wrangler has figured this “looking vaguely lifelike” thing out. However, Dano is totally picking up the slack.
SECOND PERIOD
19:17 Whatever Sutter told the boys in the dressing room, it must have registered in their heads as, “That 20 minutes was awesome! Keep that up! Go out and do more of that!”
18:34 After a shocking turn of events (read: a Devils shot on goal), Patty and Mara exchange some bitchslaps. They both get roughing minors. Chico floats the notion that 4-on-4 could be “to the advantage of the Devils”. We severely injure ourselves laughing uproariously at the suggestion.
17:16 To Chico’s credit, he clarifies that he only said that about the 4-on-4 because “5-on-5 the Devils have nothing going for them. You hope that 4-on-4, something might change.” Pookie: “And if that doesn’t work, you can just go to 3-on-3!”
15:51 All kinds of lameness is happening on the ice (so much so that Doc just throws up his hands on the play-by-play and says that the action is “crazy”, and not in a good or interesting way), and Boomer pipes up, “I’m hoping this is the clunker, and things will only get better from here.” Pookie responds, “That’s what I hoped all through the beginning of last season, too.”
14:26 Korpikoski walks out of the far corner toward the net, and Rolston hooks him before he can get to the crease. So now we get to see what these teams look like when the Rangers actually have one more guy on the ice, rather than just seeming like it.
13:24 The Rangers get three point shots in rapid sequence, and the last of the three gets tipped by Voros past Marty. 2-0 Rangers.
12:17 Ooh. Ooh. A Ranger clears the puck over the glass on what should have been an effortless, unpressured pass out of the defensive zone. The Devils are going on the power play. Pookie: “Yay. I think I’m going to knock myself out with a brick.”
We come back from commercial to hear Chico telling us that “not since Emile Francis has a Rangers coach been as warmly appreciated as Tom Renney.” Further proving that fanbases who have proclaimed they’d rather watch their team lose with a run-and-gun lineup than win with a trap are TOTAL liars.
11:48 The officials are taking pity on the Devils now, letting Marty get away with a clear hook on a shorthanded wraparound attempt.
10:00 Halfway through the game we’ve got two things to say: 1. If this is supposed to be some kind of measuring stick to see how much better this year’s version of the Devils is than last, we’re not impressed at the progress. And 2. Thank goodness for the retirement of the unbalanced schedule, because there are only five more of these things left this season.
7:33 Doc tells us the Rangers have out-chanced the Devils 10-3 so far in this game. That seems unlikely, because there is no way, with their whopping 7 total shots on net, that the Devils have had 3 chances.
6:47 In the best opportunity of the game so far for the Devils, Holik and the puck are both loose in front of a gaping net, and he manages to remind us of his previous tenure in New Jersey, what with the spinning around helplessly, unable to find the puck in his feet.
4:59 Meh. The Rangers get a 3-on-1 and overpass so that the Iron Boar is able to break it up without really trying. Whatevs.
3:36 On a bit of forecheck (We know! What is this word, this “forecheck”?) Zach does a wacky spin move to get around two Rangers in the near corner, but kind of just ricochets off both of them. Schnookie suggests that was his “Tornado” move, and Pookie posits that it was a dance move from his audition for West Side Story. Schnookie immediately pulls out one of her favorite bits of Zach trivia (that he appeared in several high school theatrical productions) to needle Pookie: “Yeah, that was part of his Brighton Beach Memoirs choreography.” Pookie flips her the bird. Schnookie just chuckles, because it’s not like she’s making up that Zach was in Brighton Beach Memoirs. That’s not the kind of thing a gal can make up. Oh, Zach. You’re a neverending fount of hilarity.
1:48 WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Zach is out with Pando and Madden, and thanks to the jolt of Brighton Beach Memoirs energy he’s got, Zach forces a turnover and whips a shot at net. Hank falls over in the face of Pando’s tenacious goalmouth presence, and Madden is there to backhand the puck through him and into the net. 2-1 Rangers, and we decide Zach should always be on the Madden/Pando line. Until they have to actually check someone.
0:04 After Marty goes down to make a scrambling save, Callahan cuts around close behind the net, catching Marty’s arm in a painful-looking bit of a check. Oduya comes in from up high and jostles Callahan for taking liberties with Marty, and Oduya gets called for interference. Sigh.
0:00 Well, there was one more Devils goal in that period than we expected. And about 10,000 fewer Rangers ones. So we guess that should be considered some kind of moral victory.
SECOND INTERMISSION
Steve is predicting, based on Zach having three points in three games, an 80-point season for our Itty-Bitty Prince. He also tries to tell us that Zach is not the kind of person who sets goals this early in the season. Please. Zach has Boxworthy working on heaps of ledgers just of his shift-by-shift goals, and we all know it.
Oh, and that Phaneuf “Is This The Year?” commercial is, quite possibly, the worst commercial for hockey that we’ve ever seen. Who on earth saw that and decided it was worthy of seeing airtime?
THIRD PERIOD
18:21 The Devils are looking ever-so-calm running around all over the place as if they’ve never practiced the PK, and thanks to another Voros screen, it’s 3-1 Rangers on the umpteenth point shot of the man advantage.
15:42 Doc and Chico are discussing how craptacular the Devils PK is at clearing out the front of the net, and, after grousing about how you can’t cross-check guys like you used to be able to, Doc pulls back a bit and says that after four years of these “new NHL” rules, it’s not really a good excuse anymore. Schnookie: “But the Devils are still hoping to use it that way.” Pookie: “I know what. How about they try to counteract it by doing the same thing at the other end?” Stunned silence follows.
12:36 The Poppers put on a bit of Brighton Beach Memoirs spunkiness, but Zach’s shift-by-shift goal of picking up another point here isn’t met, as Langer’s dart-down-from-the-point-to-chip-the-puck-over-Lundqvist move doesn’t bear fruit.
11:26 Pookie says out of the blue, of Oduya’s play, “Johnny Handsome just looked like Johnny Confused there.” Schnookie responds, “Huh? I wasn’t paying attention.” Pookie explains, “There was lots of skating around in big circles, and passing to no one, and…” and she trails off. Schnookie finishes for her, “And having a big thought bubble with a giant question mark in it over his head?”
10:21 Voros heads to the bench for a change while the Rangers seem to have everything calmly under control, and decides to issue some kind of “I’m a manly-man, and can posture preeningly to prove it” challenge to Clarkson on the way, earning himself a slashing penalty for his trouble. Pookie: “This is the kind of penalty the Devils never kill.”
8:21 It is, however, the kind of penalty the Rangers do kill. Unsurprisingly.
7:57 Zubrus has a glorious point-blank opportunity, but appears to whiff on the puck. Less than 8 minutes until we can turn this off and play MarioKart! (Yeah, we know how cool we are. You don’t have to tell us.)
7:00 Chico’s not making excuses, but he’s saying the ice sucks tonight.
6:33 The Iron Boar fires the puck on his backhand over the glass and the Rangers go back on the PP. Almost exactly as Schnookie is positing that the Devils’ PK can’t handle big guys in front of the net because there’s no one on the team who can fill that role in practice.
6:21 Hey! The Rangers aren’t significantly enough better than the Devils with one man advantage, so Whitey cleverly takes a high sticking penalty right off the faceoff to give them a two-man advantage. That’s what we like to see.
4:20 We’re not going to lie – that was a satisfying stretch of penalty killing, even though it prompted Chico to say at one point, on a failed clearing attempt by Oduya, “It’s another example of the Devils doing so many things right, but…” letting us finish for him, “also doing so many things wrong.” The end result, no matter how unlikely, was that the Rangers didn’t score, so we’ll take it.
2:18 Langer gets all stupidly bitchy and petulant with Drury, and, despite slashing Drury, roughing him, and repeatedly punching him in the face with his gloved hand, somehow manages to draw matching minors on the exchange. Chico seems to think the Devils should have gotten the power play on the sequence. Really, Chico? Drury gets slashed, roughed, and punched repeatedly while offering only a single roughing-caliber response, and you think he should have gotten the extra minor? Interesting.
0:57 The Devils pulled Marty for the 4-on-4, and after failing miserably to be in the right place in front of Lundqvist’s net for a few rebounds (because no team goes to the net with less effectiveness than the Devils. Johnny Mac, we’re looking at you…), end up on the receiving end of an empty-net goal by Callahan. 4-1 Rangers.
0:00 This whole game kind of looked like the Devils said, “We really want revenge for the way things went last year, but we think it’s still possible for us to be just a bit more beaten down and humiliated. So let’s pile on one more loss for old time’s sake, and we’ll start focusing on the revenge thing in the next game.” Which… thanks, guys. It was fun.
Holy crap, Travis was 10-0 on face offs? Go Trav! :)
KG, I was just saying the same thing! Only I think it sounded more like a high-pitched whistle-squee that only dogs could hear.
Haha well finding out that little stat promptly made me put on my Trav jersey, and speaking of, his beautiful face just appeared on my screen. :)
May I just say, this new fangled thing called Fios/DVR is amazing.
Semin just got one past Luongo and can I also say that the goal siren for the Caps is really really annoying.
Wow, Edler (?) just scored for the Canucks. Defence, anyone?
I cannot STAND the Caps goal horn! I’d forgotten all about it!
Yay! Razor is doing the color for the game.
I love it when they talk about Zach and JP.
Fuckity fuckity fuck. I hate Rangers games SO MUCH.
Man, even the PUCK hates Marty’s new mask.
Maybe that will be enough to convince Marty to go back to the old one during intermission?
I quit. I’m becoming a Lightning fan, they always lose, no stress of worrying about coming back from a deficit, it’s going to come and they know it.
Oooo. That doesn’t sound good.
KG, it’s not that bad! It’s only Game 3! Although… That Vinny is hot… :D
How is it that Doc sounds surprised that Marty is weak on the high blocker? How long has he been watching this man play? Just because Marty waves that catching glove around like it’s on a spring doesn’t mean that’s his weak point…
I agree Vinny is smokin’ but I’m going for the younger one, Steven Stamkos is my new love. He beat out Zach and Travis.
Correction: Weakest on the high blocker side…
Little early in the season to be calling him weak. I’ll save that for games 13-27… =)
MAN our power play blows!!
I know exactly how you feel, alix.
It was amazing during the pre season, so I’m not sure what happened.
Just give them some time then. Ours has sucked from the beginning.
Awww. I’m sorry. That sucks.
I don’t like Stamkos because I feel like Tampa is tossing Vinny out with the bathwater to make room for him. Wait, maybe Vinny will get offended and will demand a trade to NJ! Woo!
Our PP sucks so bad tonight, I’m pretending it never happened.
Pookie, it could happen, surrrrrrrrrrre.
Our powerplay was so bad I was begging to just decline the penalty and go on.
Our PP was so bad tonight that the Rangers were able to pretend it wasn’t happening in the moment.
Ugh…that was surprisingly boring.
alix, I’m getting to watch the Canucks for the first time tonight! Granted, it’s on Blersus, but hey, I’m just excited to get to see more hockey!
I think the only thing that can help the Devils now is if I eat some leftover birthday cake during the 2nd.
I’m shocked you didn’t mention (notice?) the deliciously cheesy Devils broadcast graphic for Zach and Travis stats entitled “So, Souix Us”!
It was awful…
…ly brilliant!
I didn’t see the “So, Sioux Us”! DAMMIT! I’m out of practice!
Pam, I’ll take some leftover cake!
Our PP was so bad tonight that the Rangers were able to pretend it wasn’t happening in the moment.
OUCH.
I just saw the replay of the Rangers’ goal. Ouch, again.
I just saw the replay of the Rangers’ goal. Ouch, again.
Thanks, Myra. Although the way things have gone the last 12 months between these teams, it’s less painful and more, “Oh, that again? *Stabs eye with soldering iron* Ho hum.” :P
alix, I’m getting to watch the Canucks for the first time tonight! Granted, it’s on Blersus, but hey, I’m just excited to get to see more hockey!
That’s so exciting! I luff them right now. You’re glad you didn’t try to watch them last season. Heh. This version is much better :) But they haven’t looked as good as they did against the Flames. But there’s lots of Brahms left to be played.
Happy anniversary, Myra! Tell Hubby the same!
(From the last thread.)
I just joined and haven’t caught up on the thread, but I just saw a few highlights before commercial and it looked like Holik got smacked by somebody on the bench as he skated by. Is that what happened?
Haha I only saw the Sioux us and didn’t get it. I need to get some sleep.
Pookie I don’t think you need to worry about Vinny getting tossed out, Stamkos is only getting like six minutes a game.
The Blersus dudes are really high on the Devils. I kept thinking, what is all this positivity associated with the Devils?
I can’t believe I missed “So Soiux Us”! That’s fucking brilliant! I wonder if someone in the truck’s been pitching that every game for the last two years and the Big Dog finally gave in?
Thanks, Patty! We had a great weekend except for there being no WiFi and only limited cable. I had to actually spend time with and talk to my husband. Very Strange.
I’m going back and forth between games, and I turn to the Canucks to see Willie Mitchell make about 5 great plays in a row and it makes me go back to wishing he hadn’t left us.
Oh, boo.
I kept thinking, what is all this positivity associated with the Devils?
:^:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: I guess since you only hear about the Devils from the especially cheery group of Devils faithful around here, it would be weird! What sucks is that people are either really high on the Devils for attributes of the team that haven’t been in place since 2000, or they’re really down on the Devils for attributes that haven’t been in place since 1995. Whatever it is the Blersus guys are saying, it hasn’t been true in at least 8 years (unless they’re talking about Marty himself).
Poopy poop poop. That goal sucked.
Sorry, alix. Ohlund and Raymond looked like the Stars the other night. Double ouch.
it seems Steve’s make-up wrangler has figured this “looking vaguely lifelike” thing out
I cannot TELL you how disappointed I am that he fixed his makeup. Not only was it bright orange, but it was applied with a straight-edge. It looked like it had to be on purpose!
Did somebody say soldering iron?
I wish White smacked the taste outta Voros’ mouth after that goal. But that would be asking White to do something he hasn’t done to anyone in about six years I guess.
Sorry, alix. Ohlund and Raymond looked like the Stars the other night. Double ouch.
Crap, crap, crap. I left for about 7 minutes to go eat some pizza, and it was still 2-1. Ridiculous. 3 shots on net? You picked the wrong night to watch them, Myra.
I wish White smacked the taste outta Voros’ mouth after that goal.
I thought the same thing. Stay classy, Voros. Oh, and act like you’ve been there before. *eyeroll*
We have tickets to see the Stars vs. Caps game so I wanted to see what we would be up against. I’m not feeling too excited right now.
Oh, and act like you’ve been there before. *eyeroll*
I was just watching them talk about Ovechkin and I remembered that that is the OLD way. The cool dudes act like they’ve never been there before. :P
Is the sound in the Devils game odd to y’all? Doc and Chico sound like they’re sitting by the fire describing the game to someone in the kitchen.
I’m going back and forth between games, and I turn to the Canucks to see Willie Mitchell make about 5 great plays in a row and it makes me go back to wishing he hadn’t left us.
I freakin love Mitchell. He’s been a total rock star so far.
That’s one of my biggest problems with Ovechkin. When you’ve scored as many NHL goals as him, you really need to act like a pro, you know? I’m not saying he has to look like he doesn’t care, but honestly. Have some respect for yourself, dude! :D
Patty, everyone here agrees that it does sound odd.
It’s too early in the season to want to turn hockey off. Laaame.
alix, you’re right! We’re supposed to be enjoying hockey this time of year! Quick! Find something positive to say, Pookie! Uh…. Uh…. Uh…. Clarkson in HD! Woo-hoo!
One can never tell how a hockey game can turn out. I wish could not remember a Stars game from last year where the Stars had the lead 4 to1 going into the last 5 minutes of the game and then they lost it. And they were playing the Kings. It’s painful to recall but I hope it helps. :)
Thanks, Myra, I appreciate it. That kind of thing doesn’t happen with the Rangers and Devils. :D
WOOOOOOOOOOO!!!
WOOO!
Mmmmm. That is tasty. Clarkson.
We have 3 shots after a period and a half. WOO :P
Woo for Clarkson in HD. Ovechkin, not so much.
I’m just repeating that it’s early in the season so it really doesn’t matter. Right! Right?
WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!! Cut that lead in half!
alix, that’s… not too good. I don’t think the Devils have many more than that.
Right, Myra. It is too early in the season for it to matter. But it’s the stupid Rangers!
Oh, pooh. Like they need a penalty shot. How is Luo at this, alix?
WHAT THE DEUCE?!?
Since when do you get a penalty shot called against you for throwing a stick?!? If someone’s not on a breakaway? WHAT.THE.FUCK?
Razor was questioning that too. But it has to do with him knocking a previously discarded stick into the player with his stick. It wasn’t his stick that got thrown.
Oh, crap. Sorry, alix.
You know what? I’ve already had a totally shitty day, I don’t need to watch shitty hockey on top of that. I’ve never turned a game off but life’s too short.
Good luck Devils!
Wait alix! What if they catch up? There’s still time!
Aw, alix, I am so sorry! Go do something fun! Make up for that shitty day!
You are allowed, alix. Hope you have a better day tomorrow.
Patty, we’re all about the mixed signals, aren’t we? :D
It’s two against one, Pookie, we win.
Woo-hoo! Hive five, Myra!
Dang it.
Woops! Sorry, Pookie, I always miss. :P
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Double-poop.
Myra, thanks for the laugh. I need it right now. This game BLOWS! I’m going to need a lot of post-game MarioKart to make it all better.
Glad to be of service. Hey, I watched a Stars game earlier and I knew it was going to blow before I even started and I still watched it.
Hockey fan=Glutton for punishment
Hockey fan=Glutton for punishment
So true! Sometimes I wonder why we do this to ourselves!
Because we like it.
Poor Canucks have only had 3 shots on goal. They pulled Luongo but I don’t see how that has anything to do with it.
So basically, we’re all a bunch of masochists then?!
alix, I’m so so sorry the Canucks have disappointed you. They owe you some giraffes and Swedes delivered to you in a cab, methinks.
Oh, and that Phaneuf “Is This The Year?” commercial is, quite possibly, the worst commercial for hockey that we’ve ever seen. Who on earth saw that and decided it was worthy of seeing airtime?
It boggles the mind. It’s probably some CEO’s bum nephew that put it together and everybody’s afraid to say it’s crap. All of those that are part of a picture are stupid. Even Sid’s. I saw a clip about the making of them and they were giddy about how awesome it was turning out.
A commercial that’s good? That Blersus commercial with Braydon Coburn. I luff him. He’s so loose and natural and smirky and funny.
They should market the players that are personable-sounding and who can string a few sentences together while sounding like they understand what the words mean. That’s right — all the NHL campaigns should star Mike Commodore, Kevin Weeks, Marty Turco, and Drew Stafford! WOOO! New fans would come rushing to the game!
Don’t forget Braydon Coburn!
Wow, the suckitude tonight even astounds me. If this is what a team angry about last year looks like, I’d hate to see what they look like when they are apathetic.
Yeah, Frisby. Yeah. Sigh.
Oh, right, and Braydon Coburn, too!
So basically, we’re all a bunch of masochists then?!
Caitlin, you can’t tell me you did not already know this.
Braydon Coburn’s the one where he talks about all his injuries? Cause that kid is pretty good.
So sorry about the Devils! They’ve already won two games! That’s something to be proud of.
Yes, Myra, that’s the guy.
Speaking of bad commercials, this Mohegan Sun commercial makes me yearn for the days of annoying kids in AIG commercials.
Evening Hockey fans! Everyone seems cheery!
Pookie, Marty Turco, definately. Drew Stafford still scares me a little. He reminds me of the mean jock in your English class who tries to pull your chair out right before you go to sit down.
For sure. That is more than we can say. Hey, if next Saturday’s game sucks, we can think of goofy things to text to the Jumbotron. Or as Hub likes to tease me, we can just drool over the players.
What in the world?! They’re punching each other with their gloves on!
Hey, mcguffers!
What in the world?! They’re punching each other with their gloves on!
Well, actually, only one was punching the other. Hah.
Did I just see Marty yawn?
I know it will come as no comfort to y’all, but I really appreciated those hilarious pops to the face that Drury got courtesy or Langer.
Hey Patty! I just saw an interview with Sean Avery, and I have to admit… I… don’t think… I hate him… anymore. Is that weird?
I have a Zach question I’m hoping one fo you ladies can answer. How is it, Zach’s hair in the “So Souix me” picture which was obviously taken before the game matches his hair in the intermission interview? He had a helmet on for 20 minutes and his hair came out exactly the same? What’s the name of his gel? Dude
oh and YEAH MONTREAL!
Did you put yourself in Langer’s shoes there, Kate? Or skates, as it were.
I… don’t think… I hate him… anymore. Is that weird?
Yes, that’s weird. Don’t fall for it!
*heavy sigh*
And the Devils give up twice as many goals tonight as they have ALL season. :P
Chaz, we’ve long joked that Zach has a gadget called the “PZachinator” (a remnant of back when we called Pauile “PMart”) that perfectly spikes his hair at all times. He had Boxworthy rig up a PZachinator that fits in his helmet so that he can show up for all intermission and post-game interviews looking sufficiently spiky.
mcguffers! What interview of Avery did you see? It must be one heck of an interview.
Yes, that’s weird. Don’t fall for it!
I know, I know. I think I’m just vulnerable right now. It’s like drunk dialing your no-good ex-boyfriend for a booty call.
Ah…if I wanted spiky hair I would invest in one. To say I was impressed was an understatement. =P
So basically, we’re all a bunch of masochists then?!
Not me! BECAUSE THE SABRES ARE AWESOME!
(Then again I did come back after last season so… )
Add Joe Thornton to the “should always be in commercials” pile and then I totally agree.
And sorry Devils fans!
mcguffers! What interview of Avery did you see? It must be one heck of an interview.
it was some Canadian interviewer with a really really long Greek name… Strombopoliopooulus or something to that effect.
On a total side note, Ookies, I’m watching Heroes and Bubbles is on! Only he’s clean and well-dressed and walking straight and not at all high. I don’t like it.
Oh, I did see that one, mcguffers. It did make me feel a little sorry for him, momentarily. Then I watched him play for us again and poof! It all went away like magic.
Is that the one where he whines about never learning to read?
Ha ha Myra, I’m sure the first time I see him play this season, I’ll remember what a douche he is, but I did like when Strombo asked what the worst trash line he’s ever used was and he goes, “My stuff is pretty grade A.”
Yes, that is the one.
That’d be the one Patty. Never got to read Moby Dick no less. Of all the books to use as an example. I’ve read Moby Dick, Sean, and I gotta say, I’d rather be a rich NHL hockey player.
I liked when he said that the worst trash talk he had ever received was, “Your girlfriend is short.” That one did make me laugh.
I know, that was great. I was hoping that was from a non-American speaking player who may have used the wrong adjective. Otherwise that would have been lame. Especially if it was about Elisha Cuthbert. I can think of some other ways to describe her.
Ookies, I’m watching Heroes and Bubbles is on!
No wonder I feel so out of whack! A cleaned up Bubbles? That’s just wrong.
Never got to read Moby Dick no less. Of all the books to use as an example.
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Heather, Bubbles is a Hero? Seriously?
Bubble is like, “Save the cheerleader, snitch on the world.”
Never got to read Moby Dick no less. Of all the books to use as an example. I’ve read Moby Dick, Sean, and I gotta say, I’d rather be a rich NHL hockey player.
:^::::::::::::::::::::::::: I love Moby Dick (no, really) and even I think that’s a downright bizarre example. And having read Moby Dick didn’t make me enough money to buy designer clothes so it doesn’t really seem to be up Avery’s alley does it?
At least it doesn’t have talking dolphins, though.
That’s why I could never get through it. I was like, “This would be so much easier for Ahab if some dolphins would just tell him where the whale is.”
(I’ve never read Moby Dick, nor have I ever tried. In case you couldn’t guess from that comment.)
Schnookie, kind of. He’s one of the heroes who has powers but doesn’t know how to control them and accidentally killed someone and is now trying to convince everyone that he really isn’t a bad person. It’s kind of a long story. But still… he’s not dirty or high and it’s messing with my head.
LALALALALALALA *fingers in ears*
I have not watched any Heroes this season, but I have them all TiVoed. I haven’t made myself sit down and watch them and the further behind I get, the less interested I am. I should watch them. And then decide how interested.
What show is Bubbles from? The Wire?
There probably could have been talking dolphins for all I know. The only skill I took away from being an English major was the ability to write papers while barely reading the book. Oh, and I’m useful when we play those Mad Libs because I can explain the difference between an adverb and an adjective to my friends
I was just kidding about fingers in my ears. It’s my own fault I haven’t watched them yet.
Patty, yes, Bubbles is from the Wire.
I’m really not feeling this season although tonight was much better than previous episodes.
Speaking of commercials (from way back), I’m watching the Chicago game now and they had a commercial starring Patrick Sharpe and oh, my, he was handsome. Hottie hot hot.
I can’t say if his delivery of his lines was loose and natural, though, because I didn’t hear a word he said. Heh.
Yeah, Bubbles is from “The Wire”, and he’s one of those characters that just doesn’t seem — even to a jaded soul like myself — to be played by an actor. He’s just… Bubbles. It’s hard to explain. But seeing him in another setting (especially one as actor-ly as “Heroes” would probably make my brain explode).
I tried to read Moby Dick because I thought I was going to need to for the English AP. I stupidly was like, “Hey, I’ll bring it on a flight to Chicago! I’ll be a captive audience!” Uh… bad idea. I think I got about three chapters in. KtG read it a few years ago and swears it’s actually really funny. Oh, and of course, the only book I needed to read for the AP was “Huck Finn”. Natch. Avery, I’ll give you the Cliff Notes on that one — he lits out for the Territories.
But still… he’s not dirty or high and it’s messing with my head.
Yeah, I don’t think I could deal with that. Kima appeared in “Step Up 2: The Streets” (GREAT movie, everyone. :P) as the exasperated legal guardian of the sassy heroine. I was like, “Watch it, you punky kid — Kima can kick your ass without even trying.” I can’t handle any Wire actors out of context.
There probably could have been talking dolphins for all I know.
You sound like my kind of English major, mcguffers. :D
Patrick Sharp was my favorite PanBoxer last year! I almost ranked him superhigh so I could get him again. I had no idea he was foxy.
Heather, I am this close to just deleting all those episodes and not worrying about it. :D Not there yet, but close.
I read Moby Dick for a college course and I skipped huge chunks of it. So I’m not sure whether I can claim to have read it or not. :D
Patty, if you did cave and delete them all, I think your life would probably go on. I wouldn’t have even bothered with tonight but I happen to blog in the same room as the TV.
KtG read it a few years ago and swears it’s actually really funny.
While there are small parts that I found amusing I, uh, wouldn’t really trust KtG on that one. The Great American Novel? I’d argue for that. Funny? I wouldn’t try to convince anyone of that.
I’m totally convinced that Bubbles is a real person not an actor.
I gave up on Heroes last season. I just couldn’t summon up the enthusiasm to watch anymore.
I had to read War and Peace for a college course, and about 8 chapters in I skipped all the “war” chapters. I still count it, and you should count Moby Dick, Patty.
Meg, I was also convinced that Bubbles was one of the many “real person” people involved in The Wire, so I was STUNNED when the NYT Styles section had an “Out On The Town With…” column with Andre Royo. I was like, “Out on the town with BUBBLES???? SERIOUSLY?????”
Oooh, I really liked “War and Peace” but I read for plot only. The plot of that one? Awesome! :D
And yeah, KtG has questionable humor, as Michael Kors might say.
Schnookie, I consider it a sad commentary on our education system that I had a 3.8 for my major classes.
I’ve never seen Heroes or Project Runway, so sometimes I feel a little lost. (which, is another show I’ve never seen.)
I gave up on Heroes last season. I just couldn’t summon up the enthusiasm to watch anymore.
Same here, I don’t like to have to work that hard to follow a TV show. I was the same way with Lost.
I’ve always kind of wanted to read War and Peace. Now that I’ve become addicted to the interwebs, though, it’s not looking good.
Project Runway awesome! Heroes? Not my cup of tea. It’s too overdesigned.
I really loved the first season of it. And a lot of the reason was because I didn’t know most of the actors. Like y’all say about Bubbles, I didn’t think of them as anything but their characters. Then I start seeing behind the scenes stuff, and that Hayden girl licked the Cup and the veil fell from my eyes. :D
The finale of the first season, then last season, I was rolling my eyes a lot and fast forwarding a ton. I plan to give this season a chance, but I’m all “meh.”
I watch The Office and Life. I used to like Grey’s Anatomy, but Meredith and Derek make me what to jam pencils in my eyes, and entertainment should never lead one to cause self bodily harm. Which makes me wonder why I like hockey?
“War and Peace” rocks and lends itself well to putting in down for long stretches of time. It’s like 8 books in one.
Yeah, Heroes isn’t really my kind of show. And Lost never appealed to me. I tend to get tired very quickly of shows that have to keep upping the “it’s so convoluted and mysterious and full of surprises and cliffhangers!” ante all the time. But Project Runway? Is AWESOME.
and entertainment should never lead one to cause self bodily harm. Which makes me wonder why I like hockey?
It does make one wonder.
Lost, I love. Lost is awesome. It kind of derailed for half a season but it got back on track. I don’t think that’s in the card for Heroes.
My problem is I have the attention span of a fruit fly, so I get bored with tv shows quickly.
McGuffers, you should watch Spongebob! That’s a great show for short attention spans! And it’s awesome! Waaaay awesomer that Heroes if you ask me. And yes, they’re often compared to one another.
In this day and age of TV shows on DVD, I also don’t have a lot of patience for TV shows on regular TV. I need them to be 2 1/2 hours long, have 82 episodes a season, and have new episodes on the air three times a week. That, or I have to be able to do a deep-immersion thing where I watch the entire season in three days.
Project Runway’s not really my cup of tea. I don’t like real people. :D I don’t like reality shows and I don’t like scripted shows. That pretty much leaves hockey. Fortunately, as of this past Friday, it’s on all the time!
I’ve actually watched Spongebob a few times and it totally cracks me up in a way I can’t explain
As for hockey, thanks to my work schedule and family I still haven’t seen a full game. Tonight I did see the third periods of the Caps/Canucks and the Habs/Flyers game. So I was quite happy they both won. I think I’m getting back in the hockey spirit. Although Rochester’s split with Buffalo has made me feel like the kid who got abandoned by her father only to be living with mom’s new loser boyfriend (loser boyfriend=Florida Panthers.)
I LOVE Spongebob!
Did you see the episode with the Waterbear (i think?) who kept beating up Spongebob’s boss? I don’t know anyone’s name and I only saw the last 10 minutes of it, but it had me dying
I ADORE Spongebob! LOVE HIM! (I haven’t seen that episode with the Waterbear, though.)
I sad now. :( Stupid Devils. Ruined the first day of the week.
Don’t think of it that way, KG! Think of how the week can only get better from here!
Don’t think of it that way, KG! Think of how the week can only get better from here!
I love SpongeBob completely unabashedly.
I’m excited that I get to see hockey tomorrow night. It’s the Pens v the Flyers but it’s still hockey. Then the Stars play on Wed and Thur. We have a break on Friday. Then it’s Saturday! Officially dubbed Ookie Day at our house!
Ookie Day should be a national holiday!
Pens games can be fun, Myra. Sid and all.
I’m sure it will be very soon.
I think it is, Schnookie! Why else would I be off work that day?
Pens-Flyers games have tons of potential for disaster!
That’s funny, Saturday is officially dubbed “Dallas Contingent Day” here!
Wow, I don’t know what I was thinking. Sid in HD. Awesome.
Noooooooooo! Someone must end this sign of the apocalypse that is the Rangers winning this game. It boggles my mind that they remain undefeated.
Stupid Rangers…
Oh my gosh! I just saw the cutest commercial with Pat Kane! The Blackhawks have a cute series where the players skate full speed up to a microphone in a spotlight and say what their goal is.
Pat Kane and a little kid, probably 10, skate up together. Kane says, “My goal? Is to inspire the next generation of Blackhawks players.” Kid says, “Hey, I think we’re almost the same age.”
Then they skate back into the dark.
Oh, and Myra, we’ll have to watch for Braydon Coburn. In case he does something cool.
Steve, the Rangers can still go 5-77!
Oh, and Myra, we’ll have to watch for Braydon Coburn. In case he does something cool.
You mean like what kind of injury he can get this time? :P
I think I just passed out in my chair, so I better go to bed
And I have to say that you were right about Theodore…
Pat Kane and a little kid, probably 10, skate up together. Kane says, “My goal? Is to inspire the next generation of Blackhawks players.” Kid says, “Hey, I think we’re almost the same age.”
Now that’s funny. I’ve seen the photos from the Blackhawks red carpet event, and Pat Kane looks like he’s someone’s younger brother that tagged along.
Good morning, everyone! I hope we’re all feeling grand today!
I have just been tasked with coming up with ideas for team building for my new boss. He’s new to the area, and wants to do something like the upscale bowling he used to do with his groups when he worked in Philly and New York. The only things I can think of are the team building Pookie’s coworkers do (going to Dave & Busters) or the team building from high school, where we’d go play blob tag at the Princeton Battlefield. Sigh.
And I have to say that you were right about Theodore…
Yeah, sorry about that. We were listening to some talking heads discussing the Caps this year and they said, “Theodore was the best goalie available” and Schnookie corrected them. “No, Huet was the best goalie available…”
Good morning, everyone! I was all excited to watch the Pens-Flyers game tonight then I realized I’m working late tonight. The last time these teams played on Blersus when I was working late was the infamous Sid vs. Hatcher night. I bet Sid gets 10 points tonight (all secondary assists).
We used to play broomball as team building…
Good morning!
Was there a game last night? I don’t remember it.
I’m with you alix. I had this horrible dream that the Devils not only lost to the Rangers, but were dominated most of the game by them. Good thing it was only a dream, right?
Good thing it was only a dream, right?
That’s so weird, because I TOTALLY had that same dream. And then I woke up and laughed and laughed, because we all know the Devils retooled during the summer and were going to make STATEMENTS every time they played the Rangers this year. So! When’s the first Rangers game?
We used to play broomball as team building…
I think I’ll suggest that! :P
upscale bowling
I’m strangely curious as to what this entails?
Good thing indeed, redank. I’m glad I just dreamed the Canucks were run over by the freakin Capitals too.
Oh and can I just say I think it’s really lame that the Caps do the sea of red/rock the red? The Flames already do that way better than they ever could. Why not be original and wear I don’t know red clown noses or something?
Oh and can I just say I think it’s really lame that the Caps do the sea of red/rock the red?
Yes, alix, you can say that! Because I agree wholeheartedly. I hate that the Devils do it during the playoffs, but are the Caps trying to do that during the regular season? How stupid is that? Of course, I don’t like that the Flames do it either because, as I’ve said many times before and will say many times in the future — red is a recessive color!!!!!
Why not be original and wear I don’t know red clown noses or something?
Considering the Devils did a third-rate “Rock The Red” last year, I’m all over this red clown noses thing! That would be so awesome! :P
I’ve said many times before and will say many times in the future — red is a recessive color!!!!!
I feel very stupid now because I seriously had to go look up recessive colors because I had no idea what was going on.
My brain, it hurts.
Morning, IPB!
upscale bowling
I’m strangely curious as to what this entails?
Heh. My new boss is a bit of a snob, so when he told me what he was looking for, I was like, “Oh, um, sure. I can find a bowling alley around here…” and he was all, “Um, NO. The places I took my groups to in NYC and Philly were, like, clubs that happened to have bowling lanes in them.” I just now suggested the extravagantly ritzy mini golf place nearby and he rolled his eyes at it. I guess swanky bowling is okay, but swanky mini-golf isn’t.
Is upscale bowling like that scene from Kingpin, where the wife-beater has his own 2 lane bowling alley in his basement?
I just now suggested the extravagantly ritzy mini golf place nearby and he rolled his eyes at it. I guess swanky bowling is okay, but swanky mini-golf isn’t.
WTF? Ritzy mini-golf isn’t enough for him?! I didn’t even know that there were upscale clubs that had the additional bonus of bowling lanes in them, so that shows how much I know. Poor Schnookie!
No, indeed.
After the Devils game last night, they should all wear red bags over their heads. Sheesh, that was awful.
Is upscale bowling like that scene from Kingpin, where the wife-beater has his own 2 lane bowling alley in his basement?
:^:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: It is around here! :D
I didn’t even know that there were upscale clubs that had the additional bonus of bowling lanes in them, so that shows how much I know.
Yeah, well, it sounds like my boss was really proud of himself for doing something as ironic and cool as bowling. So now basically he just wants to have his old teams and go to their old bowling haunts. Nothing I’m suggesting is good enough. I’m this close to just telling him to take the team to the bar up the street for a happy hour, like our VP does.
I guess swanky bowling is okay, but swanky mini-golf isn’t.
Swanky mini-golf sounds like way more fun than swanky bowling.
And seriously, clubs with bowling alleys in them? While “drunk” and “bowling” go hand-in-hand, I can’t picture swanky hipsters bowling at a club.
I’m this close to just telling him to take the team to the bar up the street for a happy hour, like our VP does.
I really…don’t blame you, Schnookie! What the hell else are you supposed to do?
And I was in Bowling Club in high school, and I feel authorized to say swanky mini-golf is so much cooler. (I was in Bowling Club for one day, but that’s a whole other story.)
I was on a bowling team in college. And yeah, I’ll take mini-golf ANY DAY. (Plus, ritzy mini-golf is 15 minutes away from here. Ritzy bowling is an hour away, in Philly. The OBVIOUS choice is mini-golf.) (Actually, Pookie found this really cool company that makes old-school scavenger hunts, with some specifically designed for Princeton. My employer is on their list of corporate clients and everything. When I suggested it to my boss, he rolled his eyes. Dude! This scavenger hunt is even closer than the mini-golf! And would be creative and fun! Gah.)
After the Devils game last night, they should all wear red bags over their heads. Sheesh, that was awful.
If we’re 0-5 against the Rangers when we get to our last game with them, I might just do that!
This scavenger hunt is even closer than the mini-golf! And would be creative and fun!
I guess scavenger hunts are the hot new thing. There was just an article in the Buffalo News about the proliferation of scavenger hunts in our area in the past year.
Funny story: the highest point value item in one of the hunts was a Buffalo Sabre. One team brought back Goose, and he chilled out for two hours with the scavenger hunt peeps and wanted to participate in the next one. What better event than something that’s hockey player approved? (Since we know that’s all that matters, right?)
Mini-golf is so much better for this kind of thing than bowling. Bowling is stressful! Mini-golf is fun!
That scavenger hunt is so cook, Schnookie! What is wrong with this new boss?!
One team brought back Goose, and he chilled out for two hours with the scavenger hunt peeps and wanted to participate in the next one.
Dude, that’s awesome!
I can’t remember where, but I heard a story about a bride and groom who kicked off their wedding reception with a scavenger hunt to entertain the guests that was a smash.
Dude, that is SO COOL about Goose and the scavenger hunt. And I would LOVE a wedding reception that had one! (A Goose or a hunt. :P) That’s so much more fun than just sitting around and/or dancing!
When I suggested it to my boss, he rolled his eyes.
Maybe he just has a nervous tic and is loving all your ideas!
I think the best team building is done in a big room with an open bar.
Maybe he just has a nervous tic and is loving all your ideas!
Highly likely! :P
I like this bar idea that you’ve got, Patty. :D
The bar idea is a good one, until you see the bar nearest here. :P
I can’t believe he didn’t like the scavenger idea. They’re awesome!
Some friends of mine once did a knitting/canadiana scavenger hunt in Toronto, and had to photograph various landmarks/famous people with a work in progress. I think she had like, a sock or something, and she managed to get the mayor and some hockey player (I think it was a Sabre actually, they were playing Toronto that day. I’ll ask if anyone wants to know) photographed along with a whole bunch of landmarks. Apparently it was a riot.
Dang. Now I wanna do that. Although I might pass out before I ask a pro hockey player to pose with half a handknit sock…
Broom ball might be a good idea. He could slip, hit his head on the ice and remember that his head shouldn’t be firmly entrenched in his ass. Just a thought…
All this talk of scavenger hunt success stories has me DOUBLY bummed that my boss didn’t like the idea. I TOTALLY want to do one now (not that I’d be invited to participate, and if I was, I’d probably complain about it, but still!).
I would also be incapable of asking a pro hockey player to pose with a halfknit sock. Heh.
At the company I worked for before I had the Kid, we had scavenger hunts leading up to our Christmas party every year. They were AWESOME! That is one thing I could really get into. I requires brains, not coordination. :P
Sorry your boss is being so poopie.
“It” requires brains. But apparently I requires brains to type.
Myra, you definitely requires brains! (Or, as I just typed it, “braings”.)
But apparently I requires brains to type.
Feh, whatevs. Is your need to type worth more than Staffy’s need to eat? (I rather think it is, actually)
Is your need to type worth more than Staffy’s need to eat?
Staffy, with napkin around neck and holding up knife and fork, “No.”
:D
The more I think about it, the more I think about it, a scavenger hunt is the only thing that would cut it! Oooh, or geo-caching! That’s sciency!
What, pray tell, is geo-caching?
Sorry, my zombie loving self had to chime in with “BRAIIIINS!” Oh, man. They ease the pain of being dead!
(andrew, there’s your cue.)
Geo-caching always looks deceptively tricksy to me!
What, pray tell, is geo-caching?
Isn’t it like, a scavenger hunt with GPS? Like letterboxing? Letterboxing is fun too…
Whoa. GPS scavenger hunting? Fancy!
(andrew, there’s your cue.)
Dispatch. Send…more…paramedics.
Isn’t it like, a scavenger hunt with GPS?
That;s exactly what it is. My supervisor’s husband is a geo-cache maniac. They go on trips just for geo-caching. It’s basically GPS-nerd heaven.
Dispatch. Send…more…paramedics.
*fist-bump* YES! Thanks. That made a bad day better. :D That is, incidentally, my favorite line in the whole damn movie.
It’s basically GPS-nerd heaven.
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It looks too fancy for me. And also, like it requires time that is spent outside of my house. That’s scary and foreign to me, so I probably wouldn’t be the biggest advocate of geocaching.
I’ve heard of people hunting for geocaches while they’re on vacation as a way to better explore the city/country they’re in.
That made a bad day better. :D
Glad to hear it!
That is, incidentally, my favorite line in the whole damn movie.
It’s one of my favorites too.
Staffy, with napkin around neck and holding up knife and fork, “No.”
Hee. Poor misunderstood Staffy. All he wants is a brain. That’s not too much to ask, is it?
All he wants is a brain.
This just makes me think of The Wizard of Oz. “If I only had a BRAIIIINNNN!” Poor, zombiefied Staffy.
Does Staffy ever gnaw on fellow Sabres when he’s on the bench? I can imagine being a teammate of his would get dangerous sometimes.
Does Staffy ever gnaw on fellow Sabres when he’s on the bench?
Just on Timmy. But that’s only because Timmy’s head is about as tough to chew through as a Cadbury Egg. Luckily TC doesn’t really seem to notice it much.
Just on Timmy. But that’s only because Timmy’s head is about as tough to chew through as a Cadbury Egg. Luckily TC doesn’t really seem to notice it much.
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That explains so much about Timmy.
That explains so much about Timmy.
How about that game yesterday, Amy? Talk about ass kickin’. Vanek was fire, Paille is single handedly making me take back every bad thing I ever said about him, and Rivet, man oh man, that fight was great. Remember back when he got traded and I said all of Buffalo would love him? That right there was the reason why.
But that’s only because Timmy’s head is about as tough to chew through as a Cadbury Egg.
Staffy loves Cadbury Brain Eggs! He hates when the plastic grass filler in his Zombie Easter Basket sticks to the soft, gooey brain center, though.
Whew! What a busy afternoon! That sucked!
And now I’m not going to be able to look at that lumpy bald head of Timmy’s ever again without thinking it’s got the durability and texture of a Cadbury Cream Egg. Awesome.
Neither will I, Schnookie! That’s a hilarious picture you painted, andrew. :D
Damn! Now I want a fricking Cadbury’s Creme Egg.
Now I want a fricking Cadbury’s Creme Egg.
Seriously.
alix, I found a tattoo for you!
(Just in case you were looking for one.)
OHMYGOD THAT IS THE AWESOMEST TATTOO EVER.
I meant to bring some tea with me to drink tonight and I totally forgot. That’s what I want instead of a Creme Egg. Or a Brain Egg.
That is a pretty cool tattoo.
Or a Brain Egg.
Mmmmm….brain eggs.
alix, I found a tattoo for you!
Dude. I wish my tattoo was that cool. That is the win of EVERYTHING.
I think I’ll get a connect the dots tattoo of a brain. So should Staffy attack me, he’ll go for the tattoo and not my brain.
That’s a good idea, Pookie! Zombies are not famous for their attention to detail, so it could work!
That’s what I’m counting on. That or convincing Staffy by brain won’t taste good. Or at the last minute I’ll shout out, “Zach Parise’s my favorite hockey player, too!” Or “Toe Drag was always a lesser band!” That should have him seeing me as a sympathetic soul, one who shouldn’t have her brain eating.
Zombies are not famous for their attention to detail, so it could work!
You should really see Return of the Living Dead. :D
That should have him seeing me as a sympathetic soul, one who shouldn’t have her brain eating.
Put a bunch of “graaaah, aaargh, braaains” in there too, and he won’t even know the difference between you and another one of his kind!
Woops. Am I wrong about that Caitlin? My zombie knowledge is sorely lacking. :D
Be careful, Pookie! Staffy might not be fooled by a tattoo. But Mags’ idea is a good one.
It is! Thanks, Mags! If I survive a Staffy Zombie attack, I’ll know who to thank!
My zombie knowledge is sorely lacking. :D
I’m just messin’ with ya. In ROTLD, the zombies can run, walk and carry on conversations with complex sentences, even! :D
And on that note, I’m out for the night. Have a good one everyone!
Thanks guys.
Caitlin, ROTLD zombies are kinda of extraordinary though. Weren’t they the first film zombies to hunt for brains as opposed to human flesh or something? (sorry, my zombie knowledge is sorely lacking. I only know you’re supposed to burn them and get the fuck out of there)
Return chucked the zombie rule book completely. It’s a damn fun movie though.
So, Schnookie…I was browsing through the weekends comments. You know, just skimming through, catching a few chuckles, and just happened to notice that you hate the Sharks now.
That’s disheartening, but I guess you gotta do what you gotta do.
Ruh-roh.
Look at that hobo!
Look at that hobo!
It’s cool! I don’t mind.
I will say though, that the Sharks are looking damn good so far. I’m excited. With them and the Sabres both kicking some tail…it’s awesome.
andrew, I’m pretty sure Sherry was saying the same thing last year… Just kidding! The Sharks have looked awesome in the games I’ve seen. I’ve yet to see the Sabres; they’re a total mystery to me so far!
The Stars are a total mystery to me and I have seen more than I care to remember. Evening all! Are we ready to watch Sid the Kid in HD?
Are we ready to watch Sid the Kid in HD?
I’d love to! Instead I’m here at work passing out voter registration forms to people who apparently didn’t realize today was the deadline. But, hey, more power to them if they do actually drive the 30 minutes to the mall to get their forms in before 9 tonight!
Pookie, I thought you worked late on Wednesdays? I’m sorry! Are you going to be on radio silence?
No, no radio silence for me since it’s not a Devils game. I had to switch late nights because I have to go to a gawd-awful two-day training for “Preparing to Lead”. Then I’ll be on radio silence. (Until I give in and break out the iPhone, heh.) I’m hoping “Preparing to Lead” will give me tips that I can pass on to Captain Fuck This Shit. Things that he won’t learn from Bobby Holik who today told Devils reporters that he was “too honest to be captain”.
I saw that! Holik was all, “They can’t HANDLE the truth!”
I’m watching Sid in HD, too. But you know who else I’m watching in HD? My new boyfriend on the side, Braydon Coburn. :D
Sorry Pookie, had to go feed the family. I feel for you having to go to a training seminar. I hate those things. I would love to see what kind of leadership seminar the NHL could come up for the their team captains. Hmmm.
My new boyfriend on the side, Braydon Coburn.
Tell your new boyfriend he’s a fool to not wear a visor! :P
Ouuu. #5, Patty has her eye on you!
I’ve got Richards and Lupul on my fantasy team so combined with Coburn, I’m having a Flyers lean and it just feels so wrong.
Whoa, I just saw my first nuclear eradiated puck, as Hubbie, the chemical engineer, called it.
Jordon Staal does not meet the Braydon Coburn commercial standard.
Ok, I’m stopping now since I am apparently talking to myself.
first nuclear eradiated puck
:^:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: How bad was it? Pretty bad, right?
(Sorry I disappeared. Someone asked me about something that wasn’t voter registration related!)
Jordan Staal is such a dullard, I’m not surprised his commercial’s no good. “Buy sod!”
It was confusing and cartoonish. Like they were suddenly playing hockey with a comet instead of a puck.
Yeah, exactly. It didn’t give you any further insight into the game, did it? You learned plenty about the game of hockey in the last year without needing that kind of added graphic, right? :D
OK, I’m finally outta here, so enjoy the rest of the game!
Tell your new boyfriend he’s a fool to not wear a visor! :P
I don’t have to! He’s wearing a visor!
It took an eye injury to learn his lesson, but learn it he did.
Patty, there is a new post up about VE Mats going to the Rawk.
Thanks, Myra! I was watching for it, but didn’t see it. :D Remind me to point out later to Pookie that Braydon wears a visor now. :P