Gentle Reader, we have a confession to make. This past season, we felt that we left most of our best material as bloggers off IPB, because most of it wasn’t about the Devils. During the dog days of the March swoon, we wailed to our closest friends that we’d let our blog get bogged down with our repetitive complaints about a team that didn’t interest us much, while we were riffing in endless, giggling fashion about things unrelated to the team we were supposed to care most about. We frequently told ourselves, on evenings when we couldn’t think of a thing to say, “If only we could write about [a certain other team we got accused of writing about too much anyway]!” So today we discovered this extravagantly awkward and wooden tour of the Palms hotel by Mike “Beaker” “Beaks” Richards and his nurse shoes.
And the floodgates opened, as we gchatted away while Pookie was at work. As you can see from the transcript below, we were probably smart to keep this all to ourselves all season.
(Now, we have been planning for months to go to Montreal for the Draft, but our plans have been derailed in the last few days thanks to our inability to obtain tickets. We were considering becoming bitter about or jealous of the bloggers at SB Nation who are going to be fully credentialed at the Draft, but, well… If we were the kinds of bloggers who get to go to the Draft, we’d never be able to indulge ourselves with posts like this. And surely the world is a better place for us hitting “publish” on this.)
Schnookie: I’m watching Beaks now.
Pookie: Ooh, I won’t interrupt.
Schnookie: Beaks is such a whore!
His tourguide style was hilarious!
“Hi. I’m Beaks. For $25,000 a night.” *Looks awkward* “You get the master suite jacuzzi.”
Pookie: Yup!
Schnookie: He looked so chunky, though. He looked dumpy. Hippy.
Pookie: I KNOW! I didn’t want to say anything but I was like, “His outfit is NOT flattering.”
Schnookie: No, he looked shaped like Greg Maddux. I think it was the nurse shoes. Poor Beaks.
Pookie: And how about the faux I-don’t-know-what “peace out” at the end?
Schnookie: What the fuck was that???? And he’s a REALLY shitty bowler.
Pookie: I assumed his bowling was affected by his shoulder surgery. That video was filmed like four weeks ago.
Schnookie: Oh, right. Beaks is normally a champion bowler.
I loved that his approach to bowling was as stiff and weak as his line delivery. “Now I am. Going to bowl.” *Stiffly tosses ball with a minimum of bodily movement* Pause *Cracks up* “Not good.”
Pookie: Yeah. The whole thing was….
But hey! It’s Beaks!
Schnookie: I better watch it again.
Pookie: That’s what I said.
Schnookie: The hockey highlights are making me sad. I miss it!
Pookie: I thought the same thing. Sigh.
Schnookie: I love that for $25,000 a night, my five closest friends can sleep in murphy beds in Vegas.
Pookie: I KNOW! And “play hoops with [their] boys”.
Schnookie: I’m sorry he didn’t try to dunk. Paulie: “Me too.”
I would have DIED laughing if they’d made him try sinking a shot.
Pookie: [Busy doing work stuff, being at work and all.]
Schnookie: They probably did. Ten hours later, he’s like, “I just had shoulder surgery! I swear when I’m healthy I can do this!”
Or better yet, he was like, “Oh, I’d love to take a shot! That’ll be a nice bit to add to the clip!” *Goes to throw a two-handed underhand shot* Director: “Cut! Cut! What are you DOING?” Beaks: “I’m not cleared to throw overhand yet.”
Pookie: Don’t make me crack up here!
Schnookie: Paulie, popping up from behind one of the murphy beds: “Also, he learned everything he knows about ballin’ from me.”
Pause.
“Ifyouknowwhatimean”
Pookie: “Like that the hoop is called a ‘net’.”
Schnookie: Beaks: “What he means is that he throws two-handed underhand.”
Paulie: “And that I ball a lot.”
Pookie: DON’T make me laugh!
Schnookie: Beaks: “That’s not a euphemism.”
Paulie: “No. It’s not. What else WOULD it mean?”
Beaks: *SMIRK* “I don’t need a two-handed underhand to win at THAT kind of ballin’.” Pause. “Unless she wants it.”
Loops: “Or he. Unless he wants it.”
Beaks: “You are NOT invited to be one of my ballin’ boys.”
Loops: “Peace out, yo.”
Paulie: “Quit making b-ball sound dirty! It’s pure and good!”
Beaks: “If that’s the case, why aren’t you wearing shorts?”
Paulie: “I never said the Golden Gopher was pure and good.” DUNK!
AAAAND… scene.
Pookie: I… don’t have enough “:”s in the world.
Although now I’m scared of the Golden Gopher.
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I completely love the tag “Low-Hanging Fruit” by the way. And you’re tickets to the Draft were derailed by Milan Lucic. He assumed that if you got close enough to anything touched by Mike Komisarek, you’d switch loyalties.
And he’d be right.
Ecch. Sorry I started your comment thread with shitty grammar. I meant “your tickets.” Proofreading is haaaaarrrrdddd.
I feel like our entire blog could be renamed “Low-Hanging Fruit”. Heh.
And Milan is probably hand-writing tickets to our own private “draft” in Boston with him. And really, who’d want to drive 8 hours just to hang out in a city Komisarek’s been living in for however long he’s been living in Montreal? *Shudder* :P
(And seriously, this kind of post deserves only the FINEST grammar. Apology accepted, but you’re on notice.)
I can’t wait to get my hand calligraphied invites from Looch! (That’s what she said.)
:^:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: Looch is very carefully writing out our names on the envelopes in crayon right now, his tongue sticking out, his brow furrowed in concentration. He’s so absorbed with this task that he hasn’t touched his dinner of raw roadkill.
“Low-hanging fruit” always totally cracks me up. KtG once told me about a parody of an academic model describing research methods. Step 1 was “All the low-hanging fruit has been picked. Choose a new topic.” This comes to my mind a lot when reading hockey material online.
*adds grammar notice to pile*
“Low-hanging fruit” sounds like it belongs on a caution sign with stick figure pictures.
“Low-hanging fruit” sounds like it belongs on a caution sign with stick figure pictures.
:^::::::::::::::::: No question. One should always be very cautious of low-hanging fruit.
One should always be very cautious of low-hanging fruit.
Goggles required!
Anyone around these parts going on that “Devils train ride to Trenton” tomorrow for “Marty Day” ?
Intrepid reporters Val and I are going (as an excuse to not go to work)…we’ll keep everyone abreast of the boring goings on of the day!
Goggles required!
:^:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: But of course! You wouldn’t want to lose an eye just for a blog post like this one.
pam, when the topic of the Devils Train Ride To Trenton came up here at stately IPB Manor, this was how the conversation went:
Me: “I’m busy that day.”
Boomer: “I haven’t even told you what day it is yet.”
Pookie: “Wait, you don’t want to take the train all the way up to Newark just to take it back down here? With NJ Devil?”
Yea, it is pretty stupid. We’d get to Trenton a lot faster if we drove from home. It started with “I can’t wait for Thursday!” and evolved into “This is gonna be so boring”. But, we’ll record the events for posterity’s sake!
It started with “I can’t wait for Thursday!” and evolved into “This is gonna be so boring”.
That was how we were approaching our trip to Montreal. Not getting tickets to the Draft was kind of a godsend. :P (I figure it wouldn’t be hard to figure out a way to get tickets if we REALLY wanted to go. Press credentials I’m not so sure about, but tickets we could probably do.)
You tried to get Draft tickets and failed? Are they really a hot commodity?
“Low-hanging fruit” always totally cracks me up.
Paulie: I’m trying to talk about b-ball here!
What a great post! If that’s what we have to look forward to all summer, I am IN!
They were doing a lottery for them. Last year all you had to do was write to the Sens and they’d send you tickets. But are the Canadiens that nice? OF COURSE NOT. Again, it would probably take minimal effort to scrounge up some tickets (we were going to go with kristin, who mentioned some kind of tweet-up we could attend), but I’m not interested enough in going to another Draft to actually do shit like socialize to get in. :P
What a great post! If that’s what we have to look forward to all summer, I am IN!
Are you serious? Damn. We could have been posting this stuff ALL SEASON. But no! We had to spend our time trying to think of shit to say about the Devils! :P
Stupid Canadiens! hehehe…. Well, there’s always the Devils Draft Party, where you can get trampled by people running to the equipment sale!
Well, there’s always the Devils Draft Party
Ummm… I’m busy that day too. :P
But don’t you want to get steamrolled by someone who wants to buy Sean Brown’s old skates from three seasons ago?
But don’t you want to get steamrolled by someone who wants to buy Sean Brown’s old skates from three seasons ago?
Well, when you put it that way… And NJ Devil is going to be there, too? Hm… Tempting. Of course, I’d only want to do that if there was also an 8-hour drive to get there. Can the Devils have their Draft Day Party in Montreal, by any chance?
Hey. That’s southern for hello.
That’s all I got. I’ve been drinking for, oh, five hours. But I did watch NHL Live today and it’s beyond weak without Don and EJ. So guess I had a little more than “hey.” Very little.
Hey.
Not to toot my own horn, but I have a new plastic star trophy! I won Grrrreg’s playoff pool! WOOO!
Blind hatred of the Wings actually paid off for once. Heh.
Hey, Pokecheck! Good to see you. (I haven’t seen NHL Live since… well, since the first round of playoffs, I think. I’m so sad that its Golden Age is over.)
We had to spend our time trying to think of shit to say about the Devils! :P
Don’t do it for me! :P
Congratulations, Patty! *Throws plastic-star-colored confetti* I’m so glad that you were rewarded for your virulent Wings hatred!
What happened to that main guy on NHL Live? Is he gone for good? I rarely watch it since it’s on during work, but I liked him.
Don’t do it for me! :P
:^::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: I’ll remember that. (Hey, you get berated enough for being “too orange” by a fellow Devils blogger during the one Devils game you go to in a calendar year, you get a bit gun-shy about writing about the imagined dialogs you’ve cooked up between Beaks and Paulie, you know? It happens to a lot of people.)
you get a bit gun-shy
I bet!
I bet!
Heh. Not that I’m still bitter or anything. :P
Okay, we’re watching an episode of House Hunters set in Vancouver, and the realtor just suggested to the homebuyer that he could use a closet “for your shirts.” Pause. “Or your pants.” What, are pants optional in Vancouver? :P
What, are pants optional in Vancouver? :P
*Looks at Lucic*
Lucic nods.
And there you have it.
Alright, between the Beaker video, the play-by-play and the video on Wrap Around Curl focusing on Sid’s assets, my day is now complete.
Paulie, popping up from behind one of the murphy beds
I want a Pop-Up Paulie!
*Looks at Lucic*
Lucic nods.
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I want a Pop-Up Paulie!
Who doesn’t?! :D
I haven’t commented a lot lately, but I still love you Ookies. The Project Bicycle Screenshot is pure genius. This summer is gonna be very short with stuff like that.
I say, well played, -Ookies! Well played!
Pookie: I… don’t have enough “:”s in the world.
Indeed. INDEED.
*Looks at Lucic*
Lucic nods.
Looch uses the closet for his pelts.
:^::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: Yeah. He was the original homebuyer on that episode. The poor realtor had to go through every single article of clothing he could imagine before he got a nod of recognition from Looch. “Shirts? No. Pants? No. Skirts? No. Um… ponchos? No. Uhhh… saris? No. Hmm…”
I want a Pop-Up Paulie!
Hee hee! Paulie’s road roommate: “No you don’t. *Shudder*” :P
And thanks, Grrrreg! We’ve got a lot of Columbo and Rockford DVDs stacked in front of our television, too, so we shouldn’t be running out of material. Heh.
Thanks, Caitlin! We really waffled about posting this, but figured we weren’t going to come up with any other material on a Wednesday night, so what the hell? If the Draft wasn’t going to credential us anyway, what’s stopping us from being as stupid as we can possibly be? :P
Pookie: I… don’t have enough “:”s in the world.
Indeed. INDEED.
I’d like to second that sentiment.
If the Draft wasn’t going to credential us anyway, what’s stopping us from being as stupid as we can possibly be? :P
I wouldn’t have let being credentialed at the Draft stand in my way either. Or as my Dad put it “Never let facts stand in the way of a good story!”.
WOOOOO! Two measly Finals and then I AM FREE. Unfortch, those 2 Finals are 2 weeks from now. University planners, why do you hate me so?
If the Draft wasn’t going to credential us anyway, what’s stopping us from being as stupid as we can possibly be? :P
Stupid Montreal. Can’t believe you didn’t get passes.
This wasn’t stupid! It was intellectually erudite and topical. The only thing it was missing was Columbo, but hey. You can’t have Columbo all the time.
It was intellectually erudite and topical. The only thing it was missing was Columbo, but hey. You can’t have Columbo all the time.
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Grrrreg, I’m glad you like Project Bicycle Screenshot! We almost took one off Antiques Roadshow the other day. It was a hideous circular brooch that looked distinctly like something Zach would wear as a dress monocle.
You’ve got two weeks of rattling around before your finals end, Mags? Your university is such a tease!
but I’m not interested enough in going to another Draft to actually do shit like socialize to get in. :P
Sounds like me at work. BOMP.
Also, Mike Richards could use some socks. Tennis shoes without sock? EW. I can imagine the stanky shoes right now. Stink. Stank. Stunk.
Low hanging fruit? Heh!
Sounds like me at work.
Heh. Me too. And man, if I’m not willing to socialize to get things done for which I actually get paid, I’m sure as hell not going to do it for something like attending the NHL Draft. :P
Stink. Stank. Stunk.
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Talk about low hanging fruit…I just got this “breaking news email” from our local news station that rarely fact checks –
Sedins Want $63 Mil: Report
A report from a Swedish newspaper suggests Canuck forwards Daniel and Henrik Sedin are asking for 12 year contracts worth $63 million EACH to stay in Vancouver. They are both unrestricted free agents.
Look at those soft peepers negotiate!
I think the soft peepers are on crack. Heh. Or maybe they were just sitting there, doing their thing, going “peep!… peep!… peep!” softly, and then some Swedish newspaper reporter decides to translate that to mean “We want outlandishly ridiculous contracts!” Meanwhile, the soft peepers are thinking, “No, we were just remarking politely about the weather. What gives?”
“No, we were just remarking politely about the weather. What gives?”
The weather HAS been very nice here in Vancouver. I’m sure that’s exactly what’s going on.
If this information is true, in 12 years, they’ll be 41 years old. This makes no sense. Who’s going pay $5 million + a year for a couple of guys in their 40s?
Hey, wait a sec, in 2021 I’ll be 51. Good God.
ACK! I’ll be 45 in 2021! Someone should be promising ME $5 million+ per year between now and then. I’m worth it! I promise!
I just got this “breaking news email” from our local news station that rarely fact checks
TSN has the story too. $126 million for two guys. Holy hell.
Daniel and Henrik Sedin are asking for 12 year contracts worth $63 million EACH to stay in Vancouver
If this is even remotely true, why haven’t they been kicked out of the GM’s office?
Unbelievable. Can’t GMs see that the 10+-year deals are already biting teams in the ass? And they’ve only been popular for a couple of years! Think what misery they’re all going to be in 5 years from now!
What, are pants optional in Vancouver? :P
*Looks at Lucic*
Lucic nods.
I think Lucic kind of considers pants optional in life…and wears them for hockey because the Brooons finally told him they weren’t options. Looch furrowed his brow and said, “NOT optional????”
Looch furrowed his brow and said, “NOT optional????”
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Can’t GMs see that the 10+-year deals are already biting teams in the ass? And they’ve only been popular for a couple of years! Think what misery they’re all going to be in 5 years from now!
Seriously. Of course, for the older guys, five years from now they can buy them out cheaply. Which is, I guess, the whole point. (Now, 10+-year deals for younger guys, are a different story. The Trannies are stuck with Beaker’s nurse shoes come hell or high water!)
Can’t GMs see that the 10+-year deals are already biting teams in the ass? And they’ve only been popular for a couple of years! Think what misery they’re all going to be in 5 years from now!
Charles Wang: “Five years?”
Garth Snow: “Oh… you won’t have to wait that long…”
Charles Wang: “Five years?”
Garth Snow: “Oh… you won’t have to wait that long…”
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The Trannies are stuck with Beaker’s nurse shoes come hell or high water!
Maybe the nurse shoes were the reason they gave him the contract. They could have been the closer.
Looch furrowed his brow and said, “NOT optional????”
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Why do I have a mental image of Looch whispering “I’m not wearing any underwear” right before he starts fighting his opponent? Hence the knockouts.
They could have been the closer.
HAHAHAHA! Yeah, Holmgren was like, “Mike, I’m gonna square with you here — I didn’t think you were our New Bobby Clarke at first. I was gonna offer you three years, take it or leave it. But you show up today wearing… well… are those nurse shoes??? *SWOON!* Take all our money! Everything we’ve got! You want 8 years? 10? 12??? Please, ANYTHING! You simply MUST stay in the Flyers organization FOREVER!”
Why do I have a mental image of Looch whispering “I’m not wearing any underwear” right before he starts fighting his opponent? Hence the knockouts.
Yup. Komisarek gets the vapors just thinking about Looch without underwear.
Yup. Komisarek gets the vapors just thinking about Looch without underwear.
Me too. Except substitute “mcguffers” for “Komisarek” and “Komisarek” for “Looch”
Except substitute “mcguffers” for “Komisarek” and “Komisarek” for “Looch”
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Looch is so dreamy. I’m like the dog in that Far Side comic — all I read in that sentence was “Blah blah blah blah Looch”. :P
Maybe the nurse shoes were the reason they gave him the contract.
Imagine what he would have gotten had he been wearing Crocs.
Imagine what he would have gotten had he been wearing Crocs.
Holmgren, flashing back to the Forsberg Debacle: “No. No Crocs.”
Of course, for the older guys, five years from now they can buy them out cheaply. Which is, I guess, the whole point.
That’s true.
Although five years into a 12-year deal isn’t gonna be too cheap, even for an old guy.
Puck Daddy claims that Zetterberg’s deal was universally loved. Um…not by me. The long-term deal really creeps me out. I guess it’s from moving around so much my whole life. I can’t imagine committing to a certain house for 12 years, no matter what. I’m sure I resent the house after a couple of years, just because I know I’m stuck with it for 10 more. :P
The long-term deal really creeps me out.
But if a guy has kids, the long-term deal can provide stability for his family, allowing the kids to complete as much of their schooling as possible in one school/district.
I’ve been hearing that the Flyers are trying to shop Danny Briere. That’s another long-term deal that’s not really all it’s cracked up to be.
I’m sure I resent the house after a couple of years, just because I know I’m stuck with it for 10 more. :P
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I’ve been hearing that the Flyers are trying to shop Danny Briere. That’s another long-term deal that’s not really all it’s cracked up to be.
Seriously. It might be nice for Briere to know his kids could stay in one school for the length of his long-term deal, but it also sucks for him that the structure of a hockey team changes really quickly, on and off the ice. He’s gone from being The Guy on “his own team” to being the odd man out whose albatross of a contract forced the team to trade a popular depth guy at the deadline. And he basically had to have abdominal surgery last year just so the team could keep him on IR. Heh. Hope his kids REALLY like that school. :P
Hope his kids REALLY like that school. :P
They have a really good music program.
I’d be willing to marry Goose and have his children so he’d have incentive to sign a 20 year contract with the Sabres. Cause I’m a giver.
They have a really good music program.
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And you’re so generous, with your willingness to bear Goose’s goslings! You really are a giver, mcguggs. (Although those kids are going to ruin your Ice Girl figure. I’m not sure how I feel about this.)
He’s gone from being The Guy on “his own team” to being the odd man out whose albatross of a contract forced the team to trade a popular depth guy at the deadline. And he basically had to have abdominal surgery last year just so the team could keep him on IR. Heh. Hope his kids REALLY like that school.
True. The Briere deal was not one of Philly’s better decisions.
In other news, Pat Kaleta broke his hand while allegedly chasing his dog, and he now has a pink cast (Pat, not the dog). Grace must not be Pattykins middle name.
The Briere deal was not one of Philly’s better decisions.
Heh. It’s turned out to be a bad one for both parties, hasn’t it? (Of course, I could have warned both of them if they’d bothered asking me at the time, but noooooooo, they did not. :P)
Although those kids are going to ruin your Ice Girl figure. I’m not sure how I feel about this.
I’ll just do the Denise Richards diet! Or, if extreme diet and exercise get to be too much, I’ll just do the Lohan coke diet.
In other news, Pat Kaleta broke his hand while allegedly chasing his dog, and he now has a pink cast (Pat, not the dog).
*eye roll* Well, in his defense… No. Nevermind. I’m not defending anymore Sabres from their own stupidity. The dog probably caught the scent of one of Roy’s shoes and was trying to retrieve it.
Or, if extreme diet and exercise get to be too much, I’ll just do the Lohan coke diet.
Gaaaaaaasp! What if the Ice Girls do drug testing???
The Briere deal was not one of Philly’s better decisions.
And, considering the fact that Bobby (sorry, it’s now BOB) Clarke used to sign free agents just because he thought the Rangers were going to sign them, that’s saying something.
Gaaaaaaasp! What if the Ice Girls do drug testing???
Well, coke isn’t a performance enhancing drug. At least, not athletic performance. Would they care?
Gaaaaaaasp! What if the Ice Girls do drug testing???
AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!! AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!! AHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAH! Schnookie, you kill me!! Drug testing. Ahhh, that’s great!! No one connected with the NHL ever needs to be drug tested cause there’s no drugs silly!! Besides if the Thrashers are going to be that ridiculous, I’ll just go to Montreal where accessibility to coke is a requirement.
No one connected with the NHL ever needs to be drug tested cause there’s no drugs silly!!
*Smacks forehead* Right! Of course! Man, I spend just a few days outside of the hockey season and I’m suddenly getting these crazy notions about drug testing. Silly me!
hockey is over?
KenF, around here hockey’s NEVER over. It’s just busy right now, scouting that farm upstate for the new Devils coach is going to sent Rolston to. :P
Hey, so how do i go about getting a picture next to my name? i want one of those.
farm upstate for the new Devils coach is going to sent Rolston to.
I just had an idea for a re-make of the classic British TV series “The Prisoner”.
Rolston does get sent to some village or farm somewhere and he wakes up and he’s told that he’s “Number 12″. He’s met in each episode by different #2s, who are retired NJ Devil players.
He asks who #1 is, it could be Lou, could be Bettman, could be Colin Campbell, but it turns out to be…Marty (or Chico).
He tries to escape but he is hunted down and smothered by a giant inflatible hockey puck (instead of the giant weather balloons that used to track down #6 in the original series).
#6 used to say, “I am not a number, I am a free man”.
Rolston could say, “I am not a number. Where’s my agent????”
I don’t actually know how to set the avatars, KenF. I futz with mine in the “My Account” part of the dashboard thingies when I’m logged in — do you have a “My Account” tab visible anywhere? (Am I being a big help? :P)
Sorry to be getting back to this so late.
You’ve got two weeks of rattling around before your finals end, Mags? Your university is such a tease!
Yeah, they call it “study break”. Which is a euphemism for “two weeks where you really fuck with your own mind and go insane from all that revising”. Or maybe that’s just me.
Oh, complete aside, I had bloodwork done last week (it was for camp, no druggie instructors allowed!). The nurse lady who came to give me my results today was actually surprised I was completely drug-free, aside from the prescribed asthma stuff. I wasn’t sure how to respond to that, so I just said I used really good cover-ups. I might be in trouble now, but the look on her face was priceless.
Anyway. Looch with no drawers. And then Komi with no drawers (thanks mcguffers ;)). Those are good visuals :D
no problem, thought it may be something easy. but guess not. i just get tired of taping a little picture to my monitor all the time.
I wasn’t sure how to respond to that, so I just said I used really good cover-ups.
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i just get tired of taping a little picture to my monitor all the time.
:^:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: I know that it’s easy to set your avatar, but I just don’t know how to give directions because I don’t know what WordPress looks like to the non-wordpress-blogger. I’m like, “It’s the tab two to the left of ‘New Post’…”
i just get tired of taping a little picture to my monitor all the time.
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Go to your homepage for wordpress, click on “your dashboard”, then click on “Profile”. There should be a spot that says “change your gravatar”. There might be an easier way, but I’m not easy. Uh, well sometimes. But it involves a lot of alcohol.
Mags, anytime I can invoke mental images of Komi half dressed, I feel I’ve made the world a brighter place. :)
Those of us who aren’t bloggers don’t see a “My Account” tab. At least, I don’t. Maybe I would if I signed up to get a feed for posts or comments.
Thanks for the instructions, mcguffers! (And come on — we all know you’re easy. No need trying to hide it.)
yeah, i’m no blogger. so that would explain it. i’m supposed to be watching a demonstration on webex right now, so i cant sign up for anything. besides, i’ve missed enough of this meeting to do some shopping.
have a great day ladies
Awwww Ookies you should come to Montreal anyways! I’m going and I don’t have tickets! Those Habs are fuck ups. I got up at 6 am to do the stupid ticket lottery and didn’t even get tickets. But I figure I’ll get hammered and hang out in strip joints and wear a low cut top to the Bell Center and get in that way. Heh.
i’m supposed to be watching a demonstration on webex right now, so i cant sign up for anything.
Aren’t webexes productive? :P
But I figure I’ll get hammered and hang out in strip joints and wear a low cut top to the Bell Center and get in that way. Heh.
:^:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: That was my plan B, but after careful consideration, I decided that would probably lessen my chances of getting tickets… :P
Ken’s gone, but I think you get an avatar by signing up for a WordPress account. When you click on “Sign Up Now” on WordPress.com you pick a user name and password and then there are two options: “Gimme a blog!” or “Just a username, please” (or something like that). If you choose “just a username” you can still create an account with an avatar, but you don’t have to commit to a blog and all the
horrorjoy that comes with it!Pookie, I can confirm that, as I just went and did that and I didn’t have to sign up for the blog. I was able upload the image of Claude using the scratching post (instead of destroying the couch, which what he noramlly does) as my gravatar).
Hello, Claude! :D
Claude is so cute! He’s sure making things look a lot cuddlier around here!
Speaking of cuddly, Zach’s NHL Awards portraits are adorable. Except for the side profile shot that emphasizes his derriere and the shortness of his legs, that is.
Oooh, I haven’t looked at the award portraits yet!
Okay, I just looked at them. What’s with him doing the French Mistake? He looks so ready to break out in showtunes!
Oh, Zach, Zach, Zach… Wow.
But hey, I was right and Schnookie was wrong — Zach did go to the Awards to lose the Lady Byng!
I had FORGOTTEN that Zach was a finalist, okay?