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Devils vs. Flyers, 11/16/09

November 16, 2009 by Pookie

We may not be able to uphold a Pensblogian pledge to not diarize games until Andrew Peters is history, but we can stick to our guns on not diarizing games on Blersus. So, please, join us for an open thread!

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Posted in NJ Devils, Open Thread, Philadelphia Flyers | 209 Comments

209 Responses

on November 16, 2009 at 7:07 pm EJGRgunner

Mike Richards looks like he should be shunning Brendan Fraser at an elite preparatory school.
on November 16, 2009 at 7:07 pm Schnookie

I’ve always felt exactly that way about Chris Pronger, Gunner, so clearly Beaks has been learning from the master!
on November 16, 2009 at 7:08 pm CrotchetyOriginalSam

Just wondering – how are Devils games on Versus substantially different than the ones on Fox Sports? You get Doc Emrick regardless, right?
on November 16, 2009 at 7:10 pm EJGRgunner

The TV crew sucks. Bad camera angles, almost no replays. And you have to listen to amongst others:

Brigan Engblom
Keith Jones
Ed Olczyk
Pierre McGuire
on November 16, 2009 at 7:10 pm CrotchetyOriginalSam

Okay, just spotted one difference. I’m guessing that the studio analysts on Fox know how to pronounce “Elias.”
on November 16, 2009 at 7:11 pm CrotchetyOriginalSam

Ah, so it’s the supporting staff. Got it. Here in Minnesota, our local play-by-play team is so horrendous that the VS guys are a welcome relief.
on November 16, 2009 at 7:11 pm kristin

Hey ladies and irregulars!

Was that Peter Laviolette butchering Elias’ name? Oy.
on November 16, 2009 at 7:13 pm Myra

Uh-Oh, Look out CrotchetyOriginalSam.

Somebody may need to rescue me and the Kid. Our hard drive died on our main computer and had to be replaced. Hub is now attempting to reload all our software. The noises he is making are getting progressively scarier.

On a more positive note, we made vegetable beef soup and cornbread for dinner and the house smells delicious!

And we are about to watch the decidedly non-trappie Devils!

This Monday finally got better.
on November 16, 2009 at 7:13 pm EJGRgunner

I liked how he said of “O-doiy-yah.” It was downright Australian in pronunciation.
on November 16, 2009 at 7:18 pm kristin

Hmm. I thought there was a game on tonight?
on November 16, 2009 at 7:21 pm Schnookie

The TV crew sucks. Bad camera angles, almost no replays.

Exactly! What Gunner said! We rely heavily on the play-by-play and replays when we write game diaries, because they’re more about listening to the games than watching them. On Versus, Doc is encouraged to talk even less about the on-ice action than he already does on the MSG feeds. It’s nearly impossible to do a diary of a Versus game!

Myra, your dinner sounds scrumpsh, but I do not envy you the computer situation!
on November 16, 2009 at 7:21 pm Pookie

C.O. Sam — Doc is completely dumbed down for Blersus. He calls the game totally differently, to fit in with Blersus’s more conversational style. It’s especially frustrating when we know how good Doc can be!
on November 16, 2009 at 7:30 pm EJGRgunner

I’ve always thought the Flyers orange jerseys with the white shoulders and white name plates looked like something from Logan’s Run… like they were the hidden maintenance staff that kept the Old-People-Levitator-Slash-Death-Machine working.
on November 16, 2009 at 7:31 pm Schnookie

Gah! The Devils are never going to score again!
on November 16, 2009 at 7:33 pm CrotchetyOriginalSam

Just the way Jacques likes it…
on November 16, 2009 at 7:34 pm Schnookie

Just the way Jacques likes it…

:^:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: Yeah, that’s got to be the reason why the Devils keep giving up the first goal in games — they’re allowed to try scoring goals themselves if they’re already behind. :P

Aw, poop. No sooner said than done. :(
on November 16, 2009 at 7:36 pm EJGRgunner

That has to be one of the worst Goal Songs I’ve ever heard.
on November 16, 2009 at 7:36 pm CrotchetyOriginalSam

Powe is really a quietly excellent hockey name. It’s not quite on the level of Tkachuk or Clutterbuck, but it’s pretty good.

(Did Doc just imply that Saskatoonians are stupid?)
on November 16, 2009 at 7:37 pm Schnookie

That’s funny — those shots go in against Jose Theodore…
on November 16, 2009 at 7:39 pm Pookie

Hm. Well, we’ll still have Saturday night.
on November 16, 2009 at 7:39 pm Schnookie

Okay, Zubrus, Rolston and Langenbrunner is way too much “surprisingly sucky” on one line.
on November 16, 2009 at 7:40 pm Schnookie

Halischuk, Egg and Sestito is way too much “obviously sucky” on one line…
on November 16, 2009 at 7:42 pm EJGRgunner

Doesn’t Hali-Egg-Sestito sound like some sort of European omlette-like dish?
on November 16, 2009 at 7:43 pm Schnookie

One of the things anyone who has backpacked across Europe in their youth can tell you is that you only order the Hali-Egg-Sestito once.
on November 16, 2009 at 7:44 pm EJGRgunner

Does it at least cure a hangover?
on November 16, 2009 at 7:45 pm Schnookie

Wait, I wasn’t really paying attention there — did Chris Pronger just tell the world that the Devils don’t trap? Now no one is going to believe it!
on November 16, 2009 at 7:47 pm Schnookie

Does it at least cure a hangover?

Well, yes and no. Technically, it will rid you of your hangover. But it leaves you feeling worse than when you started out.
on November 16, 2009 at 7:47 pm EJGRgunner

CO Sam… see how we didn’t get a replay of the penalty? That’s why we hate Versus.
on November 16, 2009 at 7:49 pm Myra

Ok, Hub is much happier when he’s been fed. But he is still making scary noises.

And who is Sestito? I don’t remember hearing that name as a Devil.
on November 16, 2009 at 7:49 pm EJGRgunner

All those slapshots Langer’s firing into the Flyers’ bodies will pay dvidends when the bruises swell up… you know, in a day or so.
on November 16, 2009 at 7:52 pm Schnookie

All those slapshots Langer’s firing into the Flyers’ bodies will pay dvidends when the bruises swell up… you know, in a day or so.

:^:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: I’m not going to lie — that is at least some small solace. :P

And who is Sestito? I don’t remember hearing that name as a Devil.

You mean Sestito Puente? Heh. He’s one of the non-NHLers we have filling in while the team is so short on able bodies.
on November 16, 2009 at 7:54 pm CrotchetyOriginalSam

We’re about a quarter of the way through the season, and I’m still incredulous that the Ray Emery thing seems to be working. It’s a very strange feeling for a Flyers fan to be comfortable with the starting goaltender…
on November 16, 2009 at 7:56 pm Schnookie

It’s a very strange feeling for a Flyers fan to be comfortable with the starting goaltender…

Considering the long and storied history of the Flyers goaltending, I’m feeling like this is going to be one of those classic “wait for it…” situations. Heh.
on November 16, 2009 at 7:57 pm Myra

I came quite close to falling for Sestito Puente but I new that was way too cool to be a hockey player’s real name. :P

Tim is much more predictable. But he is from Rome. :)
on November 16, 2009 at 8:09 pm Patty (in Dallas)

I finally got home, and since I’m not privvy to the Versus channel, I turned on the Ducks-Pens game and here are my two first thoughts:

1. Kyle Calder is a Duck? When did that happen?

2. Martin Skoula is a PEN?! How is he still in the league?
on November 16, 2009 at 8:12 pm Schnookie

Kyle Calder’s a Duck? Really? I thought he was… an Av? Is that right? Oh wait, I think I’m thinking of someone else. Who’s Kyle Calder? Where did he used to be? I don’t think my brain is working anymore.
on November 16, 2009 at 8:12 pm Myra

Wait, the Penguins still have enough players healthy enough to play?
on November 16, 2009 at 8:15 pm Schnookie

Well, it was a lot to expect the Devils to play well tonight. I guess now we just have to hope the Flyers give up as easily as the Caps did on Saturday.
on November 16, 2009 at 8:16 pm EJGRgunner

Know what our problem is tonight? We played too well in the first period. Completely ruins Jacques’ intermission speech: “Everything you guys just did? That was wrong. Don’t do that again.”
on November 16, 2009 at 8:16 pm CrotchetyOriginalSam

It’s the power of the Hartnell mullet. You just don’t see enough of those anymore…
on November 16, 2009 at 8:19 pm Schnookie

We played too well in the first period. Completely ruins Jacques’ intermission speech: “Everything you guys just did? That was wrong. Don’t do that again.”

:^::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: Yeah, he was like, “I had a speech prepared, but, uh… nevermind.” So they all just sat there in awkward silence in the dressing room for the whole intermission, the only sound the occasional dry cough or odd cricket chirp.

It’s the power of the Hartnell mullet. You just don’t see enough of those anymore…

Sadly, it’s not really a mullet, because it’s not short in the front. Hartnell’s hair is all party. :P
on November 16, 2009 at 8:25 pm Myra

Thanks Schnookie, as someone who experienced mullets first hand, I thought I was going to have to explain the “business in the front and party in the back” concept.

Hartnell is definitely all party and strangely enough, I like it.
on November 16, 2009 at 8:29 pm Pookie

So they all just sat there in awkward silence in the dressing room for the whole intermission, the only sound the occasional dry cough or odd cricket chirp.

And Sestito Puente’s soft elevator-music humming.
on November 16, 2009 at 8:32 pm EJGRgunner

And Sestito Puente’s soft elevator-music humming.

mmmm-mmm-mmm Buuurrrnnss…Con un corazón de perro… Senor Burrrns…El diablo con dinero…. mmm-mmmmm-mmm
on November 16, 2009 at 8:34 pm Pookie

Nice one, Gunner!
on November 16, 2009 at 8:37 pm EJGRgunner

I honestly couldn’t name another Tito Puente song if my life depended on it.
on November 16, 2009 at 8:39 pm EJGRgunner

LINK TO SENOR BURNS
on November 16, 2009 at 8:41 pm Pookie

I couldn’t either, Gunner. My exposure to Tito is purely through “Who Killed Monty Burns”. “It’s like taking candy from a baby…”
on November 16, 2009 at 8:42 pm EJGRgunner

I can just picture Rchards protestations: What?! He isn’t like us! He lied about who he is! Who are you going to believe? Me? Or that Devil?
on November 16, 2009 at 8:42 pm Pookie

As a Devils fan I’m saying WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!! (As a hockey fan, I’ll say that call on Richards was crap. I am not looking forward to the even-up on that one.)
on November 16, 2009 at 8:42 pm Schnookie

WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I didn’t think they were ever going to score again! I’m stunned!
on November 16, 2009 at 8:43 pm EJGRgunner

Whoo! Clarkaflection!
on November 16, 2009 at 8:45 pm Schnookie

What?! He isn’t like us! He lied about who he is! Who are you going to believe? Me? Or that Devil?

:^::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::

I thought I was going to have to explain the “business in the front and party in the back” concept.

Hartnell is definitely all party and strangely enough, I like it.

Hee hee! Sadly, too many people assume hockey player + long hair flowing out the back of a helmet = mullet. There is SOOOO much more to mullets than that! :P (I also like Hartnell’s hair, but we all know that I’m a bit too orange. :P)
on November 16, 2009 at 8:48 pm EJGRgunner

You know what? Win or lose this is a good night. Any time you can make fun of a hockey player through School Ties references is a win.
on November 16, 2009 at 8:48 pm Myra

Due to the Pot Roasters being a little heavy on the Flyers side, we’re a bit orange around here these days too. So I’m pretty much fluctuating between happy and sad no matter who scores.
on November 16, 2009 at 8:49 pm Schnookie

Clarkaflection!

:^:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: Now the Clarkaflection’s the only shot he’s ever going to try.
on November 16, 2009 at 8:50 pm Schnookie

Any time you can make fun of a hockey player through School Ties references is a win.

It is! Also, you’re way more culturally-relevant with your School Ties reference than I am, because I’m always likening players to Philip Seymour Hoffman in “Scent of a Woman”. To which everyone goes, “Philip Seymour Hoffman was in ‘Scent of a Woman’?”

Oooh, look at the artsy lighting on Clarkson here!
on November 16, 2009 at 8:56 pm Patty (in Dallas)

Are there two Sestito Puentes out there? I just noticed that Columbus called one up. Surely Yahoo is mistaken.
on November 16, 2009 at 8:57 pm EJGRgunner

Apparently that’s Tom, our Sestito Puente’s younger brother.
on November 16, 2009 at 8:59 pm EJGRgunner

I’m always likening players to Philip Seymour Hoffman in “Scent of a Woman”.

Also good: Dead Poets Society references.
on November 16, 2009 at 9:00 pm Myra

Tim & Tom? I’m sure that mom never gets their names confused.
on November 16, 2009 at 9:01 pm EJGRgunner

My father was one of 8. All M’s. Monica, Melinda, Mark, Melissa, Matthew, Michael, Mary, and Miles.
on November 16, 2009 at 9:07 pm Patty (in Dallas)

Apparently that’s Tom, our Sestito Puente’s younger brother.

Ah. That would explain also that both are T. Sestito. Puente.
on November 16, 2009 at 9:10 pm Pookie

I bet Tim and Tom are their middle names and their first names are Mark and Mork.

That would explain also that both are T. Sestito. Puente.

:^:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
on November 16, 2009 at 9:12 pm Schnookie

That would explain also that both are T. Sestito. Puente.

:^:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: I hope their mother solved the Tim/Tom Mark/Mork issue by doing like Mama Niedermayer and just referring to them as “Greater” and “Lesser”. (I’m not sure yet which T. Sestito. Puente is Greater yet…)
on November 16, 2009 at 9:18 pm Patty (in Dallas)

I had forgotten how sorry Mama Niedermayer is. :P
on November 16, 2009 at 9:24 pm Patty (in Dallas)

Hey, Hayward, cross-checking somebody in the neck when he’s trying to get up after you cross-checked him in the back is not “standing up for yourself.”
on November 16, 2009 at 9:24 pm Schnookie

I had not forgotten how sorry the Devils are in Philly. Heh. It’s kind of cracked me up the way people’ve been talking about how they could tie the road wins record tonight, as if somehow they were suddenly not going to be playing in Philly or something. :P

(Also, that third goal was a total blow to my theory that Marty’s been playing the puck really well lately. :P)
on November 16, 2009 at 9:26 pm Patty (in Dallas)

The Devils still have time, right?
on November 16, 2009 at 9:28 pm Schnookie

Hey, Hayward, cross-checking somebody in the neck when he’s trying to get up after you cross-checked him in the back is not “standing up for yourself.”

Well, that all depends on what the guy is planning to do once he gets up after being cross-checked. :P
on November 16, 2009 at 9:30 pm Patty (in Dallas)

That’s a good point. He might have come at him with a banana!
on November 16, 2009 at 9:30 pm Schnookie

BergforsNation has lost its charter tonight.
on November 16, 2009 at 9:33 pm Pookie

It’s like someone came at BergforsNation with a banana and it flipped out.
on November 16, 2009 at 9:35 pm Schnookie

Doc, go ahead and ask me again if I’m looking forward to tomorrow’s Caps/Rangers game. Go ahead. My answer’s still the same, though — no. I’m looking forward to watching the Blue Jackets game we’re tivoing tonight, the end result of which I will already know. That’s right, people who think I care about Caps/Rangers: I’d rather watch a stale Blue Jackets game! BURN!
on November 16, 2009 at 9:37 pm Myra

Conversation at L2L HQ

Me: Oh, look Vinny got another goal!

Hub: He’s a (Not) Optimistik.

Me: Oh. Pooh.
on November 16, 2009 at 9:40 pm Schnookie

Me: Oh, look Vinny got another goal!

Hub: He’s a (Not) Optimistik.

Me: Oh. Pooh.

:^:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
on November 16, 2009 at 9:40 pm Myra

I think Langenbrunner was having his way with Emery, there. Or maybe Emery was having his way with Langer. Hmm.

Hub is calling for 10 minute misconducts on both of them, since they are both Broken Noses.
on November 16, 2009 at 9:40 pm Pookie

Hee! Isn’t fantasy hockey fun?!

Well, that game was… Sigh. Cue the sad Sestito Puente music.
on November 16, 2009 at 9:43 pm Schnookie

Cue the sad Sestito Puente music.

It’s a bittersweet tune, with a hopeful refrain that reminds the listener that the Sabres team that set that road wins streak peaked basically on that streak and then settled into a seasonlong decline after that. So maybe the Devils won’t do that! Or maybe this was the start of the decline…?
on November 16, 2009 at 9:45 pm Patty (in Dallas)

Me: Oh, look Vinny got another goal!

Hub: He’s a (Not) Optimistik.

Me: Oh. Pooh.

Heh heh.

If it makes you feel better, Jordan Staal finally decided to join the party. Now that I benched him.
on November 16, 2009 at 9:46 pm Patty (in Dallas)

So sorry about missing the record. Just start again with the next road game. I bet nobody got that close TWICE in a season! That could be a record in itself.
on November 16, 2009 at 9:46 pm Myra

Yeah, Hub pointed that out about Jordan. Sorry. :)
on November 16, 2009 at 9:49 pm Kathleen

It’s all Petey’s fault. What were the Devils thinking, letting him play? He lives in the pressbox for a reason.
on November 16, 2009 at 9:51 pm Pookie

Road win streaks crack me up because I remember riding home on the subway with Morgan after a post-season loss (I think it must have been in ’01, but I could be wrong) and I was trying to find a silver lining to an otherwise awful night. I said something about how it was good for us that the team had won so much in the regular season and Morgan, ever the season-ticket holder wailed, “But all those games were on the road!!!”
on November 16, 2009 at 9:51 pm Schnookie

Peters was playing tonight?
on November 16, 2009 at 9:54 pm Myra

“But all those games were on the road!!!”

That has been ours and Patty’s take on the Stars season so far. :(
on November 16, 2009 at 9:55 pm mcguffers

Hee! Isn’t fantasy hockey fun?!

Yahoo’s injury updates are fun! Seriously though… is John Michael Liles dead yet?

It’s a bittersweet tune, with a hopeful refrain that reminds the listener that the Sabres team that set that road wins streak peaked basically on that streak and then settled into a seasonlong decline after that.

Fortunately, due to a lot of electroshock therapy, I don’t remember last season at all. At. All.

Sorry about the Devils! Stupid Emery.
on November 16, 2009 at 10:14 pm Schnookie

Fortunately, due to a lot of electroshock therapy, I don’t remember last season at all. At. All.

:^::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: I keep thinking I’m that way about 2000-2001, but now every time the Devils play the Pens, Doc feels compelled to spend the whole game reminding us that Skoula was on the 2001 Avs. FINE, DOC. I REMEMBER AGAIN. ARE YOU HAPPY NOW??

And thanks for the condolences about the Devils. This was one of those losses you can see coming from a mile away, though, so I’m not too broken up. :D
on November 16, 2009 at 10:15 pm Patty (in Dallas)

And that shortie by Staal is probably the only SHP the (Not)s will get all year. Poop.
on November 16, 2009 at 10:31 pm mcguffers

This was one of those losses you can see coming from a mile away, though, so I’m not too broken up. :D

I tuned in with .6 seconds left in the game. Even .6 seconds of a game on Versus is too much for me.
on November 16, 2009 at 10:35 pm Schnookie

It was quite a lot of Versus, no question about that. :P
on November 16, 2009 at 10:55 pm Cool

This blog fuckin sucks
on November 16, 2009 at 11:00 pm Patty (in Dallas)

The Coyotes broadcast is having a cute Hockey 101 night. I think I’ve seen them do that before. Takes me back to my first years when Razor would show us where the “hash marks” were, and the “circles.” And two-line passes and such. I used to love those features.
on November 16, 2009 at 11:06 pm mcguffers

It really does fuckin suck. Ookies, please try not to fuckin suck so much. It’s disturbing.
on November 16, 2009 at 11:11 pm Pookie

Don’t you mean “disturbin”?
on November 16, 2009 at 11:15 pm mcguffers

True dat. The only thing that sucks more than this blog is typin the letter g.
on November 16, 2009 at 11:17 pm Schnookie

I think that’s what makes this blog fuckin suck — all the G’s.
on November 16, 2009 at 11:17 pm Pookie

The only thing that sucks more than this blog is typin the letter g.

You’re so riht, mcuers.
on November 16, 2009 at 11:24 pm mcguffers

K’s piss me off too. You uys should be Schnooie and Pooie instead. This blo would be better without G’s and K’s.
on November 16, 2009 at 11:26 pm Schnookie

I’d say somethin lie “done and done,” but I also hate “N”s. Maybe it’s just time to stop talking….
on November 16, 2009 at 11:26 pm Patty (in Dallas)

:^:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
on November 16, 2009 at 11:38 pm mcguffers

Actually, omitting G’s, K’s, and N’s is usually how I type. Just not on purpose.
on November 16, 2009 at 11:40 pm Pookie

Yeah, me too. This blog fuckin sucks because it forces me to type better.
on November 16, 2009 at 11:49 pm mcguffers

This blog (or “blo” in cool terms) is the only place where I don’t type with my feet. While wearing sneakers. Fuck typin.
on November 16, 2009 at 11:56 pm kristin

Schnooie and Pooie!
on November 16, 2009 at 11:58 pm Pookie

Schnooie and Pooie is how the Devils played tonight! And on that cool note, I’m outta here. ood niht everyone!
on November 17, 2009 at 9:28 am Schnookie

Good morning (or perhaps ood mornin?) everyone! How are we all doing? Pookie and I are engaged in a weeklong photo challenge for which I have to walk to work every morning. Two days in, and I’m pooped. That’s my story today. Wasn’t it a good one?

And how excited are we all for the big Rangers/Caps game tonight? It makes me wish I didn’t get Versus! :P
on November 17, 2009 at 9:55 am Pookie

Yeah, maybe we should cancel the cable just for tonight! Or start playing Super Mario Bros Wii and forget all about the cable for a night.
on November 17, 2009 at 9:56 am KenF

congrats to Mottau on his first goal of the season.
on November 17, 2009 at 9:58 am Schnookie

Aw, poor Applesauce! :P
on November 17, 2009 at 10:07 am Mags

Well he was the last Devil without a point…
on November 17, 2009 at 11:24 am mcguffers

And how excited are we all for the big Rangers/Caps game tonight?

Excited isn’t really the word I’d use…
on November 17, 2009 at 11:26 am Meg

Yeah, maybe we should cancel the cable just for tonight!

The idea of a Versus game between the Rangers and Caps makes me so glad that I don’t have cable anymore (not, for the record, a feeling I experience often).
on November 17, 2009 at 12:29 pm Schnookie

Excited isn’t really the word I’d use…

:^:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::

The idea of a Versus game between the Rangers and Caps makes me so glad that I don’t have cable anymore (not, for the record, a feeling I experience often).

HAHAHAHA! I think we just found the silver lining for tonight’s lousy schedule.
on November 17, 2009 at 1:01 pm KenF

I like the match up of Marian Gaborik vs the threat of the possible maybe could-be return of Alex Ovechkin, kind of like the Unseen Hand vs The Crossbar. or maybe the – eh, that was all the excitement i could muster.

where’s Cool when you need him?
on November 17, 2009 at 1:15 pm Pookie

where’s Cool when you need him?

:^::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::

All this “will he return or won’t he” crap about Ovechkin is really annoying. I mean, who’s running the show down there, anyway?
on November 17, 2009 at 1:17 pm Schnookie

I kinda miss Cool. His/her/its name really said it all. He/she/it was so cool. *Dreamy sigh*

kind of like the Unseen Hand vs The Crossbar.

:^::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
on November 17, 2009 at 1:49 pm carolbrowne

All this “will he return or won’t he” crap about Ovechkin is really annoying. I mean, who’s running the show down there, anyway?

Weird…that comment just reminded me of Pavel Bure…I haven’t thought of him in ages.
on November 17, 2009 at 2:14 pm Myra

IPBers, do you ever have one of those days where you want to respond to your boss’ email with “That is the biggest load of crap I have ever heard.”?

For the sake of Hub, I have refrained from sending my response but, damnit, I want to.
on November 17, 2009 at 2:16 pm Schnookie

that comment just reminded me of Pavel Bure…I haven’t thought of him in ages.

:^:::::::::::::::::: I’m sure that’s exactly the legacy Bure was hoping to leave as an NHLer! Heh heh.

Myra, I am SO sorry you’re dealing with the biggest load of crap you’ve ever heard! What’s your boss asking you to do?
on November 17, 2009 at 2:20 pm Myra

Oh, it’s more of an insult to my intelligence, which pretty much makes me more mad than anything else can.

I just needed to vent some before I can respond.

I’ve written my response about ten times and I still haven’t sent it.
on November 17, 2009 at 2:30 pm Mags

IPBers, do you ever have one of those days where you want to respond to your boss’ email with “That is the biggest load of crap I have ever heard.”?

First, I’m so sorry you have to deal with this.
Second, I had a day like that yesterday, and as a result I handed in a project that had the line “Thorstein Veblen was full off it, and I can’t believe you made us read this MUCK. If he was publishing today, he would never have made it onto the pages of US weekly, it’s that bad.” in the conclusion.
on November 17, 2009 at 2:31 pm Schnookie

Ooooh, that’s the WORST! I’m so sorry! I’ve got a “wait, do you REALLY think I’m that stupid?” response email all queued up myself, but I’m biding my time about sending it. I guess you’re right that it behooves us all to vent, and then act like nothing happened, eh? :P
on November 17, 2009 at 2:34 pm Schnookie

HAHAHAHAHAHA! Nice on, Mags! I always wished I had the guts to say that about crappy stuff I had to read in school. :D
on November 17, 2009 at 2:37 pm Mags

Oh, and Myra, think of it as the Boss insulting their own intelligence, in not recognising your’s.

Schnookie, I’d totally had it. Plus, I’m pretty sure the teacher will be ok with it. I mean, hHe twittered about our class, DURING CLASS, and admitted Veblen was a bit of a self righteous hack.
on November 17, 2009 at 3:03 pm Myra

Oh, and Myra, think of it as the Boss insulting their own intelligence, in not recognising your’s.

Oh! Mags! I like your thinking! Thank you. I feel better now.

I’m pretty laid back for the most part, but when I do get mad, I get really mad. (I’m sure Hub will have some comments about that.)
on November 17, 2009 at 3:38 pm Pookie

Venting all around, I see! Man, it really has been a long, annoying day.
on November 17, 2009 at 4:36 pm KenF

Shanahan retired.

that is all.
on November 17, 2009 at 4:39 pm andrew

Shanahan retired.

Again?

Wait. What year is it?
on November 17, 2009 at 4:56 pm Mags

Shanahan retired.

Again?

Wait. What year is it?

:^::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
on November 17, 2009 at 7:21 pm Schnookie

Again?

Wait. What year is it?

:^::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: And I suppose this announcement will just make it all that much more “dramatic” when he joins the Islanders in March.
on November 17, 2009 at 7:42 pm Amy

Venting all around, I see! Man, it really has been a long, annoying day.

I’ve been stuck in a car for five hours, which was after a three-and-a-half hour meeting, which was after the world’s quickest breakfast featuring the amazing, disappearing waitress.

So how ’bout that local sports team? :P
on November 17, 2009 at 7:43 pm Myra

Fantasy Hockey is so twisted.

Last night it had me lamenting a Vinny goal.

Tonight it has me celebrating a Rangers goal (Gaborik) and an Ovie goal. Bleh.

Ok, to be honest, I couldn’t really celebrate for either one.
on November 17, 2009 at 7:45 pm Myra

Oh Amy! 5 hours in a car = torture!

Or maybe my family would say 5 hours in a car with Myra = torture for them. I don’t travel well. Heh.
on November 17, 2009 at 7:46 pm Schnookie

Amy, you TOTALLY win for shittiest day. At least now it’s almost Wednesday, though, right? Sigh.

Myra, that is sick and twisted. We just got Super Mario Bros. Wii, so we’re busy not watching hockey right now. Heh.
on November 17, 2009 at 7:52 pm Myra

We can’t not watch!?! We have too many players playing! :P
on November 17, 2009 at 7:53 pm Schnookie

We can’t not watch!?! We have too many players playing! :P

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! Well, I guess I wish you luck? :P
on November 17, 2009 at 7:56 pm Amy

you TOTALLY win for shittiest day. At least now it’s almost Wednesday, though, right?

Thanks. Wednesdays are good because there’s hockey on.
on November 17, 2009 at 8:02 pm Schnookie

Wednesdays are good because there’s hockey on.

Word. Tonight’s lineup is NOT inspiring me, because unlike Myra, I don’t have any skeevy players on my fantasy team in action. :P

In other news, Pookie never knows how to stop with the Mario Bros. I think it might be weeks before we turn back to hockey again! :P
on November 17, 2009 at 8:06 pm Pookie

In other news, Pookie never knows how to stop with the Mario Bros.

It’s true. I’m neglecting my delicious dinner because I need just one more level!
on November 17, 2009 at 8:07 pm Myra

We can’t not watch!?! We have too many players playing! :P

We also have to watch to see who isn’t playing because they are hurt, sick or just bad.
on November 17, 2009 at 8:07 pm Myra

Hey Schnookie! What’s for supper?!?
on November 17, 2009 at 8:07 pm Myra

Myra,

Why are you logged on to my computer?

Hub
on November 17, 2009 at 8:09 pm Myra

Oops. :)
on November 17, 2009 at 8:10 pm Schnookie

I took the most delightful nap when I got home from work tonight, and when I woke up, I could have sworn that someone was making chocolate chip cookies in the kitchen. Of course, when I got up, I discovered that it was all just a dream. *Glares at Pookie* :P
on November 17, 2009 at 8:11 pm Myra's Hub

Hey Schnookie! What’s for supper?!?

I get the reference but then I’m a hick.
on November 17, 2009 at 8:11 pm Schnookie

Myra,

Why are you logged on to my computer?

Hub

Oooh, Myra’s in TROOOOOOUUUUUBLE! :P

We had chili and homemade corn muffins for dinner tonight, with a fresh growler of pilsner from the brewery in Princeton. It was a little slice of heaven!
on November 17, 2009 at 8:15 pm Myra

Chili and corn muffins!

Yuummm! Yum!

Myra,

Why are you logged on to my computer?

Hub

I’ll never tell. hehehe
on November 17, 2009 at 8:27 pm Patty (in Dallas)

Hey Schnookie! What’s for supper?!?

I get the reference but then I’m a hick.

What, no fatback and collard greens? MmmMMMM.
on November 17, 2009 at 8:30 pm Patty (in Dallas)

I was going to chime in about what a shitty day I had, but it pales in comparison to Myra’s, let alone Amy’s.

Amy, were you stuck or were you traveling for 5 hours?
on November 17, 2009 at 8:33 pm Schnookie

I’ll never tell. hehehe

Looking at porn again? :P
on November 17, 2009 at 8:36 pm Myra

What, is there a porno hockey player site?

Sorry you had a bad day too, Patty.

I’m finally starting to let mine go. I was pretty hot about it this morning.
on November 17, 2009 at 8:38 pm Patty (in Dallas)

What, is there a porno hockey player site?

I think that one would be very successful. Especially if the players left various articles of clothing/equipment on.
on November 17, 2009 at 8:41 pm KenF

i always add a can of creamed corn to my cornbread. its absolutely impossible to pack too much corn into cornbread. unless we’re talking candy corn.
on November 17, 2009 at 8:43 pm Pookie

I’ll have you all know I turned off Super Mario Bros. And my dinner was only mostly ice cold when I got around to finishing it. ::shakes fist at Wii::
on November 17, 2009 at 8:53 pm Schnookie

its absolutely impossible to pack too much corn into cornbread. unless we’re talking candy corn.

:^::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: I once added to some corn muffins sweet corn that I’d frozen during the delicious peak corn months in the summertime. And they turned out delicious. So I tried it again not long after that… and they were a soupy mess! BOOOO! Anyway, now I’m corn-addition-shy. :(

And that’s my story.
on November 17, 2009 at 8:54 pm Patty (in Dallas)

Wii: *chuckles derisively*
on November 17, 2009 at 9:12 pm Schnookie

I had no idea our Wii was so diabolical!
on November 17, 2009 at 9:20 pm mcguffers

Wednesdays are good because there’s hockey on.

Let’s hope we feel the same way in January.

Versus, please stop talking about Miller, Myers, and the Sabres. You are not good Karma. Talk about the Penguins or butterflies or Brian’s hair.
on November 17, 2009 at 9:21 pm carolbrowne

I forgot about the Wii…we haven’t turned it on in some time. But that Lego Batman game – good times!

Canucks don’t play until Friday and The Beards of Bees lost again!
on November 17, 2009 at 9:22 pm Patty (in Dallas)

I had my suspicions when my Mario Kart guy spent the whole time going back and forth, crashing against one wall, then the opposite wall. I wanted to think it was just defective, but I heard some faint chuckling coming from my little steering wheel.
on November 17, 2009 at 9:27 pm Pookie

but I heard some faint chuckling coming from my little steering wheel.

:^:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::

Talk about the Penguins or butterflies or Brian’s hair.

If Blersus talked about butterflies during intermission, I’d be all over that.
on November 17, 2009 at 9:29 pm Schnookie

You can blame the Wii if you want to, Patty. :P

Canucks don’t play until Friday and The Beards of Bees lost again!

Man, the litany of woe just keeps getting longer around here, doesn’t it? (And what the hell is uo with the Canucks schedule? Haven’t they already had a couple of weeks off? This is the stupidest compressed schedule ever.)
on November 17, 2009 at 9:32 pm carolbrowne

what the hell is uo with the Canucks schedule?
I don’t know! And every time they get a break, you know what a certain slow starter does. UGH. I hope THESE 5 days off don’t ruin everything.

Litany of woe. Exactly! Heheheehhheee.
on November 17, 2009 at 9:36 pm carolbrowne

Oh Pookie, I almost forgot. I went to the library AGAIN and got even more Feng Shui books. Seriously, I love the library! Going to the library is good feng shui. In fact, the whole library is good feng shui…all that changing and rotating and sharing of books? Glorious!
on November 17, 2009 at 9:41 pm Schnookie

And every time they get a break, you know what a certain slow starter does. UGH. I hope THESE 5 days off don’t ruin everything.

:^::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: Well, maybe it’s reassuring to know that the second half of the season will clearly not have any breaks, so that certain slow starter will never get a chance to have his wheels fall off?
on November 17, 2009 at 9:42 pm Pookie

In fact, the whole library is good feng shui…all that changing and rotating and sharing of books? Glorious

Is that good for feng shui? Cool! Other librarians say my library has really good flow, and has a nice vibe. Maybe it’s all the changing and rotating of books! Anyway, I’m so glad you’re enjoying using the library! It definitely takes some extra effort, but man, oh man, the price is right!
on November 17, 2009 at 9:43 pm mcguffers

I’m dropping John Michael Liles from my fantasy team because it’s too hard to keep track of his injuries. He was taken off injured reserve but is still injured and not playing. As opposed to Shea Weber who was on injured reserve even though he was playing. Fantasy hockey is hard.
on November 17, 2009 at 9:47 pm carolbrowne

Fantasy hockey is hard.

You said it, mcguffers!
on November 17, 2009 at 9:50 pm Patty (in Dallas)

Remember when we had to do it all with the newspapers and a pencil and paper?

Me neither.

(My coworker has a football fantasy league with his back-home-in-Indiana buddies that they’ve had for 20 years. I had no idea that there were fantasy teams before the internet.)
on November 17, 2009 at 9:55 pm mcguffers

I had no idea that there were fantasy teams before the internet.

Me neither. But I guess if there was porn before the internet, men could do almost anything without a computer.

Maybe it’s just me, but when they show highlights of other games, I don’t see too many awesome plays. It’s mostly goals from huge dumbass mistakes. As a great man once said, this fuckin sucks.
on November 17, 2009 at 10:01 pm carolbrowne

Those ads for The Biggest Loser makes me want to eat Applesauce Cake.
on November 17, 2009 at 10:04 pm Schnookie

But I guess if there was porn before the internet, men could do almost anything without a computer.

:^::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: We used to have a pencil-and-paper fantasy league. It was just Pookie, Boomer, and me. It was fun. We had very few rules, and were the absolute opposite of cutthroat. And we had no idea what we were doing. Pookie traded me Mario Lemieux for Ken Daneyko. Good times!

As a great man once said, this fuckin sucks.

:^::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
on November 17, 2009 at 10:04 pm Pookie

As a great man once said, this fuckin sucks.

:^:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::

Remember when we had to do it all with the newspapers and a pencil and paper?

Boomer, Schnookie, and I had two seasons of pencil-and-paper fantasy hockey. I started my fantasy hockey career off with a bang then, when, as commissioner of The Pooping Fopps, I traded Mario Lemieux for Ken Daneyko.
on November 17, 2009 at 10:05 pm Schnookie

Jinx, Pookie!
on November 17, 2009 at 10:06 pm Pookie

You make it sound like I had no idea what I was doing trading Mario for Dano. I had every idea what I was doing. As I recall, I won. (I had Marty and Hasek. I really couldn’t lose.)
on November 17, 2009 at 10:07 pm carolbrowne

Pooping Fopps

SNORT! :^:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
on November 17, 2009 at 10:08 pm Schnookie

The Pooping Fops was the best fantasy team name ever. When we went to the All Star Game in ’97, Pookie decided she was going to ask all the Fops players there to sign autographs to her “To Pookie, the GM of the Pooping Fops”. But then she decided she would be too embarrassed to ask that. So I suggested she have them sign “the quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog”, and then we could cut out the letters and rearrange them. Of course, there wouldn’t be enough “F”s, “O”s, and “P”s, so I suggested they add after the brown fox stuff “oop oop foop”. For many, many years after that, we signed off all our written/emailed correspondence, “Oop oop foop”.

And that’s my story. I was thinking about that for the first time in a while the other day and figured now was as good a time as any to mention it. Oop oop foop.
on November 17, 2009 at 10:10 pm Pookie

I was thinking about “oop oop foop” the other day. Must have been something in the air! My team the following year was the Ooping Foops. They didn’t win.
on November 17, 2009 at 10:14 pm mcguffers

:^::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::

Oop oop foop. No G’s, N’s or K’s. Sweet!
on November 17, 2009 at 10:15 pm Schnookie

No G’s, N’s or K’s. Sweet!

It’s like the perfect phrase.
on November 17, 2009 at 10:28 pm Schnookie

Oooh! We’re ordering potatoes for next spring’s planting! How exciting*!

*I fully put forth that that’s not very exciting. Heh.
on November 17, 2009 at 10:31 pm carolbrowne

Well, I, for one, find it very exciting. Taters! Yay!
on November 17, 2009 at 10:33 pm Schnookie

Thanks, Carol! :P (If you’re looking for a good source for seed potatoes, I highly recommend Seed Savers Exchange. Order now! They sell out quickly! :D)
on November 17, 2009 at 10:34 pm mcguffers

Are you kidding?! I’m Irish! I know how EXCITING potatoes can be!!
on November 17, 2009 at 10:38 pm Schnookie

I’m Irish! I know how EXCITING potatoes can be!!

:^:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: I should have known I could count on you. Especially after that time you showed up at Ice Girl practice wearing those green short shorts with “Kiss Me, I’m Irish (And Love Potatoes)” bedazzled on the ass.
on November 17, 2009 at 10:40 pm Pookie

Hey Carol, this summer you can grow catnip for Oscar!
on November 17, 2009 at 10:42 pm mcguffers

“Kiss Me, I’m Irish (And Love Potatoes)”

:^:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: And believe me, that is one thing you DO NOT want written on your ass when you’re surrounded by drunk guys.
on November 17, 2009 at 10:42 pm Schnookie

And believe me, that is one thing you DO NOT want written on your ass when you’re surrounded by drunk guys.

:^:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: Yeah, you learned that the hard way, didn’t you? :P
on November 17, 2009 at 10:46 pm mcguffers

Timmy: “You’re Weeeelllllllllllllllllcome.”
on November 17, 2009 at 10:48 pm Schnookie

Heh heh. It’s like a call and response!
on November 17, 2009 at 10:53 pm Patty (in Dallas)

Oop oop foop :^:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
on November 17, 2009 at 10:54 pm mcguffers

I really, really, really wanted to use it in my microbiology class, but I don’t think anyone would have gotten the reference.

Prof: “These bacteria are getting smarter and finding ways to survive.”
Timmy: “You’re Wellllcome.”
on November 17, 2009 at 10:56 pm Pookie

Prof: “These bacteria are getting smarter and finding ways to survive.”
Timmy: “You’re Wellllcome.”

:^:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::

Timmy’s favorite potatoes, by the way? Fingerlings.
on November 17, 2009 at 10:58 pm mcguffers

Timmy’s favorite potatoes, by the way? Fingerlings.

:^:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
on November 17, 2009 at 11:07 pm mcguffers

Alright, I need to go to bed. Have fun with the potatoes!
on November 17, 2009 at 11:10 pm Pookie

Good night, and oop oop foop! :D
on November 18, 2009 at 9:00 am Amy

were you stuck or were you traveling for 5 hours?

I’m tardy for the party, but I was driving for five hours across beautiful, sunny New York State. I even got to have lunch at a truck stop.

Timmy’s favorite potatoes, by the way? Fingerlings.

And yet another reason to make sure no liquids are being consumed while one is reading IPB.
on November 18, 2009 at 9:41 am Schnookie

Oooh, lunch at a truck stop? How fancy! And here you tried to tell us it was a bad day… :P
on November 18, 2009 at 9:50 am Pookie

Truck stop, oh la la!

Is everyone ready for the big ANTM Finale tonight? :D
on November 18, 2009 at 10:13 am Amy

Is everyone ready for the big ANTM Finale tonight?

I just wonder how big Miss Jay’s sleeves are going to be tonight. He could knock Tyra out if he moves the wrong way.
on November 18, 2009 at 10:13 am Mags

Is everyone ready for the big ANTM Finale tonight? :D

How’s this season of ANTM been? I think they start broadcasting it here next week. Oh, and I caught a snippet of Porject Runway (or as they call it here “Project Catwalk”. Why the rename, I don’t know) yesterday, which was kinda fun. No hissyfits though, that was disappointing.
on November 18, 2009 at 10:37 am Pookie

This season of ANTM has been better than last year’s, but not fantastic. I like the two finalists (in fact, we picked them to be the winners during the very first episode) but it hasn’t been so special or fabulous. Project Runway kinda sucked this year, sadly. The contestants weren’t that interesting.
on November 18, 2009 at 5:26 pm carolbrowne

This season of ANTM has been better than last year’s

Totes! Remember that crazy Jebus girl who left the show for “personal reasons”? I miss her!

I haven’t watched Project Runway in ages. I keep forgetting to.

I think Amy is going to win, but I’m cheering for the underdog from the backwoods. She seems so…nice. There’s no way she could win. LOLS
on November 18, 2009 at 5:55 pm Schnookie

I miss the crazy Jebus girl too! Just IMAGINE how much better the season would have been with her…
on November 18, 2009 at 7:48 pm Patty (in Dallas)

You don’t have to watch, but everybody keep a good thought for the Stars tonight, as they play the hated Red Wings.
on November 18, 2009 at 7:59 pm Patty (in Dallas)

Eight minutes. That’s how far into the game Ralph and Razor mentioned that Detroit drafted superstars in later rounds. :D

To be fair, the main convo was about Jamie Benn and Tommy Wandell, who were late-rounders.
on November 18, 2009 at 8:05 pm Schnookie

I’m watching the Stars/Wings! Although NHL Network is carrying the Wings feed, so I can’t promise I’ll be here for long… :P (Also, a new post will be up in a sec.)
on November 18, 2009 at 8:09 pm Patty (in Dallas)

Awww! A Boucher shoutout from Razor! *wipes away a tear*