You know what, Gentle Reader? We’re glad we tuned in for the pregame show tonight, so we got to hear Dano gleefully reporting that each time Scott Gomez returns for a game in New Jersey, he, like Blobby Holik before him, is reminded “how good New Jersey was to him, and how good he was for New Jersey.” And then he added that things are not going very well for Gomer in Montreal. Heh heh heh. Couldn’t happen to a nicer guy. Heh.
Oh, and we feel that every single Devils/Canadiens game happens in Montreal, which prompts Pookie to say this when we realize this one’s in Newark: “If this was in Montreal tonight, I’d guarantee that the shutout is happening. With it being in Jersey, I’m not so sure.”
Apropos of nothing, Schnookie notices before this game that there is a story on NHL.com for the Winter Classic coverage all about Bob Costas. The link to it on the front page headlines is “Costas fond of Fenway”. Really??? Pookie: “Next they’re going to have a story up of ‘Pookie fond of Devils’ or ‘Marty fond of Donuts’.”
Mee-ow! In the pregame discussion of Gomez’s production in relation to his contract, Doc snarks that maybe Mogilny can come out of retirement to make Gomer good again. Everyone’s enjoying hating on Gomer tonight! (If Marty gives up any of his patented soft goals against former teammates to him, we’re going to have to hunt down and kill either Marty or Gomer. Hint: it won’t be Marty.)
FIRST PERIOD
18:27 Doc is saying something all smugly about Spacek having nightmares about his previous matchups with Patrik Elias. We have no idea what he’s talking about.
17:28 The Habs have had the puck in the offensive zone more than the Devils had so far. Pookie: “I was promised they’d be taking tons of penalties. That isn’t happening.”
16:27 Chico is every bit as confident as everyone else that Marty is getting 104 tonight. We expect that first Habs goal right about… now.
15:52 The ZZ Never Score Goals Anymores get some nice buzzing going around Price’s goal, but only manage to come ever-so-close to score. Because they are nothing if not aptly named.
13:58 Doc and Chico are tickled with how ardently the crowd is booing Gomez’s every move. At one point Doc’s play-by-play involves him wryly remarking, “It would seem that Gomez is on the ice now.” He then wonders whether Gio would have booed, too, and decides he wouldn’t have been, because when he left the Devils he didn’t immediately “go to the bad guys”. Schnookie: “Also, he’s not a douchebag.”
12:57 Grrrreg was right! The Habs do take stupid penalties! They get called for too many men, in spectacular fashion. They’ve practically got 18 guys skating on a rush here.
11:58 O’Byrne further makes Grrrreg look like a prophet by taking Travis down in a classic can opener move. The bad news for the Devils is that the first penalty was only half over, so now it’s one of those 5-on-3s of doom. Chico, oblivious to the patterns of sucktitude on the two-man advantage that the Devils have shown this season, predicts that the Devils are going to score the game-winner here. At this rate, Marty’s not only not going to get a shutout tonight, but Carey Price is.
10:09 As the PP continues to wheel aimlessly around the neutral zone, the commentary turns to Zach’s scorelessness. Chico tells us that of course a scoring drought weighs heavy on the mind of hockey players, and Zach has been up-front enough to admit “that he’s thinking about it.” Schnookie: “Every minute of every day.” Pookie: “He’s like, ‘Here, let me show you my day planner…’ and every page is just filled with ‘Think about how I’m not scoring’.”
8:07 300-foot-tall Gill flattens Land Zhark from behind while just sort of smothering him like an octopus picking up a coconut shell, and gets called for holding. Doc says it’s just his size that caused that penalty. He’s like Pronger, but more like a human blanket than a guy who’s elbowy.
7:37 Ah, yes. It turns out the Devils – including Marty – were also taking the shutout for granted tonight, and as they all stand around half-assing it in on the PP, they neglect to try to do anything to stop Moen from scoring on a shorthanded two-on-one. 1-0 Canadiens. Chico’s take on the lackluster play so far is that the Devils are looking like they did against Florida. Pookie: “And look how that turned out.” Pause. “Maybe the Devils are looking ahead to their big game against… Ottawa?”
4:38 Pookie has a terrible vision of our dystopian future: “I don’t think Marty’s ever going to get that shutout. Because that’s what he’s going to use as his excuse to keep starting every game forever.”
2:14 Chico is as impressed by the Devils fans’ ability to spot Gomez every time he’s on the ice. We have to agree – we’re barely ever aware of which Devils are on the ice, let alone the guys on the other teams. Pookie: “I’m going to train myself to get better at that. I’ll start by booing Rolston every time he’s on the ice.”
1:52 The hell? Price takes a trapezoid violation penalty. The Habs really are ridiculously undisciplined. But, as Doc would say, no matter. The Devils PP is a study in suck tonight.
1:14 The loudest boos of the night have been reserved for this PP. And deservedly so.
0:00 That period was crap, crap, crap.
SECOND PERIOD
20:00 There is no way this period can suck, because it is kicked off with a shot of SANTA CHUCK. We put ourselves on a bit of tivo delay to make it possible to share him with those of you who are not watching on MSG+:
18:49 Pookie is practicing booing Rolston. So far she’s doing really well at it.
16:43 The pace on this period is torrid. As the puck keeps getting deflected out of play, or iced, or both, Doc reminds of us a big goal against Montreal that Randy McKay had many years ago. To which Chico segues into a stat about all-time Devils goals by saying, “Well, unfortunately, Randy McKay is no longer here, but this guy [Patty], is!” There is a long pause in the living room of stately IPB Manor, after which we wonder aloud, “Randy McKay is dead?” He’s not, is he?
15:56 Spacek slashes Rolston’s stick, breaks his own stick in the doing, and then wonders, as he skates around with the broken remnants of his stick still in his hands, why he’s getting called for anything. His teammates, meanwhile, are probably thinking, “Just get in the box, a-hole. We’re doing fine just letting this team keep shooting itself in the foot.”
14:28 BOOOOOO!
14:08 Niedermayer (the Lesser) hooks the Devils off the PP. Thank heavens. Maybe they’ll be effectual shorthanded? Chico sums this game up brilliantly: “Doc, I dunno. Maybe the Devils just want to keep playing five-on-five. At least they’re not losing momentum when they’re playing at even strength.”
12:50 The best scoring chance for the Devils this evening comes on a shorthanded rush by Zach. But it’s not so good that it means Zach can stop being consumed by the tortured thoughts of a guy who hasn’t scored in seven games (and counting).
8:05 This is the part of the game where Doc’s play-by-play goes: “And a shot from the Canadiens.. and another one… and another one… and another one…” Things are going great.
6:05 Oh crap. We just realized this is only the second period.
4:18 You know what Pookie’s one wish for Christmas is this year? For Paulie to come back. Is he ever coming back? Not that we think he’d make a difference in this game or anything, but we miss being able to make gopher jokes when things are grim.
3:35 WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!! NO THE FUCK WAY!!!! PIKKARAINEN! That must be one of the worst goals ever scored by a Devil. On a three-on-two rush, he fires a fluttering shot that should be going over the net, but Price puts a glove up to stop it and instead deflects it downward. The puck drops, hits the crossbar, lands in the crease… and Price, perhaps addled by the cheering of the crowd, backs obliviously deeper into the crease to kick the puck with his heel into the net. That is the craziest fucking thing we’ve seen today. 1-1 game.
1:34 It looks like things are looking up for the Devils when the McAmmond/Egg/Pikkarainen line gets another odd-man rush – this one a three-on-the-goalie. But they’re still McAmmond/Egg/Pikkarainen, so there is not a goal scored. Schnookie: “Maybe this line needs a name. How about the Pickled Ham & Eggs?” Pookie: “If only they played Andy Greene at forward. They could be Green, Egg and Ham.” Boomer: “I was thinking that, but didn’t say it.” Pookie: “That’s what makes me a comedy genius.”
0:00 Doc concludes the period by saying the Devils don’t deserve to be tied. No, that they don’t. We get an interview with Pikkarainen, and he’s a bit of a giggler.
THIRD PERIOD
19:45 Doc and Chico are discussing an incident from Chico’s playing days where a shot that hit the crossbar was called a goal. Meanwhile, the Habs come roaring out of the gate with two phenomenal scoring chances. The Devils somehow manage to survive, and Chico carries on with his story, explaining why he was arguing so vehemently with the officials in the highlights from that game of yore that MSG+ just showed. Hilariously, he explains that there were “water droplets” on the crossbar from where the puck hit, and he was asking the official to come down to the goal to look at it. “It was like CSI!” he insists. We would love to see Chico leading a team of crack forensics investigators in “CSI: Regina”. Getzi can be the cute, shirtless guy on the team.
16:36 We are marveling at the randomness of Doc’s play-by-play (he calls of a cool glove save by Price, “The tongue of the snake flicks out there,” to which Pookie says, “I’m really glad I didn’t have to ever hear Bill Clement say that.” Bill Clement makes everything sound doubly pervy), and he likens someone on the ice to Zhamnov. Pookie, stunned: “Zhamnov??” There is a pause, and then Chico says, “Zhamnov?? Whatever happened to him?”
14:01 The Habs mount a rush (that amounts to nothing), and Schnookie grouses, “That was offsides. They’re not calling offsides on the Canadiens tonight. That’s the second rush this period that was offsides that went uncalled.” Pookie: “The linesmen want this game to be over.” Schnookie: “Can you blame them?”
13:38 Our nightly tour of the opponent’s goalie mask features Chico pointing out that the Grim Reaper is featured riding on “a motorbike” on the side of Price’s mask. It doesn’t sound all that tough when you put it that way.
12:55 Oduya seems to club Laraque in the head while trying to hold him up while they skate up the far wing. Schnookie wonders why that wasn’t called, and Pookie insists, “I’m telling you, the officials want to go home.”
10:59 There have been four shots in this period. Total. It’s a doozy.
8:21 We take that back. Since we complained about how little action there’s been here, the Devils have put together a string of high-pressure offensive shifts, and had them answered by near-miss attempts at breakaways the other direction. It’s been so up-tempo that Doc has had to stop rambling about old-tyme minor-league players we’ve never heard of to get back to the play-by-play. (One guy he mentioned was nicknamed “King Kong”, which gets Pookie to wishing that she had a favorite player with that as a nickname. She’s considering calling Paulie “Gopher Kong” when he gets back. That should make him hurry his return.)
6:19 Baumann is starting the “Gimme a D!” cheer. Doesn’t he know this always makes the other team score when he’s not leading in response to a Devils goal? Regardless, it’s a hearty cheer that gets going, and Chico rightly praises the fans for having had a fantastic game.
3:29 We come back from a commercial to see footage from Gomer’s rookie hat trick on his birthday at MSG (and HAHAHAHAHAHAHA! for how that laid the groundwork for him thinking life would be grand if he could only play there every night), and it’s interesting for two reasons. One is that the quality of the video is terrible. Pookie wonders aloud whether it really looked that bad back then and we just didn’t notice, or whether they’re deliberately making it look that bad. The other is that Gomer is still the last Devil to get a hat trick as a rookie. We’re fairly confident Pikkarainen will be the next.
2:33 WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Just after it’s looking like the Habs are going to have all the momentum for the final few minutes, the Devils put together a four-pass, rink-length rush on which Patty sneaks behind the defenders, to pounce on the rebound of Rolston’s mid-range shot to stuff the puck past a slow-to-respond Price. 2-1 Devils, and we did NOT see that coming.
1:30 The Habs are swarming. Whitey gets away with tripping a Hab coming out of the corner, and Pookie says, “Whitey’s like that rented Christmas tree I don’t want to admit I don’t want to get next year.” Schnookie: “I don’t know what that means.” Pookie: “I mean he’s like that old dog I don’t want to admit is too old. Whitey needs dog-bed stairs.” Schnookie: “I still don’t know what you’re talking about.” Pookie: “You don’t have to put that in the diary.” Schnookie: “But I love it! It makes no sense!” Pookie, sadly: “It makes sense in my head.”
0:00 WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!! The Habs put on a mad crush there at the end, but the Devils manage to hold fast, and get a wholly undeserved win. But hey, that’s what good teams do, right? Win games they shouldn’t?
YAY GAME DIARY!
You’re so wound up tonight, Mags! I guess the end of the semester will do that to a girl. :D
I wish I could stay with you for the game, but I promised myself not to do this on weeknights anymore. I’ll just stay around for the first 10 minutes. You know, just to feel the temperature of the game!
Here’s hoping the 10 minutes rawk! How was the movie, Grrreg?
Schnookie, I have to fit all of my holiday excitement, PLUS about a month of hockey energy, into 4 days before I have to go back to studying. Excuse me if I’m a little bouncy!
Grrreg, you know as well as I do that you will stay longer than that. Don’t lie to yourself.
How was the movie, Grrreg?
Well, I have to say it’s very impressive. The special effects are incredible, and the 3D thing was working better than I expected. It’s too bad they didn’t think of spending more than 0,05% of the budget on the script. But I knew what to expect, James Cameron is not known for its subtlety!
So you didn’t puke from the 3D? :D
Hey, where are all the penalties? I was promised lots of Habs penalties!
Grrreg, you know as well as I do that you will stay longer than that. Don’t lie to yourself.
Sigh. We’ll see…
No I didn’t even puke. Maybe the habs can still make it happen though!
I am thoroughly loving hearing the Devils lineup in Canadian French. NEE-dur-MY-uhr indeed.
Hey, there’s one of those penalties! Let’s see this 5th ranked PP go!
Woooo! See? Already one stupid penalty! Yay habs!
*snort* Nice going Habs (clearly, I’m a little behind the times)
Wow, you really weren’t kidding, Grrreg.
And a second one! Yes!
The Habs will force you to get a PP goal whether you want to or not. Don’t like a 5 on 4? Well take a 5 on 3! Ha!
To be honest, they’ve been really really good at killing the many penalties they take. But it always gives lots of momentum to the other team.
Man, there are 25 teams in the NHL who ought to be ashamed for having a worse PP than the Devils. Heh.
Geez Louise, the Habs are taking exceptionally stupid penalties. I’m not really feeling any Devils goals, tonight, though. I think they’re going to waste any momentum they might get.
Funfetti.
Man, there are 25 teams in the NHL who ought to be ashamed for having a worse PP than the Devils. Heh.
I was just thinking the same thing. Deep, DEEP shame.
I wasn’t expecting this.
My dad totally jinxed us. I’ve worked so hard to train him to never compliment the Devils. And then we give up a shortie.
Oh for Pete’s sake. Thanks, Devils. That’s making me feel really warm and fuzzy right now.
I wasn’t expecting this.
Heh. Me neither. Cripes. Thanks for bothering to care tonight, Devils.
Hmm, they’re booing Gomez. Is there some sort of troubled history between him and New Jersey that I would not be aware of? :P
I’ve worked so hard to train him to never compliment the Devils. And then we give up a shortie.
:^::::::::::::::::::::::::: I was, for the first time in my life, feeling UTTERLY confident tonight. That’ll learn me!
Wintuk sounds like something Ken would shout during a hurricane kick in Street Fighter 2.
Is there some sort of troubled history between him and New Jersey that I would not be aware of? :P
:^:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: No, no. It’s just something random.
Nah, just seeing Gomez reminds Devils fans of Holik — they’re booing Holik.
As for Wintuk, I’m holding out until Cirque du Soleil does “Funfetty — the Musical”.
Is there some sort of troubled history between him and New Jersey that I would not be aware of? :P
Naw, we’re just incredibly racist.
Is there some sort of troubled history between him and New Jersey that I would not be aware of? :P
Noooo, never. We luff him loads! Really!
“Funfetty — the Musical”.
:^::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: They’ll all wear red-and-black unitards and stand around listlessly after climbing halfway up those giant sash things.
:^::::::::::::::::: to everyone!
Wow… that might have been the dumbest trapezoid infraction I’ve ever seen.
Ahahahah, at least they’re creative at taking stupid penalties. I’m waiting for the puck over the glass delay of game penalty.
They’ll all wear red-and-black unitards and stand around listlessly after climbing halfway up those giant sash things.
While the Habs skate around underneath them, scoring goals.
Chico says Jacques is sending a message with this PP. That message? “I have no idea how to coach a PP.”
Well, on that note, I’m leaving you. Mags was right, I stayed up longer than planned.
I can’t wait to look at the boxscore tomorrow to find out how many stupid rules the habs broke in order to take seldom called penalties. Have a good night everyone! :)
“I have no idea how to coach a PP.”
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:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: It’s funny because it’s true.
Good night, Grrreg! Sweet dreams of that Moen shortie!
I’m glad to see I’m not the only one that thought tonight’s Devils game was in Montreal, what with all the Patrick Roy comparisons and other such nonsense.
I also read that Langenbrunner and Rolston are on the search committee to find a new Fearless Leader for the NHLPA. How much time will be spent searching for a leader versus searching for something to keep fellow committee member Getzi’s shirt secured to his person at all times?
The sad thing is that going into this game, the Devils PP had a 22% conversion rate. Which is good and makes me wonder where that team is tonight. Also, I hope Montreal’s doesn’t wake up as despite the goal they look like an underperforming squad.
Amy, I just really can’t handle Montreal games being in NJ. I think the last time they played each other in NJ was back when Marty scored a goal. :D
Wow, the future of the NHLPA rests in Getzi’s hands?! *pencils another lock-out onto my calendar*
Just thought I would drop in and cheer you guys up by saying it could be worse. The Stars are loosing to the CANES at the end of the FIRST, 3-1. UGH.
The Stars are loosing to the CANES at the end of the FIRST, 3-1. UGH.
Ew! That’s terrible! Although we got an unhappy email from Patty when the score was still 2-0. While the deficit is holding, at least you’re not getting shutout, right? Baby steps! :P
I’m so sorry, Myra! There’s still plenty of Brahms left to be played!
While the deficit is holding, at least you’re not getting shutout, right? Baby steps! :P
Unlike the Devils *grumble*
Unlike the Devils *grumble*
Heh. Yeah. That was the extremely subtle subtext to my remark. SIGH. Stupid effin’ Devils…
I’m switching over to the Yotes game. If I’m going to watch some hockey, I want the good guys to win.
Say hi to Scottie Upshall and Matthew Lombardi for me, Mags!
They say hi back, Pookie!
The Devils have completely forgotten how to play hockey.
The Devils have completely forgotten how to play hockey.
Big flipping surprise.
It’s incredible how a group that looked marginally functional for at least one period in their last game can look so dreadful tonight. Of course, they looked pretty dreadful for the other two periods of that game, so maybe I shouldn’t be surprised…
On a positive note, I found a hilarious “David Mamet’s Diary of Anne Frank” script satire online.
“David Mamet’s Diary of Anne Frank”
No. Way. That’s awesome! (Actually, I think I may have seen that somewhere too…) (I never don’t find Mamet funny.)
http://trueslant.com/davidrees/2009/08/14/trueslant-exclusive-david-mamets-anne-frank-script-leaked/
WOOOOOOOO!!!!!!
If anything can make this game fun it would be a Mamet satire. Or thinking about the customer who came up to the reference desk last week asking for some “books by Tenise [pronounced like "Denise"] Williams”. My colleague was like, “Hm, I’ve searched the catalog and I don’t see anything by that person. Can you spell that for me?” *headdesk*
It’s incredible how a group that looked marginally functional for at least one period in their last game can look so dreadful tonight.
That statement is true on so many levels for the Sabres right now. With the exception of Miller, the Sabres flat out stink. If they don’t score on this five minute power play, I will cut them.
WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!
Soooo, Pikkarainen is maybe sort of good for something?
Piakarainen, master of the old “Shoot it at his glove so he can bounce it off the crossbar and drag it in with his foot” trick.
Yeah, he totally drew that up that way.
So far, Petr Prucha has scored twice. Interesting. Also, it took me an entire period to realise there are three reasons I didn’t miss Mueller, and they are called Pyatt, Upshall and Lombardi.
books by Tenise [pronounced like "Denise"] Williams
Didn’t Tenise Williams write “A Streetcar Named Desiree?”
Didn’t Tenise Williams write “A Streetcar Named Desiree?”
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“A Streetcar Named Desiree?”
:^::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: It was the sequel to Huge Gene O’Neill’s “Desiree Under The Elms”.
I’d say Pelley/McAmmond/Pika should be the PMP line… but they’re all hos.
I’d say Pelley/McAmmond/Pika should be the PMP line… but they’re all hos.
:^::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: They’re like, “Touche.”
Anagram for Pikkarainen McAmmond Pelley:
Anaconda Keep Milkmen Primly
Well, that’s it! If the Pickled Ham and Eggs Line doesn’t catch on, I’m all for the Prim Milkmen!
Anagram for Ilkka Dean Rod:
Naked dark oil
Anagram for Ilkka Dean Rod:
Naked dark oil
:^::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: WAAAAAY too funny.
Anagram for “Pookie Smash”.
Uh… uh… Hasp Moo Skie (the e is silent)
Palindromic Kelp Man May Keen
“Pookie Smash”
Hike mass poo.
More like a “mass poo hike”, in that the factor of poop was hiked up for this game.
WOOOO!!!!!
WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!! Or rather, OOOOOOWOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!! (That’s another clever anagram, you see.)
Well, if you’d asked me two hours ago if this was how I thought this game would end…
Guys? Guys? Are you there?
Hellllloooooo….
Hey Carol! How’s it going?
I agree the win was not at all good for the Devils; but they were lucky to run into Montreal team that didn’t want to win either. The classic “Meh” game.
Still, I smile at the result as I freeze up at Newark Penn. Thanks for detailing the game perfectly Cookies.
Enjoy the train ride, John! :D
More like a “mass poo hike”
I was skimming to catch up. Were you talking about the Stars?
Sigh.
Hi guys. I’m watching the Phoenix and Toronto game. Good times. Canucks next up! Up against Corey Perry and that team he plays for.
I was skimming to catch up. Were you talking about the Stars?
Sigh.
:^:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: I’m so sorry, though. :(
Oooh, Ducks/Canucks! That ought to be a win for your guys, Carol! Although CoreyPerry might score. He does that a lot… :P (By the way, I was just looking through the collection of photos from the 12×12 Vancouver thing. That is the coolest thing ever. I totally want to do that. What fun! And you’re so cute dressed as your great-grandmother! :D)
12×12 sounded so cool! And stressful. :D
I’m not sure what’s going on with the announcer on this show – Keith Jones. His hair looks right out of The Little Rascals. Or is it his face? The hell??? Too much grease, but no cowlick up the back.
Aw! Keith Jones does the color commentary for the Trannies! I love that crazy guy! (He’s a complete raving moron.)
Just to add even more stress to the whole outcome of the 12X12 event – my test roll of film from the night before? I went to pick it up and they handed me zero pictures and informed me the entire roll of film was under exposed.
If I got 1 photo in focus, it will be a miracle.
If I got 1 photo in focus, it will be a miracle.
I’m keeping my fingers crossed for you!
I went to pick it up and they handed me zero pictures and informed me the entire roll of film was under exposed.
Oh man. That would have me in cold sweats the whole day. 12 hours is a long time to be running about town trying to get the perfect shot, while being totally unsure whether you’re even doing it right!
If I got 1 photo in focus, it will be a miracle.
Ah… takes me back to my film days. :D Even then, though, I couldn’t take just one picture of something. That sounds like a triple-dog challenge, Carol!
I wish the Sabres had a stuffed duck mascot.
I wish the Sabres had a stuffed duck mascot.
I’m jealous of myself, for the Devils having Chuck. :P
I don’t know how you film guys did it. How on earth could you stand not knowing? I couldn’t even imagine being a film wedding photographer. *Shudder*
Crap. Anaheim just scored.
Breaking news – Corey Perry has great hands. The announcer just said so.
Sweet! And a soft peeper just scored! Yay! I *heart* the soft peepers!
I don’t know how you film guys did it. How on earth could you stand not knowing?
We hated it. But it didn’t occur to us that there was a way around that. :P
I feel like my mom trying to explain how she didn’t miss TV back when it hadn’t been invented. :P
(Professionals, which I was not, used Polaroids A LOT. Especially in photo shoots in a studio. They’d set everything up, load up all their film in detachable “backs”, then take a Polaroid or two, make adjustments in the lighting, setup, etc., then take a few more, until they liked it. Then they’d shoot up their film. A big-time pro would probably have people in the lab processing it while he was still shooting.) (And that’s my story.)
I feel like my mom trying to explain how she didn’t miss TV back when it hadn’t been invented.
:^::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: Even so! I would have missed TV if I’d been in her shoes!
I miss that excitement of opening the package of pictures from CVS (my film processor of choice) and seeing everything for the first time.
I also miss the times when my father would not waste film on 6,567,654 pictures of us eating.
Elias = BEAST
Enough said! haha
Good morning!
Well Habs suck, but SNOW SNOW SNOW!!! I forget everything, because there is beautiful snow everywhere this morning! I’m excited like a kid going for the first time to Disneyland after having drunk 3 liters of Red Bull.
I wish the Sabres had a stuffed duck mascot.
I agree. Chuck, especially in Santa gear, is just too cute.
And you know how talented my little Sabres are? Seven of them came down with food poisoning Tuesday night into Wednesday morning. There’s a lot of jokes to be made about them being piles of puke, but they get a lot of credit for even being on the ice while dealing with that nonsense.
EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE! Grrrreg, I’m SO HAPPY for you getting snow!!! That TOTALLY makes up for the Habs losing so dispiritingly!
I’m excited like a kid going for the first time to Disneyland after having drunk 3 liters of Red Bull.
That’s EXACTLY how I feel about snow, too! :D
Amy, that’s an amazing amount of food poisoning. It almost makes me think that someone is out to get them. Someone really hates these Sabres! :P (Actually, can’t you hear what Wings fans would be saying if seven of their players got food poisoning? They totally would blame the league somehow…)
“Maybe the Devils are looking ahead to their big game against… Ottawa?”
I was laughing for a good 15 minutes after I heard that.
It almost makes me think that someone is out to get them.
Seriously. I guess that will learn them to eat at a place called Sam & Ella’s. On a serious note, if these guys did all eat at the same place, I would hope someone from the team puts in a call to Ottawa’s version of the health department.
I was laughing for a good 15 minutes after I heard that.
Heh heh. I’m glad you liked that, Space Weed (and hi! by the way! :D). We were laughing pretty hard about it too. :D
On a serious note, if these guys did all eat at the same place, I would hope someone from the team puts in a call to Ottawa’s version of the health department.
Hm. One of the restaurants we went to in Ottawa was pretty close in quality to Chef’s (that’ll teach us to get Mexican food in Canada…), so maybe their health department isn’t very vigilant?
That is awful about the Sabres. One of the Stars got a stomach parasite while they were in LA over the weekend and had to go to the ER. I’m not sure exactly what that means but he still looked pretty gray last night. Poor kid. I can’t imagine having seven players go down at once. Eek.
Did anyone see the parasite on Colbert Report the other day, the one that eats a fish’s tongue and then takes up residence where the tongue was, so it can eat the food the fish is trying to eat? When Patty told us about Fistric’s parasite, Pookie surmised it was that fish tongue one. :P
Didn’t one of the Devils’ get food poisoning in Ottawa in the 1997 playoffs? Maybe visiting hockey teams need to bring their own chef when they go there.
Sorry, 1998 playoffs. 1997 was the evil Ranger debacle. 1998 was Ottawa. After a while, they all blend.
And I’d like to say the fact that y’all ate Mexican food in Canada still cracks me up.
After a while, they all blend.
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And I’d like to say the fact that y’all ate Mexican food in Canada still cracks me up.
That’s only because you didn’t eat it. :P
And I’d like to say the fact that y’all ate Mexican food in Canada still cracks me up.
Carrots! There were carrots in my burrito! ::shudder::
Grrreg, I am so jealous of your snow! I’ve heard rumors of snow on Monday, which is the only day I have to go into work next week, so everyone keep your fingers crossed for a snow day!
There were carrots in my burrito!
What? That’s so wrong.
Carrots in a burrito. **shakes head sadly**
And congrats to Grrreg on the snow as well! It’s so pretty as long as you don’t have to go anywhere in it.
They’re turning over 3-wheeled parking meter cars in Pikkarainentinople.
They’re turning over 3-wheeled parking meter cars in Pikkarainentinople
While giggling. Have you ever seen a more giggly intermission interview? :D
Seven of them came down with food poisoning Tuesday night into Wednesday morning.
Holy crap. That’s not a good thing. Reminds me of the movie Knocked Up, when all of the stoner roommates end up giving each other pink eye. Come to think of it, that sounds like something the Sabres would do.
And I’d like to say the fact that y’all ate Mexican food in Canada still cracks me up.
That is pretty funny. Tracie and I had Mexican food in Amsterdam. That was interesting.
In Amsterdam? And you live in CA? Um, what had you been doing in Amsterdam just prior to this decision? Just wondering. :P
They’re turning over 3-wheeled parking meter cars in Pikkarainentinople.
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Come to think of it, that sounds like something the Sabres would do.
Heh. They probably do it so often that it’s no longer an incident of note. It’s just sort of par for the course for them.
And Mexican food in Amsterdam? Yeesh. I can only imagine…
In Amsterdam? And you live in CA? Um, what had you been doing in Amsterdam just prior to this decision? Just wondering.
Man, we ate sooooo much good food in Amsterdam. Yes, I was constantly hungry. Coincidence? Probably not.
And Mexican food in Amsterdam? Yeesh. I can only imagine…
Haha…yeah, we couldn’t resist. Actually it was pretty good. The restaurant was run by two brothers who were actually Mexican. So they had a handle on things.
Yes, I was constantly hungry. Coincidence? Probably not.
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And a Mexican restaurant run by actual Mexican people makes some sense. The one we went to in Canada? Not actually Mexican. :P
I’m not sure the people running the Mexican place in Canada could find Mexico on a map. “It’s the big one shaped like a carrot, right?” It was run by rabbits.
one we went to in Canada? Not actually Mexican.
Someone get Raffi Torres back there, show ‘em how a real Mexican-Canadian does it.
Actually he’s South American I think.
Actually he’s South American I think.
And also a total jerkface. I can’t stand that guy. Just in case you wanted to know!
“It’s the big one shaped like a carrot, right?” It was run by rabbits.
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And also a total jerkface. I can’t stand that guy. Just in case you wanted to know!
You would probably be proud to know, then, that every time we see Raffi Torres (which is often, because we’ve been watching the CBJs quite a bit this year [which is like a kind of torture, I know...]), I think, “Oooh, andrew HATES that guy!”
I think, “Oooh, andrew HATES that guy!”
Really? I didn’t know my feelings on Raffi Torres were well known.
Although I’m not surprised. I tell everyone I hate Raffi Torres. And the Beatles. It’s practically how I introduce myself.
I also find that I make many declarations which are immediately forgotten, by me. Keeps things interesting.
if it’s red, it should have ground beef in it.
And cheese. Don’t forget the copious amounts of cheese.
I tell everyone I hate Raffi Torres. And the Beatles. It’s practically how I introduce myself.
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if it’s red, it should have ground beef in it.
And cheese. Don’t forget the copious amounts of cheese.
godammit…I have got to go to Chef’s.
I’ve also got no real love for the Beatles.
You’re alright in my book, Schnookie.
godammit…I have got to go to Chef’s.
Add it to your mythical Buffalo/Toronto road trip. If you hit Chefs at lunch on the day of a home game, you have a decent shot of seeing some Sabres there.
And I just ate a coconut flavored Jelly Belly. I’m filing it under “things that are gross.” Because it was. And that’s my story.
I second the lack of love for the Beatles. I’ve never been a big fan either.
Add it to your mythical Buffalo/Toronto road trip. If you hit Chefs at lunch on the day of a home game, you have a decent shot of seeing some Sabres there.
I should!
Although the Sabres apparently can’t be trusted on their dining choices…so I don’t know…
I second the lack of love for the Beatles. I’ve never been a big fan either.
I think I might cry. I love this blog.
I grew up with my parents playing the Beatles, and I can sign most of their songs, but I don’t actually like them. That count?
Anyhoo, Grrreg is right, SNOW! Snow all over Europe! A whole 5 cms here, which doesn’t sound like much, but it was enough for car drivers to act even more like lunatics than usual.
Hey, mcguffers, saw this and thought of you! (Which is kind of like seeing Raffi Torres and thinking of andrew, which I also do. Although I don’t see Torres much)
I can sign most of their songs
Yeah, and I can sing ‘em too. Me so talented!
I can sign most of their songs, but I don’t actually like them. That count?
I should think so!
Although I don’t see Torres much
This is a good thing, Mags.
This is a good thing
I suppose. Not quite in the range of puppies, sugar cookies and snow, but a good thing anyway :D
Although the Sabres apparently can’t be trusted on their dining choices…so I don’t know…
Heh. Reports say it was a local steakhouse that did them in.
And I’m officially impressed with Tyler Myers. The kid played 28 minutes last night while suffering from food poisoning? Damn.
It’s sunny and peacefully snowing right now. It looks like a snow globe outside.
It looks like a snow globe outside.
Yup. It’s very pretty. I went for a walk through the forest and it was like I was walking around in Narnia.
I’m DONE with Microbiology!!! Well… besides my final on Tuesday. But I no longer have to learn about diseases that cause pus and other discharges!! Wooo HOoooo!! Unless I decide to get a job with the Sabres.
Mags, I was actually watching that game! I laughed my ass off at the “8 points while playing basketball. 1 point while playing for the Leafs.” It’s a good thing he’s pretty. And in his defense, he actually has 2 points now. (I will say this for the Leafs. They may have a horrible record, but they don’t give up. Unlike some other ass hats I know.)
I’m alone in the office with all sorts of goodies that people have sent us.
THIS.IS.NOT.GOOD.
Unless I decide to get a job with the Sabres.
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I have mixed feelings about the Beatles. They’ve got some great stuff (“Norwegian Wood”, John’s part of “Day In The Life”) so I can’t say I hate them, per se, but I certainly don’t begrudge someone hating them for things like… Well, most of their other stuff. Pando, though? “Rocky The Raccoon” is his favorite song ever.
I no longer have to learn about diseases that cause pus and other discharges!! Wooo HOoooo!! Unless I decide to get a job with the Sabres.
GROOOOSS! But WOOOOOO! I aced my History final yesterday, so no more fscking physiocrats and mercantilists and neokeynesians for me! I’d say no more institutionalists either, but I still have to write an essay about them so I guess I’m out of luck on that one.
I laughed my ass off at the “8 points while playing basketball. 1 point while playing for the Leafs.”
So did I! It was a little mean, but mostly very funny :D
Pando, though? “Rocky The Raccoon” is his favorite song ever.
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Rats, now I have “Rocky the Raccoon” stuck in my head. D’oh! That was the worst comment I’ve ever left!
And I just ate a coconut flavored Jelly Belly. I’m filing it under “things that are gross.”
EW EW EW EW EW!!!!! That’s VILE! I’m so sorry!
I’m alone in the office with all sorts of goodies that people have sent us.
I’m starting to get my Christmastime flood of chocolates from my coworkers. I’ve got a big box of something labeled “European Chocolates” that I got from my boss’s boss this morning. I can’t decide whether I want to break into it this afternoon, while the whole department’s in a meeting and I’m alone here, or if I want to save it for the week between Christmas and New Year’s, when I’m the only one in the office. Man, decisions, decisions! My life is so hard!
And WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! to everyone finishing their heinous classes!
Pando, though? “Rocky The Raccoon” is his favorite song ever.
:^::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: I like some of the Beatles songs, but there are a few where I like the remakes better. Like “Across the Universe” by just about anyone besides the Beatles.
I aced my History final yesterday, so no more fscking physiocrats and mercantilists and neokeynesians for me!
Congrats on all accounts there! Nothing pisses me off like a bunch of neokeynesians! :D
Myra, I haven’t had a Christmas cookies yet this season, so I’d gladly trade places with you!!
hmm. “haven’t had a Christmas cookies.” Awesome. Good thing it wasn’t an English final.
Oh, and there’s a Mexican restaurant in Rochester called Garibaldi’s that always cracks my brother and I up. We wanted to open an Italian restaurant next door called Pablo’s. And that’s my story.
a big box of something labeled “European Chocolates”
Oh don’t eat that. Those Europeans absolutely can’t be trusted. Better send that to me, pronto. I’ll be fine, I live here, I’ve built up immunity.
Also, cookies, did someone say cookies? I better go turn the oven on…
I have no self control. Sigh.
We wanted to open an Italian restaurant next door called Pablo’s.
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Oh don’t eat that. Those Europeans absolutely can’t be trusted. Better send that to me, pronto. I’ll be fine, I live here, I’ve built up immunity.
Heh heh. Nice try, though. I better taste one now, just to make sure they’re worth saving for my week back in the office between the holidays…
Nope, sorry Mags. They’re delicious. I think I’ll keep these chocolates…
And that’s my story.
It’s a good one!
I have no self control. Sigh.
Me either. The only reason I’m not making sugar cookies right now is that I’m out of eggs. I’d go get them but it’s cold and dark and snowy and sugar cookies are not worth my life.
I think I’ll keep these chocolates…
Rats! Foiled again! And by something as puny as your tastebuds, gddmnt!
Mexican restaurant, Garibaldi’s, Rochester…hmmm
I think the Ookies and andrew would love to eat there.
Me? Not so much.
I think the Ookies and andrew would love to eat there.
Sign me up!
I want to be eating gingerbread cookies right now, but I totally don’t want to make them. My life is so hard.
Mexican restaurant, Garibaldi’s, Rochester…hmmm
I think the Ookies and andrew would love to eat there.
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I would have totally rewarded you with my patronage.
Seeing that my brother and I have no Italian in us whatsoever, we would probably have used all of Sandra Lee’s easy recipes. But you love her, right Schnookie?
I’m alone in the office with all sorts of goodies that people have sent us.
I knew I should have come come by after the networking meeting this morning. :P
Hey, I thought you were going to Mansfield? And yes, you should have come by. All sorts of cookies and candies, it’s terrifying.
And did I ever tell y’all that I bought the Sandra Lee’s Cookbook for kids? I thought, oh, this will be a good starter for Grace. (Please note, this was before I had actually seen her show and I had not looked at any of her regular cookbooks.) BIG MISTAKE. AWFUL RECIPIES. If you can even call them that. I don’t think we have ever made a single thing from it. And that is my Sandra Lee cookbook story.
Seeing that my brother and I have no Italian in us whatsoever, we would probably have used all of Sandra Lee’s easy recipes. But you love her, right Schnookie?
Oh man! They serve Sandra-style Italian at Pablos? Dude, I am SO there! :P
Myra, that’s HILARIOUS that you accidentally got Grace a Sandy cookbook. I can only imagine how bad it is. Boomer got me a Semi-Ho For The Holidays magazine as a joke, and it was horrifying. HORRIFYING!
Boomer got me a Semi-Ho For The Holidays magazine as a joke, and it was horrifying. HORRIFYING!
One of the gift suggestions was to individually wrap wedges of scones to give out. I didn’t realize it was an “office gift” section and was like, “Guys, if you ever give me one scone as a gift, I’ll kill you.”
“Guys, if you ever give me one scone as a gift, I’ll kill you.”
*crosses “one scone” off Christmas list*
I can’t believe Sandra Lee is trying to infect the youth.
I think the Ookies and andrew would love to eat there.
Seriously.
But then, I’ll eat anywhere. At least once.
They serve Sandra-style Italian at Pablos?
Including the infamous cottage cheese and tomato soup lasagna?
Cottage cheese and tomato soup lasagna? EEK!
I remember looking through the kiddie cookbook and thinking, this woman has a cooking show???
Including the infamous cottage cheese and tomato soup lasagna?
Every time I think I’ve heard enough about this lady to be unsurprised by her cooking horrors LO! I am surprised. Yuck.
Including the infamous cottage cheese and tomato soup lasagna?
That’s not lasagna. That’s a crime against humanity.
LO! I am surprised. Yuck.
That’s like Aunt Sandy poetry. :^:::::::::::::::::::::