Devils @ Islanders, 1/18/10: An Extremely Long Tivo Delay

January 18, 2010 by Schnookie

What kind of holiday is this? Schnookie gets the day off, but Boomer and Pookie don’t? And Pookie’s working the late shift at the reference desk, so she won’t be home until 10:00 tonight? And the Devils are playing a matinee?? This sucks! So… we won’t be watching this until laaaaaaaaaaaaate tonight. But spoilers are welcome. Because no one wants to watch a bad Devils/Islanders game at 10:00 on a Monday night without some kind of advance notice, right?

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on January 18, 2010 at 2:26 pm Mags

*grits teeth* I’m going to sit this one out, even if it kills me.
on January 18, 2010 at 2:26 pm Schnookie

How bad is it so far?
on January 18, 2010 at 2:27 pm Schnookie

Oh. I just checked the score.
on January 18, 2010 at 2:27 pm mcguffers

I’m flipping between the Devs/Isles and Black Team/Red Team. Not that I’m complaining, but why do I still get the NHL Network for free? Oh, and no spoilers, but Marty is trying to prove to Crunchy that fat boys can break dance.
on January 18, 2010 at 2:27 pm Schnookie

I can’t wait to cue this up at 10:00 tonight.

Isn’t nice that in an Olympic season, we get to the point in the schedule where the Devils’ wheels fall off a couple of weeks earlier?
on January 18, 2010 at 2:28 pm mcguffers

The phrase “That was a smart move by Jay Pandolfo” was just used.
on January 18, 2010 at 2:47 pm Amy

Marty is trying to prove to Crunchy that fat boys can break dance.

Crunchy: “Fat boys can dance, but they can’t fit into my skinny, emo, hipster emporium duds.”

I can’t wait to cue this up at 10:00 tonight.

I can’t believe libraries are open on MLK Day. I thought all good civil servants got this day off.
on January 18, 2010 at 2:48 pm Mags

Tavares tripped Bergfors. If there were a list of 100 people not worth tripping right now, Bergfors would be so insignificantly awful, he wouldn’t even make the list.

That said, it’s not been ALL bad. Mark Streit is on one of my fantasy teams *mumblegrumble*
on January 18, 2010 at 3:11 pm Schnookie

If there were a list of 100 people not worth tripping right now, Bergfors would be so insignificantly awful, he wouldn’t even make the list.

Dude, for reals. I was actually thinking, when I was out earlier today, that our post for today should just have been: “Just as we hoped, there’s a new injury. Patty’s got a ‘head injury’. Your move, Boogerfors.” SIGH.
on January 18, 2010 at 3:17 pm EJGRgunner

Dude, Bergfors can’t get a head injury. He can take rolling pins to the head, exploding canons, frying pans. He’s like a foamy Wile E Coyote.
on January 18, 2010 at 3:18 pm Pookie

I can’t believe libraries are open on MLK Day. I thought all good civil servants got this day off.

Nah, no MLK Day for us. For some reason we get it as a “floating holiday”. So I can’t take today off, but I get a free day off to use any other day. Same with Veteran’s Day and… Lincoln’s Birthday. Whatevs, library, whatevs. (I do get Good Friday and Election Day off, so it balances out later in the year.)

“Just as we hoped, there’s a new injury. Patty’s got a ‘head injury’. Your move, Boogerfors.” SIGH.

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

I am SO looking forward to watching this game at 10:00 after a looooong day of work. :D
on January 18, 2010 at 3:23 pm Schnookie

He’s like a foamy Wile E Coyote.

:^::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: He’s like, “If I had a dime for every time I heard that.”
on January 18, 2010 at 3:29 pm EJGRgunner

Fishsticks.
on January 18, 2010 at 3:33 pm Mags

Funfetti.
on January 18, 2010 at 3:36 pm EJGRgunner

I just can’t figure out why Marty’s suddenly letting so many goals in. He didn’t do this for the 300 consecutive games he’s played before this.
on January 18, 2010 at 3:38 pm Schnookie

I just can’t figure out why Marty’s suddenly letting so many goals in. He didn’t do this for the 300 consecutive games he’s played before this.

:^::::::::::::::: It’s because this is the equivalent of early February in a non-Olympic season. This ALWAYS happens in early February! (Also, it’s on the Island. In the afternoon. In a game I have to watch at 10:00 tonight*.)

*I probably won’t watch it. Heh.
on January 18, 2010 at 3:39 pm EJGRgunner

I’ve always thought of Doug Weight as Exhibit A in the argument that playing in Nassau Coliseum is hazardous to your skill.
on January 18, 2010 at 3:42 pm Mags

I just can’t figure out why Marty’s suddenly letting so many goals in.

Oh, I don’t know, it might have something to do with those 300 CONSECUTIVE EFFING GAMES.

I’ve always thought of Doug Weight as Exhibit A in the argument that playing in Nassau Coliseum is hazardous to your skill.

A-men.

I was on the phone with my mother just now, and she told me to tell you that my play-by-play was absolutely hilarious. If by “absolutely hilarious” you mean “a testament to my agony”, then yes. Bleeding Pens fans. It’s not like they’re any better right now.
on January 18, 2010 at 3:43 pm Schnookie

If by “absolutely hilarious” you mean “a testament to my agony”, then yes. Bleeding Pens fans. It’s not like they’re any better right now.

:^::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: And really, Mummers, glass house much? :P
on January 18, 2010 at 3:56 pm Mags

Mummers, glass house much?

Right! I did tell her that, and then she mumbled something about the ironing and said she had to go. Veeeeery fishy.
on January 18, 2010 at 3:57 pm Myra

Wow. Just turned on the game and looked at stats. Did the Devils d-men miss the bus?

So sorry, dudes.
on January 18, 2010 at 4:00 pm Schnookie

Did the Devils d-men miss the bus?

Heh. I’m wondering if the Devils d-men woke up and finally remembered who they are.
on January 18, 2010 at 4:06 pm Mags

I’m with Schnookie. And now they’re engaged in a race to the bottom, because they simply can’t face who they are, and are praying they’ll be put out of their misery by their irate, overworked goaltender.

Or maybe that’s my wishful thinking.
on January 18, 2010 at 4:14 pm Patty (in Dallas)

I thought Boogerfors was supposed to be good! What are y’all talking about?!

(Translation: Should I drop him from the [Not]s?)
on January 18, 2010 at 4:17 pm Patty (in Dallas)

Apropos of nothing: I rode around today with my sunroof open! It’s sunny and 65 degrees! Winter is over! WOO HOO!
on January 18, 2010 at 4:19 pm Schnookie

Translation: Should I drop him from the [Not]s?

Haven’t you noticed that he never scores? :P

I rode around today with my sunroof open! It’s sunny and 65 degrees! Winter is over! WOO HOO!

WOOOOOOOOOOOOO! It was sunny and over 50 today, so I rode around town taking (crappy) photos! Winter’s TOTALLY over!
on January 18, 2010 at 4:20 pm EJGRgunner

I’m hoping that Jacques and Marty have this conversation before the Thursday.

Jacques: You’re sitting the next game.
Marty: But I’m rested! I only played two periods last game.
Jacques: You didn’t really play any periods last game. Hence why you’re sitting.
on January 18, 2010 at 4:21 pm Patty (in Dallas)

Haven’t you noticed that he never scores? :P

Um… none of them have been scoring so he wasn’t really standing out. :D
on January 18, 2010 at 4:22 pm Mags

(Translation: Should I drop him from the [Not]s?)

I haven’t dropped him on the Cast-Offs. (knitting fantasy league. We’re fierce)

(Translation: absolutely, the only reason he’s still a Cast-Off is because I am strangely emotionally attached to him)

You and your end of Winter. I’ll take our ice any day. If all goes well, my Illicit Affair should be taking me skating on natural ice this Saturday.
on January 18, 2010 at 4:23 pm Schnookie

You didn’t really play any periods last game. Hence why you’re sitting.

:^:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
on January 18, 2010 at 4:26 pm Mags

Gunner, you SLAY me. SLAIN, I am.
on January 18, 2010 at 4:30 pm Patty (in Dallas)

The Cast-Offs? What a great name in a knitting league!

And, hmm, Illicit Affair, eh?

(If I could skate, and we ever had natural pond ice, I probably would be upset at 65 degrees in January. :P )
on January 18, 2010 at 4:41 pm Myra

my Illicit Affair

She can’t drop that comment and not provide any details, can she?

Oh, Mags….
on January 18, 2010 at 4:43 pm Mags

If I could skate, and we ever had natural pond ice, I probably would be upset at 65 degrees in January.

I’m glad we agree :). And thanks about the name!
on January 18, 2010 at 4:49 pm Mags

She can’t drop that comment and not provide any details, can she?

Just testing whether you were actually reading the whole comment instead of skimming the photos :P. His girlfriend is like Saskatoon airport. She reads into EVERYTHING. She reads awful things into buying a round of drinks, or sending a text message, or falling over laughing at my MC Hammer dance routine. So now we’re one another’s Illicit Affairs.
on January 18, 2010 at 4:53 pm Myra

I’m watching “Hoarders” for the first time. I think I should make Hub and Kid watch this with me sometime. We are terrible packrats. And this is very sobering. Just awful.

Sorry, I felt the need to share that.
on January 18, 2010 at 4:54 pm Myra

Aw shucks. That is not juicy gossip at all, Mags. :P
on January 18, 2010 at 4:55 pm Mags

Hoarders scares me more than any horror movie ever has. Everytime I watch it, I feel like I need to throw about at least 2 garbage bags of stuff.
on January 18, 2010 at 4:58 pm carolbrowne

Hi guys. Sorry Pookie doesn’t get the day off. Ah boo!

I wanted to tell you that I met a woman today with the last name Stortini and could not help but ask her if she was related to Zach Stortini of the Edmonton Coilers. Sadly, she told me she is not related to him.

And that’s my story.

Did you like how I stole Schnookie’s schtick just then? I did.
on January 18, 2010 at 4:59 pm Mags

Sorry Myra! I’m a terrible disappointment, I know.
on January 18, 2010 at 5:00 pm Schnookie

Aw shucks. That is not juicy gossip at all, Mags. :P

:^:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: Yeah, it’s really not. I was SO hoping for something better than that! What a let-down, Mags! :P

Carol, that’s a GREAT story!
on January 18, 2010 at 5:00 pm Mags

Did you like how I stole Schnookie’s schtick just then? I did.

I love it. Luff it, even.
on January 18, 2010 at 5:03 pm Patty (in Dallas)

Hoarders does the same thing to me, Myra. I just took a carload of old clothes to GoodWill, and if I looked back, watching that show might have been the impetus.

Sometimes when I see it though, I think, don’t throw all that away! It’s been hidding under a pile of crap for years, sell it on ebay as Mint-In-Box!
on January 18, 2010 at 5:06 pm Mags

What a let-down, Mags!

Gah, you’re making me feel bad! What would you like me to say? We totally made out on Friday, as I am Incredibly Seductive. A six-foot tall Goddess, with shining copper ringlets, kissing a sculpted God of a tennis player with a terrible eagerness to please and the Girlfriend from Hell.

No, no, I can’t keep this up. I sicken myself with all these fabrications. You’ll just have to deal with my incredible level of Boring.
on January 18, 2010 at 5:06 pm Patty (in Dallas)

And then I say, “I meant HIDING! Not hidding. Sheesh.” And the TV looks at me like I’m a moron.
on January 18, 2010 at 5:13 pm Schnookie

No, no, I can’t keep this up. I sicken myself with all these fabrications. You’ll just have to deal with my incredible level of Boring.

:^::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: Thanks for trying, though. I appreciate the effort.

And the TV looks at me like I’m a moron.

:^::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: It’s good to have someone who’ll be honest with you, right? :P
on January 18, 2010 at 5:14 pm Patty (in Dallas)

My TV thinks it’s pretty smart. Jerk. :P
on January 18, 2010 at 5:16 pm Patty (in Dallas)

…with shining copper ringlets…

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

You’ve definitely got the lingo! :D
on January 18, 2010 at 5:17 pm Myra

Aw, Mags. Boring is good. That means you have made good decisions in life!

I just have an overactive imagination and a boring life because I made excellent decisions. ;)

But I am in terrible need of cleaning out every closet and drawer in my house because I haven’t wanted to make the easy decisions for, oh, about the last two years. Bleh.
on January 18, 2010 at 5:30 pm Mags

Thanks guys. Perhaps it’s not him with the eagerness to please, but me. Hmmmm.

You’ve definitely got the lingo!

I’ve got great teachers! *points at all the commenters and the Ladies of the Blog*

But I am in terrible need of cleaning out every closet and drawer in my house because I haven’t wanted to make the easy decisions for, oh, about the last two years. Bleh.

Bleh indeed.
on January 18, 2010 at 5:32 pm Patty (in Dallas)

A cleaned out closet is also kind of depressing. Turns out I’ve only got about 5 shirts I’m willing to wear.

On the plus side, I don’t need new hangers, like I thought I did. :D
on January 18, 2010 at 5:36 pm Pookie

Hey, I’m in the process of cleaning out a closet and tossing stuff! My theory was “it’s been in the closet untouched for four years, it can all go”. But since my motivation is to make room for fabric that I’m bringing in at a much faster rate than I am finishing stuff with it, I’m not sure that’s really a great thing… :D
on January 18, 2010 at 5:44 pm Patty (in Dallas)

I try to look at it this way: If I didn’t know it was there, and haven’t missed it, then it goes. (Usually.) (Mostly.)
on January 18, 2010 at 5:47 pm Schnookie

On the plus side, I don’t need new hangers, like I thought I did. :D

:^::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: That’s a heck of a silver lining right there!
on January 18, 2010 at 5:57 pm Mags

On the plus side, I don’t need new hangers, like I thought I did. :D

Awesome! I do, not because of the clothes though. I pilfered hangers to put up all my hockey jerseys, but now I don’t have enough to hang my shirts and jackets on. Whoops.
on January 18, 2010 at 7:09 pm Schnookie

Okay, I’m ready for some non-Devils hockey now! Bring it, Blues/Blue Jackets! (What? Am I the only one watching that tonight? :P)
on January 18, 2010 at 7:20 pm Amy

Blues/Blue Jackets! (What? Am I the only one watching that tonight?)

Probably.

I’ve got Sabres/Coyotes, with swearing refs and Sylvester/Neale/Ray as the three stooges in the booth.
on January 18, 2010 at 7:28 pm Schnookie

I dunno, Amy. That sounds good, but it’s no Blues/Blue Jackets… :P
on January 18, 2010 at 7:53 pm mcguffers

That sounds good, but it’s no Blues/Blue Jackets…

Really? Cause I’m pretty sure there wasn’t an interview with Taylor “Pretty Eyes” Pyatt in the Blue squared game. :P
on January 18, 2010 at 7:53 pm Schnookie

Cause I’m pretty sure there wasn’t an interview with Taylor “Pretty Eyes” Pyatt in the Blue squared game. :P

Hey, I’m getting an interview with some guy I don’t know! Don’t pooh-pooh that! :P
on January 18, 2010 at 8:02 pm mcguffers

Hey, I’m getting an interview with some guy I don’t know!

:^::::::::::::::: I’ll consider myself burned.

And WOOOOOOOOO!! Butler!! (His jersey was a Christmas present!)
on January 18, 2010 at 8:02 pm Schnookie

You’re part of ButtsNation along with Katebits?
on January 18, 2010 at 8:04 pm mcguffers

Oh, and woo. Nice job, Kaleta. You’re goal celebration is stupid. Learn to win. See Butler, Chris.
on January 18, 2010 at 8:06 pm mcguffers

You’re part of ButtsNation along with Katebits?

Love me some Butts!! In fact, I listen to “Baby Got Back” before every Sabre game now!! (Not really, but I should.)
on January 18, 2010 at 8:06 pm Schnookie

You’re goal celebration is stupid. Learn to win.

Stupid goal celebrations are one of those things I don’t think about often, but when I see them, they’re a one-way ticket to me hating the guy. And that includes Devils. Not that any of them ever score goals to have stupid celebrations, but I reserve the right, just in case it ever happens.
on January 18, 2010 at 8:06 pm Myra

It’s Hackey Night at the Lackeys! Guess who’s here and says “Hi”!
on January 18, 2010 at 8:14 pm Schnookie

I knew you were having Hackey Night at the Lackeys! Patty told me! I’m so jealous! Say “hi” to her for me!
on January 18, 2010 at 8:16 pm mcguffers

I think I read somewhere that Kaleta’s is a shout out to some football player. Cause that’s what I want. The sport I love to watch being tainted by the sport that has Ben Roethlisberger playing it.
on January 18, 2010 at 8:42 pm Amy

How is the Stars game going so far?

And another fanbase has called Sabres fans classless. I feel so proud!
on January 18, 2010 at 8:44 pm Myra

End of first period, Stars 1 v Wild 0! And the Stars look like they want to play!
on January 18, 2010 at 9:12 pm Schnookie

End of first period, Stars 1 v Wild 0! And the Stars look like they want to play!

Well that’s certainly good news! And how nice of them to do it on Hackey Night at the Lackeys. They’re so thoughtful… sometimes.
on January 18, 2010 at 9:12 pm mcguffers

And another fanbase has called Sabres fans classless. I feel so proud!

What the heck did we do now?
on January 18, 2010 at 9:19 pm Amy

And another fanbase has called Sabres fans classless. I feel so proud!

Oh, who the eff knows. It’s probably because we invaded the empty Phoenix arena en masse.
on January 18, 2010 at 9:29 pm mcguffers

It’s probably because we invaded the empty Phoenix arena en masse.

After Pommer’s goal (the fake hat trick one) I heard all the cheering and forgot it wasn’t a home game.
on January 18, 2010 at 9:31 pm mcguffers

Besides if I was a classless beeyotch, I would mention who the new first place Eastern Conference team is. But I have class so I won’t. (Heh.)
on January 18, 2010 at 9:36 pm Schnookie

Heh. Enjoy first place. I hope it doesn’t wreak the kind of havoc on your team’s play as it did ours. :P (Also, don’t make the same mistakes in life that I did — don’t put too much weight on being in first place… in January. Sigh. Stupid Devils.)
on January 18, 2010 at 9:42 pm Amy

I hope it doesn’t wreak the kind of havoc on your team’s play as it did ours.

Oh crap. We’re toast.
on January 18, 2010 at 9:43 pm Schnookie

Oh crap. We’re toast.

:^::::::::::::::::::::::::::: Maybe the Sabres are made of sterner stuff than the Devils? (Who am I kidding? There are pee wee teams made of sterner stuff than the Devils.)
on January 18, 2010 at 9:46 pm Myra

Wow! This Stars is crazy! Goalie Harding just went after Otter.
on January 18, 2010 at 9:49 pm Myra

And the goalie forgot to drop his blocker. Ouch.
on January 18, 2010 at 9:52 pm mcguffers

Maybe the Sabres are made of sterner stuff than the Devils?

It depends on what your definition of “sterner” is. If you’re going to use the traditional one… then yeah, what Amy said. We’re toast.
on January 18, 2010 at 9:58 pm Meg

It depends on what your definition of “sterner” is. If you’re going to use the traditional one… then yeah, what Amy said. We’re toast.

Maybe we should just hope they’re made of stupider stuff and don’t quite make the “we’re in first place” connection?
on January 18, 2010 at 10:04 pm mcguffers

Maybe we should just hope they’re made of stupider stuff and don’t quite make the “we’re in first place” connection?

That’s more likely. Hopefully, Lindy and Goose are showing them newspapers from last year, so they still think they’re working for a playoff spot.
on January 18, 2010 at 10:37 pm Myra

I can’t believe y’all weren’t watching the Stars game!!! Ha!

It was a doozie! Thankfully, the Stars won! 4-3
on January 19, 2010 at 4:33 am Frisby

But spoilers are welcome. Because no one wants to watch a bad Devils/Islanders game at 10:00 on a Monday night without some kind of advance notice, right?

Or at 1:00 am Tuesday for that matter. I don’t know what happened with my DVR, but for some reason it didn’t start recording until there was 3:25 to go in the 2nd. I guess I could have stopped it right away and waited for the Center Ice replay that was going to start at 1:30, but I already saw the score was 3-0. So I just continued watching from there, fast forwarding through intermission and commercials. Thanks glitchy DVR, for only letting me waste about 40 minutes on funfetti instead of two hours.
on January 19, 2010 at 8:51 am Grrrreg

They should invent a DVR able to judge the worthiness of what you want to record. Yesterday, it would just have displayed a message reading “Sorry, let’s not waste our time for this. The Devils blow. Have a good night!”
on January 19, 2010 at 9:30 am Schnookie

Thanks glitchy DVR, for only letting me waste about 40 minutes on funfetti instead of two hours.

They should invent a DVR able to judge the worthiness of what you want to record.

:^::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: to both of you! Frisby, you’re made of sterner stuff than we are — we didn’t look at a single minute of the game. And Grrrrreg, I would pay extra for a subscription service for the worthiness evaluator on tivo! That’s BRILLIANT!

Good morning, everyone! How are we all doing?
on January 19, 2010 at 9:40 am Pookie

Thanks glitchy DVR, for only letting me waste about 40 minutes on funfetti instead of two hours.

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

They should invent a DVR able to judge the worthiness of what you want to record.

Hm. That’s a great idea until it starts refusing to record America’s Next Top Model. Heh.
on January 19, 2010 at 9:46 am Schnookie

That’s a great idea until it starts refusing to record America’s Next Top Model.

Oh my god — what a nightmare! But think… we could have been spared last season of Project Runway!
on January 19, 2010 at 9:47 am Mags

How are we all doing?

Crappy. And because I know I can’t say that without following up why: One of my teammates has intestinal cancer which has metastasised to her liver, and it’s making me feel a little hopeless. She’s 23 for crying out loud! But I don’t want to think about it, so how are you? How’s work after the long weekend?
on January 19, 2010 at 9:47 am Pam

Grrrreg that’s brilliant.

And good morning to everyone!
on January 19, 2010 at 9:54 am Pam

Wow Mags, that is terrible. I don’t know if we can say anything to make you feel better. I hope she recieves the best medical care there is.

Okay, subject change for you!
on January 19, 2010 at 9:59 am Schnookie

Mags, I am so sorry. I hope for all the best for your teammate.

And I’ll move on to another subject now, too… uh… okay, I kinda can’t. I’m currently scheduling a whole bunch of gastro-intestinal cancer meetings for the oncology group I support… DAMN THESE COINCIDENCES! :P
on January 19, 2010 at 10:03 am Mags

DAMN THESE COINCIDENCES!

:^::::::::::::::: No really, I laughed. That’s fantastic.

Ummm, I’m designing a sweater for my Dad, based on something Robert Pattinson wore in a Vanity Fair photoshoot. I’m hopeful it won’t turn Papa into a sparklepire, because it’s a nice sweater. (Here, picture)
on January 19, 2010 at 10:04 am Schnookie

That’s a fantastic sweater! I’m sure your father will rock it, precisely because he’s NOT a sparklepire. :D
on January 19, 2010 at 10:05 am Pam

Mags, just don’t design your father’s hair like that!
on January 19, 2010 at 10:09 am Schnookie

Mags, just don’t design your father’s hair like that!

:^:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: I feel like SUCH an old lady when I look at Robert Pattinson’s hair. I just don’t get kids these days at all.
on January 19, 2010 at 10:10 am Mags

Schnookie, right! Also I wonder how well suited a white sweater is to late night stalkage and romping around the woods. Not that my Dad would end up in such situations, because he is not a sparklepire.

just don’t design your father’s hair like that!

I don’t think we’re in danger of that, on account of my Dad washes his hair. And shaves.
on January 19, 2010 at 10:12 am Mags

I just don’t get kids these days at all.

I don’t get them either. I’m growing old before my time. Just… Shave! Bathe! When did these become old world things?!
on January 19, 2010 at 10:23 am Pam

I guess I’m an old lady at heart too! I agree with you guys.
on January 19, 2010 at 10:26 am Schnookie

Just… Shave! Bathe! When did these become old world things?!

:^::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: Well, when I was a swoony teenage girl, grunge was the thing, so I don’t have a problem with the unkemptness and lack of bathing. It’s just the pompadour! I don’t get that at all! When I was young, the filthy teen idols just let their hair be long and lank, like God intended! :P
on January 19, 2010 at 10:26 am Meg

That’s a great looking sweater, Mags.

I just don’t get kids these days at all.

I don’t get them either. I’m growing old before my time. Just… Shave! Bathe! When did these become old world things?!

Seriously! My sister looked cleaner than him when she was hiking the Appalachian trail and showering like once a week. I’m pretty sure that means it’s not that difficult.
on January 19, 2010 at 10:32 am Pam

The thing I don’t get is that he looks all dirty and unkempt, but at the same time he’s very pretty and feminine. These things just don’t seem to go together. But I guess that’s what’s in vogue right now.
on January 19, 2010 at 10:39 am Mags

he looks all dirty and unkempt, but at the same time he’s very pretty and feminine.

You mean he’s like all the goth boys from my high school, except actually sortofmaybedon’tshootme attractive? I dunno, I was watching the HP:GoF behind the scenes stuff on the DVD earlier this today, while I trying to gauge how tall he is for design purposes, and he was sort of like that then too. All unwashed in baggy Overseas jeans (do you lot have that brand? They’re very hip in the alternative scene around here.) and a sort of ratty sweater. I guess it’s just who he IS.
on January 19, 2010 at 10:42 am Pam

He’s a little too pasty and girly my taste, but I guess I can see why other people might dig him. I prefer a more athletic looking specimen.

Overseas jeans? Never heard of them. But don’t go by me, because I’m not cool and “with-it.”
on January 19, 2010 at 10:48 am Mags

I’m not cool and “with-it.”

Me neither. Either way, that’s sort of the thing, those jeans were SO not hipster cool back when we wore them (and back when HP4 was filmed). They were for kids who listened to metal and smoked questionable substances.
on January 19, 2010 at 12:22 pm Amy

I kind of love the word “sparklepire.”

I don’t get them either. I’m growing old before my time. Just… Shave! Bathe! When did these become old world things?!

I can live with the not shaving thing, because scruff can be attractive (see Exhibit A: early playoff beards). But the bathing thing is a dealbreaker.
on January 19, 2010 at 12:36 pm Schnookie

You guys, how is it not even 1:00 yet???

And that’s my story.
on January 19, 2010 at 12:48 pm Mags

You guys, how is it not even 1:00 yet???

Don’t ask me! I’m trying to figure out where my afternoon went. Did you steal my time?! I mean, you have extra, I don’t have enough.
on January 19, 2010 at 12:51 pm carolbrowne

But the bathing thing is a dealbreaker.

Blech. Me, too.

I am completely annoyed. This work stuff is for the birds.
on January 19, 2010 at 12:52 pm Schnookie

I mean, you have extra, I don’t have enough.

:^:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: I think the key is for it to be the first day back in the office after a long weekend. Sigh. I am THISCLOSE to finishing the top to my latest quilt, and I’m going to be out and about this weekend, so the choice “getting quilting done” time will be taken up with that, so I’m feeling very resentful this week of the time I have to spend here. Dudes, I’ve got a quilt to finish! That should be prioritized over my work! :P
on January 19, 2010 at 12:53 pm Schnookie

I am completely annoyed. This work stuff is for the birds.

:^::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: That pretty well sums it up. Of course, unemployment is also for the birds… what I need is someone who will pay me just to engage in all my hobbies*!

*I include “sleeping in” as a hobby. As well as “napping”.
on January 19, 2010 at 12:56 pm Amy

*I include “sleeping in” as a hobby. As well as “napping”.

Heh.

I forgot my lunch today and had to have Timmy Hos for lunch. Apparently, it takes 3 employees to figure out how to toast and put cream cheese on a bagel.
on January 19, 2010 at 1:01 pm Schnookie

Apparently, it takes 3 employees to figure out how to toast and put cream cheese on a bagel.

Nice! While I’ll admit it took me a lot longer than it probably should have to put together my PB&H sandwich this morning, my excuse was that it was really early in the morning, and I didn’t have two assistants. I don’t know what their story is! :P
on January 19, 2010 at 1:01 pm andrew

Howdy everyone, long time no see!

I messed up my back last week, so I’ve been on the couch working from home for the last few days. Hence, no hanging out at IPB.

But I’m back in action! And the silver lining is that I went and bought an Xbox 360 this weekend, y’know, to help with the boredom of being laid up on the couch. I gotta say, Modern Warfare 2 is some seriously fun stuff.

I miss anything good around here?
on January 19, 2010 at 1:06 pm Schnookie

Hey andrew! Sorry about your back (retroactively), and I’m so glad you’re feeling better! And that you were able to use it as an excuse to get the Xbox. Heh. You’re so good at making lemonade when life gives you lemons. :P
on January 19, 2010 at 1:15 pm Frisby

I gotta say, Modern Warfare 2 is some seriously fun stuff.

I like the single player mode and two player co-op but the online multiplayer pisses me off. Too many campers, shit talkers, and people with headsets who don’t know how turn the freaking volume down on their stereo.
on January 19, 2010 at 1:19 pm andrew

It’s cool. I tweak it pretty good about once every two years or so. Lay on the couch for a few days and presto! All better.

Yeah, the Xbox was a tough sell for Tracie, but I think she’s come around a bit. I’ve been playing online against my next-door neighbor all weekend. The wives think we’re rediculous, but hey, it’s fun.

BTW, if you never found a decent substitute for Black, tell Boomer that MW2 is the bee’s knees.
on January 19, 2010 at 1:22 pm Schnookie

Last time we left Boomer alone for a week, she was all excited to play Black the whole time (although I don’t think she ever turned the console on while we were gone. She seems to think she’s lucky when she successfully changes the channel on the TV, let alone switches input to turn on a game console). I think we’re planning a few on-the-road kinds of vacations for 2010, and now I’m just cracking up at the thought of Boomer playing Modern Warcraft 2 in our absence.
on January 19, 2010 at 1:22 pm andrew

Too many campers, shit talkers, and people with headsets who don’t know how turn the freaking volume down on their stereo.

Ha! Yeah, sometimes it gets lame doesn’t it? I like playing online without the headset. Send me your ID and we’ll shoot the crap out of each other sometime.
on January 19, 2010 at 1:30 pm Pam

She seems to think she’s lucky when she successfully changes the channel on the TV, let alone switches input to turn on a game console

My parents are pretty bad with that stuff. My mom calls us, and is like “how do I play a DVD…” She had just bought pirate copies and wanted to watch The Blind Side. So I talked her through changing the input, and getting the audio switched (They have a lame ass audio system btw). It still wasn’t working, so she figured that the pirate copy just didn’t work. Then she’s like “wait, which side goes up?”

They put the DVD in upside down. I had no words.
on January 19, 2010 at 1:30 pm Frisby

I’m a Playstation3 guy, so you’re just going to have to settle for kicking my ass in fantasy hockey.

Well, time to get ready for work. Yeah, it’s just plain work now. It’s lost that new job smell.
on January 19, 2010 at 1:30 pm Pam

And then she thinks she can figure out her iPod that we got her for her birthday on her own? I said “mom, just wait till we come this weekend and we will set it up for you…”
on January 19, 2010 at 1:35 pm Pookie

Glad you’re feeling better, andrew and that you’re Xbox’ed up!

Work is so for the birds. I started my day off with a customer giving me a lecture of where Bosnia is in order to ask what their flag looks like. Dude, I know where Bosnia is, thankyouverymuch, and hello, how hard is it to look in the almanac or the giant atlas right behind you?!
on January 19, 2010 at 1:35 pm Schnookie

Yeah, it’s just plain work now. It’s lost that new job smell.

I suppose that’s a good thing… :D
on January 19, 2010 at 1:36 pm Amy

She seems to think she’s lucky when she successfully changes the channel on the TV, let alone switches input to turn on a game console

My mom thinks Facebook (or Spacebook, as she calls it) and Twitter are interchangeable words.
on January 19, 2010 at 1:47 pm Pookie

Spacebook! That’s awesome! That’s like Boomer calling Panera “Pantera”.
on January 19, 2010 at 1:51 pm Pam

I don’t think I can top Spacebook or Pantera, but my mom refers to the Devils’ captain as “Jamie Langenbranger”
on January 19, 2010 at 1:57 pm Mags

My Mummers has a twitter, facebook, ravelry and heaven knows what else. She had an iPhone before any of us did. She knows more about the things you can do with gmail than I do. She installed the home cinema system because Papa couldn’t figure it out. AND she’s a domestic goddess. In short, Mummers kicks ass. I want to be her when I grow up.
on January 19, 2010 at 1:59 pm andrew

Glad you’re feeling better, andrew and that you’re Xbox’ed up!

Thanks! And also, woo!

Spacebook! That’s awesome! That’s like Boomer calling Panera “Pantera”.

Those are both rad. Love it. Pantera!

I’m a Playstation3 guy, so you’re just going to have to settle for kicking my ass in fantasy hockey.

Will do! Have a good time at work, man.
on January 19, 2010 at 2:04 pm Mags

Oh, and sorry you were all banged up, Andrew! I missed that when I skimmed the thread. Sorry.
on January 19, 2010 at 2:05 pm andrew

My mom calls me weekly asking something or other about her iPod. Heaven help her if she ever discovers any social networking sites. Since I don’t use them, she won’t have her tech support to figure it out for her.
on January 19, 2010 at 2:06 pm Myra

The Kid thinks I’m ok, since I have a blog, a Twitter account and a Facebook account. Most of my friends don’t even know what Twitter is.

But trying to switch back and forth between the Wii and the tv, we’ve had if for a year and I’m just know getting to where I can do it without having to ask the Kid for help.
on January 19, 2010 at 2:11 pm andrew

Oh, and sorry you were all banged up, Andrew! I missed that when I skimmed the thread.

S’cool! Don’t sweat it. Thanks for the well wishes.

I’m all better now, I find there’s really no ailment that can’t be remedied with a muscle relaxer and a couple pints of Guinness.
on January 19, 2010 at 2:12 pm Pam

Mags, your mom sounds pretty awesome.

Come on Myra! It’s not hard! The Wii rules, I gotta say.
on January 19, 2010 at 2:33 pm Myra

I just always seem to punch the buttons in the wrong order and then I can’t get it to work at all. Sigh. But wait, that’s what kids are for, right????

Hey andrew! Sorry to hear you have been down and out. Glad that you are on the mend.
on January 19, 2010 at 2:36 pm andrew

Hey andrew! Sorry to hear you have been down and out.

Yo Myra!

Tell Hub that I wasn’t so down and out that I couldn’t find the strength to break a few noses last week. He’ll know what I’m talking about.
on January 19, 2010 at 2:37 pm Myra

Yes, I got to hear all about it. Thanks a lot, andrew. :(
on January 19, 2010 at 2:41 pm andrew

Yes, I got to hear all about it. Thanks a lot, andrew.

Heh heh.
on January 19, 2010 at 3:33 pm mcguffers

Hello everybody! Just got done with my first day of class. I bought new pink Sharpies to celebrate because I am. a huge. dork.

andrew, I’m glad your back is better. My brother is pretty addicted to MW2. I told him that if he loses his job and/or his girlfriend to it, I’m burning the Xbox.

And speaking of technology, I have to go call my mom and help her get herself un-locked out of her email account. *sigh*
on January 19, 2010 at 3:34 pm Amy

Aww, Michael Peca retired. He was a good egg, aside from that whole “I can’t feed my family on many millions of dollars a year” thing.
on January 19, 2010 at 3:42 pm alix

Hello lovelies.

What’s shaking?

I’m just hoping my team can go without controversy for oooohh…more than a couple days?
on January 19, 2010 at 3:46 pm mcguffers

Aww, Michael Peca retired. He was a good egg, aside from that whole “I can’t feed my family on many millions of dollars a year” thing.

And the fact that his Peca’s Pickles made my dad’s face go numb. I still really like him though. Dad’s fiiiiine now.

I’m just hoping my team can go without controversy for oooohh…more than a couple days?

I thought that’s why you like them?
on January 19, 2010 at 3:52 pm Mags

I bought new pink Sharpies to celebrate because I am. a huge. dork.

Dorks unite! I got green ones :D

I’m just hoping my team can go without controversy for oooohh…more than a couple days?

Shut up, you wouldn’t want them any other way. Who would you take out behind the barn, eh? Some bland team? I THINK NOT!
on January 19, 2010 at 4:03 pm mcguffers

Dorks unite! I got green ones :D

*fist bump*
on January 19, 2010 at 4:08 pm Mags

*fist bump*

Rock on.
on January 19, 2010 at 4:34 pm alix

You ladies are so right. I love dysfunctional boys. Why not a whole team of them?
on January 19, 2010 at 6:39 pm carolbrowne

I was having a crappy day until I saw this:

http://i.imgur.com/tRL1f.gif

and suddenly, my day is brighter! I have it on a continuous loop right now, so when my mind strays to the worries of the day, I am immediately sent into a gigglefest.

Also, I want to take Boomer with me to the next Pantera concert. We saw them once and it was a good time. I’m sure Boomer would dig it. Ride My Rocket! in the mosh pit.
on January 19, 2010 at 6:47 pm Patty (in Dallas)

Also, I want to take Boomer with me to the next Pantera concert. We saw them once and it was a good time.

Did they sing, “Dallas Stars!”? :D
on January 19, 2010 at 6:50 pm Schnookie

Also, I want to take Boomer with me to the next Pantera concert.

:^::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: I’m sure that’s totally her scene! :P (And that video is so terrible! Poor old dude, not being able to work the escalator right. Someday that’ll be me. :P)
on January 19, 2010 at 7:14 pm carolbrowne

Did they sing, “Dallas Stars!”? :D

Yes, they did as a matter of fact – with a screaming emphasis on “STARS!” and then the guitar solo started and the lead singer started singing in his devil voice.

Someday that’ll be me. :P

NO! Never! We will always be able to use the escalator correctly! But I can’t say the same for jet packs. I’m sure they will be invented by the time we’re that age.
on January 19, 2010 at 7:17 pm Schnookie

But I can’t say the same for jet packs. I’m sure they will be invented by the time we’re that age.

:^:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: I remember seeing a report on the local news back when I was a wee lassie about a woman who was killed when she got basically ground up in a mall escalator. I have been, if not terrified, at least wary of escalators ever since. I am SO going to be that old guy someday, but now DOUBLY so, because I’ll be wearing a malfunctioning jetpack while falling down the escalator! :D

By the way, Carol, are the Beards of Bees enjoying getting their asses kicked by the Oranges this week?
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