The big question about tonight’s game is whether this is going to be one of those classic depressing defeats at the hands of the woeful Panthers, or if it will be the Devils using Florida as its traditional get-well team. You don’t have to know us very well to guess what we’re predicting.
Last weekend we called for more injuries to the Devils, since that seems to be the only way the players stay hungry, and we got what we asked for. Everyone is hurt, and a whole bunch of strangers are in the lineup tonight. And our pregame is talking about how the Devils D, specifically Greene and Mottau (!?!), need to score more. Sounds like it should be a good one tonight!
FIRST PERIOD
20:00 One of our favorite quotes from Marty is his remark about playing in the minors in Utica, where he said he didn’t see a bird the entire year there. So when Doc introduces us before the opening faceoff to Nick Palmieri, Utica native, Schnookie blurts, “He’s probably terrified of birds!”
18:45 Chico informs us, after the Devils get the first hit of the game, that hits and shots are “something they can control” (presumably as a sop to fans like us, who are convinced there’s nothing else about the game that the Devils can control). Pookie mishears him, though: “Did he just say that the Devils can’t control the hitting? Gawd! They’re like a whole team of Mr. Hamgravies.”
17:38 Vokoun (called “Vacuum Vokoun” by Chico in the pregame, which prompted Schnookie to ask, “Gee, Chico, did you think of that yourself?”) gloves an easy shot from the faceoff circles from Palmieri. He is wearing the cursed number 16. Before long, after a weak shot gets shut down like that, we can expect him to blame his teammates while insisting that he can look in the mirror without any problem.
17:26 We are informed of the new D pairings, Iron Boar/Blandy and Fraser/Oduya. We groan with disgust. Pookie: “Try finding a D pairing that you do like these days, though.”
14:32 The Panthers finally get their turn being the team with the offensive-zone pressure, and they easily best Mottau to get a great scoring chance on the doorstep. Marty shocks everyone by being able to stop it.
13:31 We go to commercial discussing the D pairings further, as Schnookie realizes that it’s Fraser/Oduya, not Fraser/Mottau like she first feared. Pookie: “If you put all six names in a hat and drew out random pairs, they would all be terrible, though. And each pair would be worse than the last.” Schnookie: “And you know what? It wouldn’t be any better with Paulie in that hat.” Pookie, sadly: “Paulie’s never coming out of that hat.”
10:43 On consecutive sequences, the Devils find themselves in a situation where a scoring chance would have happened if the forward crashing the net had his stick on the ice, but instead, they get nothing because the forward crashing the crease has his stick at waist height. Honestly, is there any team in the NHL that is less competent around the net than the Devils?
8:50 A Panther trips Zach, and the Devils go on what Chico calls – and we are not making this up – the “powerless play”. He’s as cranky as we are!
8:07 Well, no wonder this is a powerless play. It’s got Rolston, Hambone and Palmieri on it. And two Devils d-men of your choice.
5:56 This game feels strange. Probably because the Devils aren’t down 2-0 yet.
3:46 After a whistle in the defensive zone for Marty playing the puck with a high stick, we wait for a faceoff while Chico tells us all about how he just can’t see Marty getting any rest in the next stretch of games. He then airily informs us that the Devils coaching staff knows best, so ours is not to question. Pookie, acidly: “Because there’s nothing in the last seven years that suggests overplaying him is a bad thing.”
0:00 The period ends with Niedermayer shooting the puck into Pando on the best Devils rush of the game. It seems fitting. That said, this is the first time we can remember that the Devils aren’t going to the first intermission down by two goals. So, since they ended up scoring 0 goals instead of the -2 we’re used to, that’s almost like a normal team going into the dressing room with a 2-goal lead. Stan interviews Palmieri, and he looks like Razor from Make It Or Break It. If you don’t know who we’re talking about ,you’re seriously missing out.
SECOND PERIOD
18:49 An offensive shift led by Zach and Travis leads to nothing when they are forced to include Boogerfors in the play. Schnookie: “Boogerfors is making me miss Langer being on this line.” When you find yourself missing Jamie Langenbrunner as a top-line player, you know things are going badly.
16:56 Pookie has to get up to get something in the kitchen, but tells the cat in her lap that he has until the next commercial break before she’ll get up. Boomer asks her what she’s waiting for: “It’s just an offensive-zone draw. What could possibly come of it?” Schnookie: “Yeah. At best we might see the puck get deflected out of play for another whistle.” And that is exactly what comes to pass, except the puck, according to Doc, lands in the stands in a group of kids. The producers then cut to a shot of the stands where the puck landed, and there is, no joke, a gaggle of about a dozen little youth hockey kids wearing matching Devils-colored customized sweaters, fighting over the puck. Doc and Chico start cracking up, as Chico aptly describes it as being like a rugby scrum. And it goes on for ages. It’s the most entertaining thing we’ve seen tonight. And Pookie’s glad she didn’t get up and miss it.
14:03 The Panthers get a series of attempts that culminates in a cannon shot from the point ricocheting off the glass behind the net and bouncing into the crease while Marty is overcommitted to the original shot. The puck lands about a foot away from the goal line, and the Iron Boar is there to calmly dish it away to safety. Pookie: “The Iron Boar, surprisingly, I don’t hate. IronBoarsylvania is a ghost town, but I don’t hate him.”
13:14 You know what that totally crazy-assed thing we just saw was? A flurry of offensive pressure from the Devils! We know! It’s madness! With scoring chances, and Vokoun having to work for his saves, and all that stuff!
8:04 Patrick Davis, the newest of our great hopes from Lowell, draws a hooking penalty on McCabe behind the Florida net. It’s powerless play time again! When we come back from commercial, MSG+ shows us a replay of Pando congratulating Davis for his effort on the play, and Chico tells us it’s just that kind of kindness and rah-rah attitude toward a first-game rookie that makes Pando a playah’s playah. PandoNation swoons. In a good way. Not in a “the Devils are swooning” kind of way.
6:14 The Devils are inventing new ways to not score, as the best chance on the PP involves Zach firing a point-blank shot at an open net that finds its way to roll across the top of the crossbar and off the net to the side. They could not, at this point, not score any better than they are. This is the absolute pinnacle of not scoring. Someday, there will be songs sung to the memory of this not scoring.
4:45 You know what’s not eventful? A Rolston-Pikkarainen two-one-one.
4:09 We come back from a commercial to MSG+ showing replays of the most recent scoring chances for both teams, and Chico telling us that the chances are there, but the puck is stubborn tonight and won’t go in. Pookie: “Yeah, let’s blame the puck.”
1:30 WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! NO WAY! It’s a goal! For the Devils! From Acorns! Sprinting down the far wing, Travis just cranks up a shot and lets rip, like he’s as tired as the rest of us with a scoreless game. It’s kind of a Fuck This Shit sort of moment, but because it’s Acorns, it’s more Fudge This Stuff. 1-0 Devils, and Palmieri gets the secondary assist, his first career point.
0:04 Responding well on the first shift after a goal, Niedermayer (the Lesser) takes a hooking penalty behind Marty’s net. So much for our good spirits.
0:00 This period ended up being like when a normal team scores three goals!
THIRD PERIOD
18:25 Olesz could totally be a Devil! On an absolutely picture-perfect set-up in the waning moments of the Panthers PP, he has a week to just tap the puck into a yawning net… and he manages to direct it about three feet wide of the far post, under the diving Marty.
15:07 Are the Devils planning to sit on this one-goal lead like it’s four goals?
13:35 The hell? Chico drops this crazy stat on us: it’s almost seven minutes into the period, the Panthers have had the puck the whole time and had almost a full power play, but they haven’t gotten a shot on net yet. Things would probably be different if Clemmensen was in net.
11:44 Reinprecht blows down the wing and then tries to dance around Mottau to get a wheeling shot that Marty very coolly covers. On the play, Reinprecht sort of jumps around the completely befuddled Mottau, and somehow that turns into a penalty on Applesauce. We hope the call two minutes for looking like a bumbling boob.
9:38 You know what’s not eventful? A Langenbrunner/Niedermayer (the Lesser) two-on-one. Pookie aptly notes that this particular exercise in wretchedness is a perfect analogy for the Devils season: “It starts looking great, has all kinds of potential, then gets slower… and slower… and slower… until it peters out into nothing.” (For some ridiculous reason, after McCabe breaks up the two-on-one, and Vokoun covers the puck, this goes to review. Despite the fact that the puck only got loose after the whistle and never came close to going over the goal line.)
6:01 The Devils are settling into their “making Marty earn it” defensive scheme. As Marty barely manages to freeze a fluttering shot in the face of some intense Panther pressure, Pookie sighs, “We are so losing 2-1.”
2:03 Okay, to be fair, now the Devils are settling into their “smart play” defensive scheme. It’s been so long since we’ve seen it!
1:39 Vokoun has vacated the net, and the fans are sad that Marty doesn’t get time to shoot toward the other end after making a save in traffic.
1:29 For fucking fuck fuck’s sake. Langer pursues Seidenberg and the loose puck in the neutral zone, approaching the empty net, and takes a hooking penalty. Chico tries to tell us that it’s a bad call because Langer didn’t hook Seidenberg’s gloves. Because, we guess, Chico thinks it’s okay to hook the guys arm and torso?
1:19 In discussing the prospect of the Devils being on the PK against a team that has pulled its goalie, Chico tells us that “the Devils could get the puck behind the net and just wing it down into the other goal.” We snort derisively. Pookie: “The Devils could also fly to Pluto after the game, but they won’t.” As if on cue, Niedermayer (the Lesser) attempts a rink-length shot at the open net that misses by a mile.
0:20 PandoNation swoons dreamily as its emperor-god does what he does best – launching a looooong clearing attempt at the empty net that looks like it’s juuuuust going to get into the goal, only at the last second it clangs off the goalpost and ricochets sadly into the corner.
0:00 Hambone beats the horn with an empty-netter to make it 2-0 Devils, and Marty gets another shutout. It’s feast or famine with these guys, isn’t it?
Did the Devils pee in Lemaire’s cornflakes this morning? What else could they have done to have gotten kicked off the ice at morning skate?
It’s either that, or they were skating the way they’ve been playing for the last few weeks. One or the other. :P
On the upside, we’ve got fresh faces. Maybe Palmieri can bring back some of that early season magic?
I just thought of something. We’re not taking full advantage of Andrew Peters. Having him take your spot would be a great in-game punishment.
And maybe Davis can get through a whole shift without falling over!
(Just kidding. I’m just trying to make this Davis kid feel like he’s arrived.)
No Zharkov? We’re never getting that Candygram, are we?
That’s a great point about Peters! Lemaire can be like, “Fine, Rolston, if you insist on shooting the puck directly into the goalie’s chest all the time, Peters can take your place on the PP.”
Rolston: Good luck on the PP, Andrew. R-)
Peters: I can’t tell if you’re being sarcastic or not.
When that Candygram finally comes it’s going to be the greatest candy ever. It’s going to be like gently chilled, old school M&Ms with both browns.
We’re never getting that Candygram, are we?
You’re only just realizing this? :P
I never liked the light brown. It always seemed like the dark browns had been left out in the sun.
Peters: I can’t tell if you’re being sarcastic or not.
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Yeah, the tan M&Ms were a little weird, but doesn’t that seem like LandZhark’s style?
You’re only just realizing this? :P
For a couple of games there he was playing so well that I thought it was inevitable.
I’m so ready for Mottau to leave this summer.
I’m ready for all of our defensmen to leave. Now.
For a couple of games there he was playing so well that I thought it was inevitable.
It did seem that way, didn’t it? I was so sure more injuries would help him… I never considered that the injuries would be him.
I was so sure more injuries would help him… I never considered that the injuries would be him.
That brings a tear.
I’m ready for all of our defensmen to leave. Now.
I don’t know, I kind of like Fraser. And Corrente.
And now for something completely dfferent: Davis wearing #14 is really bothering. I keep thinking Sestito Puente is out there and then realizing he’s still down in Lowell and getting disappointed.
And now for something else completely different: As obligated by the standard two-way IPB irregular contract: Marty needs to take a game off.
As obligated by the standard two-way IPB irregular contract: Marty needs to take a game off.
:^:::::::::::::::::::::::::::: Good catch — you were about to be put on waivers!
I miss Sestito Puente. The team hasn’t been the same without him.
As obligated by the standard two-way IPB irregular contract: Marty needs to take a game off.
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And that’s funny that you’d think 14 was the lamented Sestito Puente. I’m struggling because I think it’s Rolston. Lemme tell you, thinking there are TWO Rolstons is just about the worst thing imaginable.
Good catch — you were about to be put on waivers!
I hear HockeyRodent was going to put in a claim. The whole Rangers signing Devils thing apparently extends to the blog level.
I’m sure the Rangers blogs pay better, but just know, it’s not as glamorous as it looks! You’ll be relegated to commenting on a Thrashers blog a year from now.
Doc: He does that a lot, especially on nights he thinks he’s “got it.”
Me: Nice try Doc. You’re not tricking me into thinking we’re winning this game.
I’m sure the Rangers blogs pay better, but just know, it’s not as glamorous as it looks! You’ll be relegated to commenting on a Thrashers blog a year from now.
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Or possibly on a Canadiens blog. Where I’ll be amazingly reuinted with Frisby or Myra or some other IPB irregular.
. Where I’ll be amazingly reuinted with Frisby or Myra or some other IPB irregular.
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*snicker* Chico just said “butt-headed”
I always giggle when Doc says, “A round behind”.
Doc… please stop talking about how many games Marty has played. It’s driving me straight to http://www.nhlnumbers.com/overview.php?team=NJD so I can console my father when the Devils burn out in the first round.
Good grief, we’re stuck with this d-corps forever! That’s the worst website on Earth!
Mottau comes off the books this summer.
I know, but the rest of them! Dear God, the rest of them! ::wails::
(I’m… a little down on the D right now. It’ll pass. Maybe.)
What really gets me down is Zubie’s contract. It just can’t end soon enough.
On the upside: just one more year of Rolston’s creepy wink.
On the upside: just one more year of Rolston’s creepy wink.
Seriously??? Has it been that long since we signed him?
Apparently. He should be excellent trade bait soon.
Excellent! Let’s trade him for Getzlaf!
I’m willing to trade Rolston for a substantial package of top prospects and first-round draft picks. It doesn’t have to be Getzlaf.
I’m willing to trade Rolston for a substantial package of top prospects and first-round draft picks. It doesn’t have to be Getzlaf.,/i>
You kid, but never doubt the man who turned Denis Pederson and Brendan Morrison into Alexander Mogilny, Cam Janssen into Bryce Salvador, Randy McKay and Jason Arnott into Joe Nieuwendyk and Jamie Langenbrunner.
Doh. Stupid typo.
WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!! We’re getting Getlzaf! Oh, and Travis scored.
WOOO!!!
Nice moment for Chazz Palminteri, I knew he could act, but apparently he can skate too.
never doubt the man who turned Denis Pederson and Brendan Morrison into Alexander Mogilny, Cam Janssen into Bryce Salvador, Randy McKay and Jason Arnott into Joe Nieuwendyk and Jamie Langenbrunner.
You make a very good point. I’ll try to remember what it’s like to have hope! Heh.
Nice moment for Chazz Palminteri, I knew he could act, but apparently he can skate too.
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Things seem to have slowed down, comment-wise. Must be some intensive diarizing going on.
Must be some intensive diarizing going on.
HA! I wish! I’ve been sitting here staring at the computer thinking, “Huh. Gunner’s probably doing something fun. Nothing fun going on here, though.” :P
Nah, it’s the 3rd period doldrums. After a long day of work full of telling my underlings that they need to shape up or ship out. I was channeling my inner Lemaire today. It’s hard, yo!
Closing out the office? Not really that fun.
I did get some pizza though. Which is nice.
Oooh, getting pizza is always nice! And again, nothing that exciting happened here. :P
Hey, pizza is always good! There was a really delicious-looking homemade cake at work today but I flat out forgot to get a piece. :(
Random internet memage:
http://cdn1.knowyourmeme.com/i/5960/original/The_Cake_is_a_Lie_by_Avaras.jpg
That puck-handling only confirms my suspicion that Langenbrunner is slowly evolving from brooding rage-machine into a fancy-Dan.
That is such a good way of putting it. I’m going to go to the next home game with a sign that says, “Hey Langer, your fancy-Dan is showing.”
He even fell like a fancy-Dan.
And then I’ll hold up another sign saying, “Hey fancy-Daner, quit taking stupid penalties, dimwit!”
Oh, Pando! That was so sad.
Woo-hoo! That end result was pleasantly surprising!
So Hambone doesn’t get a goal? Also sad.
That was totally surprising!
Wait, Hambone gets a goal? Chico lied to me when he said Travis scored the only goal.
Or possibly on a Canadiens blog. Where I’ll be amazingly reuinted with Frisby or Myra or some other IPB irregular.
Whoa, what the heck did I do to get banished to a Canadians blog? Frisby, I can understand. But me?
Chico lied to me when he said Travis scored the only goal.
Well, I suppose in Chico’s defense, Travis scored the only REAL goal. :P
Whoa, what the heck did I do to get banished to a Canadians blog? Frisby, I can understand. But me?
That was EXACTLY Brian Gionta’s thinking this summer.
Well, Myra, you should have thought harder before going offsides so often! :D
Hi guys! I’m watching the St. Louis Blues VS. The Canadians. We have now started calling the goalie Vincent Price.
HHHHHhahahahahaha! How I would love to see him in goal with a cape and goalie pads.
HA! Vincent Price! Nice! (Although Carey Price wishes he was as awesome as Vincent Price…)
(Although Carey Price wishes he was as awesome as Vincent Price…)
HA! :^::::::::::::::::::: Carey Price also wishes he was in the Thriller video, too.
Heh heh. Pookie said, “underlings.”
We have now started calling the goalie Vincent Price.
Is he crying, “Helllllp meeeeeee!” in a tiny little fly-squeak?
I can’t help it if I have depth perception issues. :(
I’m so ready for Mottau to leave this summer.
Me too! I’m counting the days…no, the hours…no, the seconds!
Did they show the Cake Boss cake on TV? They cut it up and let the fans eat it at the 2nd intermission. It was awesome!
PS I swear Rolston has 3 years left. He’s a turd. So is Zubrus.
0:20 PandoNation swoons dreamily as its emperor-god does what he does best – launching a looooong clearing attempt at the empty net that looks like it’s juuuuust going to get into the goal, only at the last second it clangs off the goalpost and ricochets sadly into the corner.
And Doc still yelled, “hits the post with the shot!” like it was fired from the slot. I love you Doc, don’t go changing.
Whoa, what the heck did I do to get banished to a Canadians blog? Frisby, I can understand. But me?
That’s funny, my thought was almost exactly the same. Except it was, Whoa, what the heck did I do to get banished to a Canadians blog? Myra, I can understand. But me? And for the record, I have never and will never comment on a Canadiens blog. *shifty eyes*
And Doc still yelled, “hits the post with the shot!” like it was fired from the slot. I love you Doc, don’t go changing.
:^:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: It shouldn’t be forgotten that Doc is practically a member of the corrupt ruling priest class of PandoNation, so he’d be even more excitable about Pando’s shots. :D
And for the record, I have never and will never comment on a Canadiens blog. *shifty eyes*
:^:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: I only know of two Canadiens blogs, and one of them I can’t ever look at because it’s NSFW. (But I love the Four Habs Fans guys anyway. :P)
And good morning, everyone! It’s my Friday! WOOOOOOO! I’m going into NYC for another boss’s visa tomorrow! WOOOOOOOOO!
And good morning, everyone! It’s my Friday!
I’m jealous.
I’m glad the Devils came through and gave you a win last night.
I’m glad the Devils came through and gave you a win last night.
Me too! If just because things were going to get ugly if they had another loss… Heh. Stupid jerks. *Grumble, grumble…*
We have now started calling the goalie Vincent Price.
On top of the movie career, Vincent Price and his second wife published a great cookbook (now out of print). Which is more than Carey Price has accomplished. I say it’s way too much of a compliment to call him Vincent.
That’s funny, my thought was almost exactly the same. Except it was, Whoa, what the heck did I do to get banished to a Canadians blog? Myra, I can understand. But me? And for the record, I have never and will never comment on a Canadiens blog. *shifty eyes*
Ha. Sorry Frisby, it was too easy, I couldn’t resist. As to commenting on a Habs blog, I’ve only commented on Grrrreg’s. And he’s a good Habs fan so he doesn’t count, right?
As to commenting on a Habs blog, I’ve only commented on Grrrreg’s. And he’s a good Habs fan so he doesn’t count, right?
Oh, absolutely. Grrrreg totally doesn’t count. If you got relegated there, it would be a happy thing, not at all a Gio/Gomez thing. :P
We are in the midst of a surprise visit from the owner of our manufacturer, all the way from Calgary. I’m a nervous wreck already and it isn’t even 11am. But I’m sure glad I’m not my boss (CFO) or our owner (CEO).
I just want to hide somewhere until he is gone. Bleh.
Oh, so unrelated to anything, I couldn’t decide what to listen to at work today and put my iPod on shuffle. And now it’s playing exclusively springtimey songs. It’s been sort of mildly wintry lately, with pleasant-but-still-cold weather, and the sunlight has been glorious, and I’m starting to really notice how much later it’s getting dark, and now I think I’m falling into a bad case of Springlonging. And it’s only mid-January. This is potentially TERRIBLE! It’s too early to be feeling like this!
And that’s my story.
Ack, Myra, that sounds even more terrible than struggling with a developing case of Springlonging! That is the absolute pits!
I bought tulips for our office this morning.
And that is my springtimelonging story. Not that I am actually longing for spring but I like tulips.
I impulse-bought tulips two weeks ago at the grocery store! I was on my way home from jury duty, for which I had earned $10 from the county, and I noticed the tulips were $9.99. It was kismet! (I got my check in the mail yesterday, and Boomer said, “Don’t spend that all in one place.” I was like, “I already did.”)
Unrelated: I heard a promo for The Tooth Fairy just now and at the end the guy said, “Tomorrow. Only in theaters.”
I think he probably meant, “Tomorrow only. In theaters.”
I’m not really Springlonging too much, but I am enjoying warm weather in January. The difference is, in January it’s still many months before July. Unlike in, say, May.
I think he probably meant, “Tomorrow only. In theaters.”
:^::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: My thoughts were why do all hockey movies have to suck? “Love Guru”? “The Tooth Fairy”? “The Untitled Sean Avery Project”? Really?
I just walked into my bedroom and I was trying to figure out what lamp I left on, until I noticed it was natural sunlight. Lots and lots of sunlight. And that is my story of Springlonging.
I think he probably meant, “Tomorrow only. In theaters.”
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The difference is, in January it’s still many months before July. Unlike in, say, May.
HAHAHA! Yeah, I can’t say I ever had anything even remotely resembling Springlonging when I lived in Arizona. And I can’t stress enough how unhealthy it is for me to be succumbing when it’s still so many months from July here. Heh. I mean, we’ve got AT LEAST 10 more weeks before it starts acting warmer. I’m setting myself up for a fall.
I just walked into my bedroom and I was trying to figure out what lamp I left on, until I noticed it was natural sunlight. Lots and lots of sunlight.
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I just walked into my bedroom and I was trying to figure out what lamp I left on, until I noticed it was natural sunlight.
That’s awesome. No springtime fakery going on out here. We’re practically under water.
I have to go down to LA on Monday and apparently it’s just about been declared a disaster area (and by that I mean more so than usual *zing!*) from all the rain. Should be fun!
and by that I mean more so than usual *zing!*
:^:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: LA’s like, “Yeah, I’ve never heard that before.” And there’s your home state again, being all Nature’s Theme Park! California is so reliable that way!
And there’s your home state again, being all Nature’s Theme Park! California is so reliable that way!
It’s like they say, there’s two seasons in southern California: wildfire season and mudslide season. (Earthquakes and floods will occur in the off season.)
They’re always such a mess. We don’t have any of those problems up here, we’re used all this rain!
Used to the rain.
We use the rain too…probably for water, one would assume.
(Earthquakes and floods will occur in the off season.)
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They’re always such a mess. We don’t have any of those problems up here, we’re used all this rain!
That’s the problem with being one of those “the weather here is like paradise!” sorts of places — whenever it’s NOT paradise, everything just falls apart. :P
and by that I mean more so than usual *zing!*
I have to admit, I’ve never been to LA, or California for that matter, but I just have this notion it’s the scariest place ever.
we’ve got AT LEAST 10 more weeks before it starts acting warmer. I’m setting myself up for a fall.
I go into January telling myself that no matter how warm it gets, we WILL get a major snow storm that will close down WNY sometime in February. Our groundhog wakes up, flips us off, and goes back to bed until April.
I go into January telling myself that no matter how warm it gets, we WILL get a major snow storm that will close down WNY sometime in February.
Yeeeeeeah. We tend not to get those kinds of events in February, because our weather likes to reserve the stuff for March, when you’re starting to really get hopeful that winter might be ending.
That’s the problem with being one of those “the weather here is like paradise!” sorts of places — whenever it’s NOT paradise, everything just falls apart. :P
Exactly. They can’t handle it at all. And it happens every. single. year.
I’ve never been to LA, or California for that matter, but I just have this notion it’s the scariest place ever.
Pish posh! It’s not that bad. I can’t imagine LA being at all as intimidating as a place like NYC. I guess it’s all about what you’re accustomed to though.
And it’s impossible to lump it all together, California is huuuuuuge. You can go to LA, Fresno, Santa Cruz, and Eureka and literally feel like you visited four different countries. Both in driving distance and environment. It’s weird.
I can’t imagine LA being at all as intimidating as a place like NYC.
I’ve actually never been to NYC either. I got lost in Union, NJ once though. That wasn’t pleasant. West Virginia was pretty interesting at night. A number of people put 3 big crucifixes on their hills, but the guy who put Christmas lights on his went a bit far. I don’t think you are supposed to decorate torture devices of death for the holidays.
Hey guys, just poking my head in here…don’t know if you’ve seen this already, but it is hilarious:
http://www.downgoesbrown.com/2009/11/nhl-suspensions.html
Exactly. They can’t handle it at all. And it happens every. single. year.
I may bitch and moan about snow, but I will take it any day over earthquakes (although the Buff is on a fault line), wildfires, looting, windstorms, hailstorms and any other natural disaster.
Pish posh! It’s not that bad. I can’t imagine LA being at all as intimidating as a place like NYC. I guess it’s all about what you’re accustomed to though.
I don’t know…you have to drive in LA in all that traffic! It is much more laid back though.
West Virginia was pretty interesting at night. A number of people put 3 big crucifixes on their hills, but the guy who put Christmas lights on his went a bit far.
I don’t think I’ve ever seen a Christmas crucifix. It certainly sounds…offputting.
My sister and I got lost in Louisiana once and ended up driving along these small country highways where all these houses had Jesus pickets. Now I’m all for people announcing that Jesus is their lord and savior on their front lawn if that’s what they want to do, but boy did we feel out of place.
Pam, you have to read the “Signs your hockey player husband has 16 mistresses”. One of them is something like he plays 16 or more away games. Say what you guys will about the Leafs/Leafs fans, but DGB is pretty damn funny.
I may bitch and moan about snow, but I will take it any day over earthquakes (although the Buff is on a fault line), wildfires, looting, windstorms, hailstorms and any other natural disaster.
Word.
Now I’m all for people announcing that Jesus is their lord and savior on their front lawn if that’s what they want to do, but boy did we feel out of place.
Seriously. Whatever happened to harmless pink flamingos?
Whatever happened to harmless pink flamingos?
Mass migration to Cheektowaga, along with the wooden cutouts of fat ladies bottoms and Mary on the halfshell statues.
I don’t know…you have to drive in LA in all that traffic! It is much more laid back though.
If ever you take one piece of advice from me it should be this: Stay off the 405 freeway. Always. No exceptions.
Yeah, I hear ya though. It’s a little crazy down there…but I think San Diego might be worse. People get behind the wheel there and they turn effing pyscho. Something in the air.
wooden cutouts of fat ladies bottoms
:^:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: I got my dad one for Father’s Day one year to go with the wooden duck family he made in freshman shop class. I set them up so all the ducks were starting at fat lady bottom. Cause I’m 12.
You guys, they are doing some kind of power-tooly constructiony stuff in the hallway outside my cubicle. I don’t think I can deal with this much longer. I know you were wondering if I was being driven murderously insane today, and now you know.
I know you were wondering if I was being driven murderously insane today, and now you know.
I usually just assume.
I usually just assume.
That’s probably a safe bet.
The construction here has finally ended, so we can all resume what were were talking about. Where were we? Ducks looking at mcguggs’s father’s fat lady bottom? (That sounds like a day in CoreyPerry’s life for sure…)
mcguffers-
Lost in Union, NJ? Seriously? That’s my home town, you should have totally given me a call.
It wasn’t because of the infamous “Five Points” intersection there was it?
And having visited LA and lived in NYC I would have to say the scariness of the places all depends on which neighborhood you are in at the time. The parts of L.A. I saw were pretty tame and laid back, and some of New York is getting down right cuddly.
(That sounds like a day in CoreyPerry’s life for sure…)
Add in punching a puppy and cheating on his taxes and you’re dead on.
The parts of L.A. I saw were pretty tame and laid back, and some of New York is getting down right cuddly.
Yeah, every big city has it’s ups and downs guess. Speaking of…totally excited because I’m actually going to nice places next week! I’m so used to going into crappy little cities or crime ridden areas down there.
(That sounds like a day in CoreyPerry’s life for sure…)
Add in punching a puppy and cheating on his taxes and you’re dead on.
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Have fun in the nice places, andrew! My impression of LA when I was there was that Manhattan Beach is pretty fabulous, and the rest of what I saw was highway. Lots of highway.
Pikkarainen was waived! Rejoice!
My impression of LA when I was there was that Manhattan Beach is pretty fabulous, and the rest of what I saw was highway. Lots of highway.
I’m seconding that. Our aunt and uncle’s house in Manhattan Beach is one of my favorite indoor spaces ever. They spent years remodeling it, and happen to also be fabulously wealthy, so when we finally saw it, I was like, “Can I trade places with you guys?” And it takes A LOT to make me WANT to live in California. So what I’m saying is, I hope you’ll be visiting our aunt and uncle, andrew. :P
Pikkarainen was waived! Rejoice!
Wow. The Pickles Era is over before it really even started.
I enjoyed this little snippet from Fire & Ice:
It was difficult not to notice the piece of red tape that defined the line between defenseman Mark Fraser’s locker stall and right wing Valdimir Zharkov’s stall today. Fraser said he put the tape there because Zharkov has been encroaching on his space.
“Ebony and ivory are not living in perfect harmony right now,” Fraser joked.
My impression of LA when I was there was that Manhattan Beach is pretty fabulous, and the rest of what I saw was highway. Lots of highway.
It is. Also a tad pricey. I’m always close by, as I tend to stay in El Segundo or Redondo Beach quite often. I’ll be in West Hollywood and Beverly Hills on this trip. I’m spazzing out and scheduling everything early so that I can spend at least 3 hours in Amoeba on Monday afternoon. I’m such a nerd.
And yes, TONS of effing freeways.
So what I’m saying is, I hope you’ll be visiting our aunt and uncle, andrew.
haha…maybe I’ll stop in for just a quick visit.
Hello there!
Well I just read the comments from last night, and I want to thank Myra for reminding everyone that habs blogs are not necessarily awful places! :P
You’d be well treated if you’re traded to my blog. I’d definitely give you some PP time to pad your stats!
Anyway. The Laraque era is over in Montreal. Sausages and pâté are allowed again in the dressing room! Wooo!
The Laraque era is over in Montreal. Sausages and pâté are allowed again in the dressing room!
HA!
Okay that was pretty funny.
I’m excited for the Sabres game tonight. I was supposed to be there…stupid work.
I’m excited for the Sabres game tonight.
I hope it’s not like the ridonkulousness that was Tuesday’s game. I’d like a nice, easy win.
Also, the Sabres sent out their playoff ticket invoices today to season ticket holders. That’s tempting the hockey gods, methinks.
I was supposed to be there…stupid work.
That’s just WRONG. How can they keep you from the game? Those BASTARDS!
I was supposed to be there…stupid work.
Oh no! That sucks!
I hope it’s not like the ridonkulousness that was Tuesday’s game. I’d like a nice, easy win.
That’s what I thought we’d be getting with the Ducks. I hate Jonas Hiller so much. Did you know he’s Joe Thornton’s best friend? I bet that was akward last year in the playoffs.
How can they keep you from the game? Those BASTARDS!
I know! I had a trip scheduled for today and tomorrow, but they changed the meeting that my trip was based around. Hence the trip on Monday. Lame.
That’s incredibly lame. What a bummer. Or, as Boomer says, what a bummerdude.
I hope it’s not like the ridonkulousness that was Tuesday’s game. I’d like a nice, easy win.
I want the Sabres to go up by a sufficient margin that I can go to bed on time. Make it so, Sabres.
I want the Sabres to go up by a sufficient margin that I can go to bed on time.
Haha…sorry Meg.
that’s one thing we west coast hockey fans have…no late nights. Until the playoffs anyway.
that’s one thing we west coast hockey fans have…no late nights. Until the playoffs anyway.
Yeah, but I suppose you have games that start at 4:00 which sucks worse. (Look at me, looking past my east coast bias!)
Yeah, but I suppose you have games that start at 4:00 which sucks worse.
I dunno dude, I tivo all my Sabres games…then when I get home I get wonderful commerical free hockey. I’m big on tivo viewing all of my tv anymore.
But I suppose you only have to stay up late for about 5 or 6 games a year anyway. So that’s not too bad.
I dunno dude, I tivo all my Sabres games…then when I get home I get wonderful commerical free hockey. I’m big on tivo viewing all of my tv anymore.
DVRs are a fantastic invention, I don’t watch anything live anymore, be it hockey or regular shows. Also Andrew, I saw you refer to Amoeba, is that by any chance Amoeba records, I remember going to that in Berkeley about 10 years ago, cool place. I’d write more but DVRs have shrunk my attention span to roughly the lifetime of a gnat. Look bright shiny thi–
DVRs are a fantastic invention, I don’t watch anything live anymore, be it hockey or regular shows.
Hey Mike, Long time no see! Yeah man, me niether. DVR or nothing!
is that by any chance Amoeba records, I remember going to that in Berkeley about 10 years ago, cool place.
Sho’nuff is. They opened a store in Hollywood several years back and if you ever get the chance, you should check it out. It’s breathtaking. 40,000 sq. feet. I think they say it’s the biggest independent record store in the world.