Devils! Trannies! Open Thread!

November 27, 2010 by Schnookie

We just raced back from the sleighbell sale, where we enjoyed a bone-deep chill while photographing various and sundry Living History Farm animals. So what could be better to warm us up than some hawt, hawt Devils/Trannies action?

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on November 27, 2010 at 1:08 pm kristin

I’ll be making a rare guest appearance in the thread today. I’M OFF FROM WORK ON A SATURDAY!!! What!??
on November 27, 2010 at 1:09 pm kristin

Although I can’t make any guarantees that I can stay awake for the game. The sound of JJ’s voice is so soothing it often lulls me to sleep!
on November 27, 2010 at 1:10 pm kristin

Oh shit, Boosh is starting? Ugh.
on November 27, 2010 at 1:13 pm Mags

Wait, there’s hockey on already? Why does the NHL confuse me so?
on November 27, 2010 at 1:20 pm kristin

Wait, Hedberg? I want my money back!
on November 27, 2010 at 1:22 pm Schnookie

I’M OFF FROM WORK ON A SATURDAY!!! What!??

WOO HOOO! It’s so good to have you here!! (We just wandered off for a few minutes to look at our hundreds of crappy pictures from the farm. The Devils on a four-minute PP? Yeah, no need to pay any attention to that.)
on November 27, 2010 at 1:23 pm kristin

Yeah, I figured you were downloading all those sleigh bell pictures. The PP was pretty decent! Honest! Except for the part where they didn’t score.
on November 27, 2010 at 1:25 pm Schnookie

Except for the part where they didn’t score.

Heh. Yeah, see, we’re a quarter of the way through the season now, so I think it’s a large enough sample size to say that no matter how good it looks, the Devils PP sucks ass.
on November 27, 2010 at 1:25 pm kristin

The cat just stole my spot on the couch, and when he does that the opposing team scores, so…..you’re welcome!
on November 27, 2010 at 1:25 pm Schnookie

Wait, WHAT? WOOOOOO!!!! That’s an even rarer sight than kristin not working on a Saturday!
on November 27, 2010 at 1:30 pm Schnookie

JJ seems almost pro-Devils today.

Also, every Flyers PP in the last few games has prompted Boomer to say, “Quick! Get me a postcard!” She totes wants that PP payout prize right now.
on November 27, 2010 at 1:30 pm Mags

*blinkblink* it won’t last.
on November 27, 2010 at 1:31 pm kristin

That’s an even rarer sight than kristin not working on a Saturday!

Wow, that must be pretty rare!
on November 27, 2010 at 1:32 pm Schnookie

Yeah, Mags, I kind of have no idea what’s going on here. Not only are the Devils ahead, but they’re also outplaying the Flyers. Like, they’re ahead, and they deserve to be so. ::rubs eyes in disbelief::
on November 27, 2010 at 1:32 pm Pookie

Hey Kristin! How’s it going?!

Mags, those socks you posted yesterday are AMAZING.
on November 27, 2010 at 1:34 pm kristin

“Quick! Get me a postcard!” She totes wants that PP payout prize right now.

Yeah, I didn’t realize how bad the PP was until I was watching the game yesterday and saw it was like $325!! (I haven’t seen many games of late due to work…)
on November 27, 2010 at 1:35 pm Mags

I kind of have no idea what’s going on here.

Me neither! The radiodudewho’snameIforgot sounds almost astounded.

Pookie, thank you! They were a fuck-off lot of work, and I’m glad they turned as nice as they did.
on November 27, 2010 at 1:36 pm kristin

Hey Pookie, it’s going great since I am off and chilling at home on the couch with the cat and the computer. And I might even get to watch Hockey Night in Canada tonight…and a Habs game! (even though I still hate Carey Price.)
on November 27, 2010 at 1:37 pm Mags

I still hate Carey Price.

Ah, yes, the universe has righted itself.
on November 27, 2010 at 1:37 pm kristin

And I just got a text that Rod is bringing home 5 guys for lunch. Holy cow, this day is just too good to be true!
on November 27, 2010 at 1:40 pm kristin

Ah, yes, the universe has righted itself.

Mags, can we bond over our mutual dislike of Price?
on November 27, 2010 at 1:44 pm Iain

Hey, what’s all this? A Devils game at a Euro-friendly time? Well all righty then, even if I know I’m gonna regret it…
on November 27, 2010 at 1:45 pm Schnookie

kristin, it definitely sounds like life is treating you well today!

The radiodudewho’snameIforgot sounds almost astounded.

:^:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: He’s probably like, “I’ve got scripts here to prepare me for every possibility in this game… except this one. What the hell??”

Ooh, ooh, the Flyers feed during the intermission is going to revisit the unsportsmanlike penalty on Pronger from yesterday’s OT! Sweet! I can’t wait to hear what they have to say about it. Heh. We caught just the part of On The Fly yesterday that was talking about that game. And the studio guy explained the Avery origin of the rule, then added, “Of course, it hasn’t had to be called since Avery did that…” with an unspoken “because no one else in the league is as much of a dipshit as Avery…. except Pronger.”
on November 27, 2010 at 1:46 pm Schnookie

Well all righty then, even if I know I’m gonna regret it…

:^:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: They figured you European fans were getting soft, not having to experience the sucktitude in real-time. So now you get to suffer like the rest of us. :D
on November 27, 2010 at 1:48 pm Iain

I even (without thinking) wore one of my Devils jerseys to work today, for the first time in months. If they win today, I will, of course, have to start wearing one every day.
on November 27, 2010 at 1:52 pm Pookie

If they win today, I will, of course, have to start wearing one every day.

Of course!

As for the Pronger thing, I think the League should end all the debate by calling it two minutes for “bush league play” instead of “unsportsmanlike”. Heh.
on November 27, 2010 at 1:58 pm Iain

As for the Pronger thing, I think the League should end all the debate by calling it two minutes for “bush league play” instead of “unsportsmanlike”. Heh.

I liked this quote by Down Goes Brown on Twitter:

“If Sean Avery and Chris Pronger are the only two players who ever do something then I’m pretty sure there needs to be a rule against it.”
on November 27, 2010 at 1:59 pm Mags

Mags, can we bond over our mutual dislike of Price?

Of course we can! Where do you want to start?

If they win today, I will, of course, have to start wearing one every day.

I thought that about my Devils t-shirt, but then they lost like 3 straight and I gave up on that.
on November 27, 2010 at 2:03 pm Tim

What? Another early game? I’m still in bed, not fair! And we’re winning? Whaaaaaa?

Soooo….who else is watching the Deathstalker and The Warriors From Hell episode of MST3K while playing Madden?
on November 27, 2010 at 2:04 pm Pookie

“If Sean Avery and Chris Pronger are the only two players who ever do something then I’m pretty sure there needs to be a rule against it.”

:^:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: Yeeeeeeah.

The Flyers feed showed Pronger’s post-game reaction. Some reporter asked him what he was doing on the play and Pronger snapped, “What does it matter to you?” It reminded me of a blog post I read recently about how to talk to liars; one of the tactics of a liar trying to avoid getting caught doing something wrong is they’ll answer a question with a misdirecting question. Heh.
on November 27, 2010 at 2:06 pm Tim

“If Sean Avery and Chris Pronger are the only two players who ever do something then I’m pretty sure there needs to be a rule against it.”

:^:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
on November 27, 2010 at 2:08 pm kristin

one of the tactics of a liar trying to avoid getting caught doing something wrong is they’ll answer a question with a misdirecting question. Heh.

I guess The Pronger is lying 24/7, because I don’t know that I’ve ever seen him answer a question directly.

And I’m okay with that.

On a side note, Hedberg is looking particularly impenetrable today! Or the Flyers are looking particularly sucky today.
on November 27, 2010 at 2:09 pm Schnookie

“If Sean Avery and Chris Pronger are the only two players who ever do something then I’m pretty sure there needs to be a rule against it.”

:^:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: That sounds like one of the wisest “hard and fast” standards for governing the NHL.
on November 27, 2010 at 2:09 pm kristin

The Flyers feed showed Pronger’s post-game reaction

Is there anything more shudder inducing than The Pronger’s Movember stache?
on November 27, 2010 at 2:11 pm Schnookie

Is there anything more shudder inducing than The Pronger’s Movember stache?

Yeah, the combination of his stache and his “I think I’m the smartest guy in the room” “witticisms”. Gack. It must completely suck to have to talk to that guy. Ever. For any reason.
on November 27, 2010 at 2:18 pm kristin

It must completely suck to have to talk to that guy. Ever. For any reason.

“Chris, can you pass the salt?”

“I don’t know, can I?”
on November 27, 2010 at 2:18 pm Schnookie

Now Beaks’s mustache? That’s a fine, handsome stache if ever there was one. :P
on November 27, 2010 at 2:19 pm Schnookie

“Chris, can you pass the salt?”

“I don’t know, can I?”

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That made me literally belly-ell oh ell.
on November 27, 2010 at 2:19 pm Pookie

“Chris, can you pass the salt?”

“I don’t know, can I?”

:^:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
on November 27, 2010 at 2:20 pm kristin

Now Beaks’s mustache? That’s a fine, handsome stache if ever there was one. :P

*shudder*
on November 27, 2010 at 2:22 pm Schnookie

I’m not so sure about the Devils’ game plan of hoping to win this game 1-0… :P
on November 27, 2010 at 2:24 pm kristin

“Dad, can we get ice cream after dinner?”

“I don’t know, you tell me.”
on November 27, 2010 at 2:27 pm Schnookie

“Dad, can we get ice cream after dinner?”

“I don’t know, you tell me.”

:^::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: Of course, he’d chase that with a self-satisfied smirk. Like he thinks he just said the cleverest, barbed-est quip ever. His kids would be like, “Dad, you’re embarrassing me. And yourself.”
on November 27, 2010 at 2:35 pm Mags

“Dad, can we get ice cream after dinner?”

“I don’t know, you tell me.”

In all pedantic fairness, the correct question would be “may we get ice cream after dinner”.

To which Chris would still answer “I don’t know, you tell me”, because he’s just a dick that way.
on November 27, 2010 at 2:39 pm Schnookie

To which Chris would still answer “I don’t know, you tell me”, because he’s just a dick that way.

:^::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: Yeah, he’s like, “Fuck that! I’m a dick, not a pedant!”
on November 27, 2010 at 2:49 pm Mags

I spent most of my day fighting brioche stitch, and it has finally won. I give up. If I ever do this sweater (Harry’s) I’m doing it in garter rib, and the original design can just kiss my skinny white ass. And that is my story.
on November 27, 2010 at 2:54 pm Schnookie

I have never heard of brioche stitch until right now! It… sounds like a hassle. That’s a great looking sweater, though. I suspect a garter rib would work just as well, though. (Are you on target to knit the entire Harry Potter movie? You’re responding to it much the same way we responded to Dr. Quinn, where almost every scene we were yelping, “I love that quilt! I’m making that!” :D)
on November 27, 2010 at 2:59 pm Tim

Hermione needs new mittens, she’s got a hole in those ones.
on November 27, 2010 at 3:00 pm Iain

Never mind a brioche stitch – I’ll stick with plain brioche, thanks. With apricot jam.

Om nom.
on November 27, 2010 at 3:01 pm Mags

Are you on target to knit the entire Harry Potter movie?

Not everything! There was a marled cabled pullover that everyone seems to think was THE item in the movie, but I kind of hate. But definitely Hermione’s fair isle, and I want Harry’s pullover for snowboarding. Beyond that, meh. I might see about the fingerless mitts, but I don’t have that many colours of similar weight yarn (not the desire to acquire any).
on November 27, 2010 at 3:05 pm Tim

You should knit Hagrid’s beard and wear it as a face-warmer while snowboarding and/or while goaltending.
on November 27, 2010 at 3:07 pm Schnookie

You should knit Hagrid’s beard and wear it as a face-warmer while snowboarding and/or while goaltending.

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Oh, poor dopey Devils. Silly things! You’re not going to win 1-0! I tried telling you that earlier, but would you listen? Sigh.
on November 27, 2010 at 3:07 pm Mags

You should knit Hagrid’s beard and wear it as a face-warmer while snowboarding and/or while goaltending.

I thought about knitting Dumbledore’s beard. It is so long it’d be really good for tripping other people up. Unfortunately, it’d probably do me in too.
on November 27, 2010 at 3:07 pm Pookie

I don’t have that many colours of similar weight yarn (not the desire to acquire any).

WHAT?! No desire to acquire new yarn? ::feels Mags’s forehead to check for fever:: :D
on November 27, 2010 at 3:08 pm Mags

I told ya, it wouldn’t last.
on November 27, 2010 at 3:11 pm Mags

Pookie, I know! I should probably rephrase that statement. My desire to acquire new yarn is not greater than my desire to eat food. And school books are bloody expensive.
on November 27, 2010 at 3:14 pm Pookie

“Chris, do you take this woman to be your wife?”

“What does it matter to you? ::smirk::”
on November 27, 2010 at 3:14 pm Schnookie

My desire to acquire new yarn is not greater than my desire to eat food.

Hmmm… ::still feels Mags’s forehead to check for fever:: :P
on November 27, 2010 at 3:14 pm Schnookie

Brian Rolston is the worst hockey player alive.
on November 27, 2010 at 3:20 pm Mags

Brian Rolston is the worst hockey player alive.

I still hate Langer more.
on November 27, 2010 at 3:25 pm kristin

“Chris, do you take this woman to be your wife?”

“What does it matter to you? ::smirk::”

It’s funny every time.
on November 27, 2010 at 3:27 pm Schnookie

I still hate Langer more.

Oh, I do too, but I’m not sure he currently counts as an alive hockey player… :P
on November 27, 2010 at 3:33 pm Iain

Oh, I do too, but I’m not sure he currently counts as an alive hockey player… :P

HHe’s not dead, he’s just not really motivated right now. Try him again in a month or two.
on November 27, 2010 at 3:35 pm Mags

I’m not sure he currently counts as an alive hockey player…

:^:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: So sad, but so true.
on November 27, 2010 at 3:39 pm Schnookie

HHe’s not dead, he’s just not really motivated right now. Try him again in a month or two.

:^:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: I’d rather not. :P

WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!
on November 27, 2010 at 3:40 pm Pookie

WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!
on November 27, 2010 at 3:40 pm kristin

Ugh.
on November 27, 2010 at 3:40 pm alix

ACORNS AND MOOSES!
on November 27, 2010 at 3:41 pm Mags

HHe’s not dead

Oh he’s dead to me all right.

Radio cut out. So I’m putting this in the record books as a tie.
on November 27, 2010 at 3:41 pm Iain

Celebratory acorns all round!
on November 27, 2010 at 3:42 pm Mags

Wait, shit, the radio cut out AS WE WON?

…

Cool.
on November 27, 2010 at 3:52 pm Schnookie

Wait, shit, the radio cut out AS WE WON?

…

Cool.

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

And yeah, that was some acorn badassery right there.
on November 27, 2010 at 4:52 pm Mags

acorn badassery

I’m not sure those two words were ever intended to be put together, but somehow it totally works.
on November 27, 2010 at 4:54 pm Schnookie

I’m not sure those two words were ever intended to be put together, but somehow it totally works.

:^::::::::::::::::::::::::::: Yeah, Travis is so complex that way.
on November 27, 2010 at 5:00 pm Mags

In other news, I really want sleigh bells. Lots of them, in a wreath, so I can drive everyone crazy every time I open the door. I meant to leave that comment on the Flickr, but I wasn’t sure which sleigh bell picture I liked best and putting it on all of them seemed like spam.
on November 27, 2010 at 5:02 pm Schnookie

I love sleigh bell wreaths! LOVE THEM! So I’m right there with you. We have little sleigh bell strips now — one that has, like, six small bells on it that we bought a few years ago, and the one we got today that has something like seven bells of varying sizes. It sounds a bit more wind chime-y. Anyway, they’re both festive, but they’re HARDLY wreaths. (I think Williams Sonoma had a bell wreath, but it’s probably outrageously expensive.)
on November 27, 2010 at 5:09 pm Mags

I made a little bell wreath aeons ago. Bought a box of different sized bells and strung them into wire, then tied a big white velvet ribbon bow on it. It was fantastic (but not as good as it would have been with sleigh bells!), and I have no idea where it is now. I haz a sad.
on November 27, 2010 at 5:22 pm Schnookie

You lost your bell wreath? That IS sad! I can’t deal with losing Christmas decorations, because I get ridiculously nostalgic about everything. Like, I can’t even deal with using new newspaper to wrap delicate ornaments and creche parts for packing away in the attic. I’m like, “NO! It MUST be the paper from 1987, or it’s just NOT THE SAME!”
on November 27, 2010 at 5:31 pm Mags

I’m like, “NO! It MUST be the paper from 1987, or it’s just NOT THE SAME!”

:^:::::::::::::::::::::::::: I’m sorry, I shouldn’t laugh. But yes, I did lose it. Somewhere in moving from my first studenty house to this house it got lost. It’s a pity, the bitches in that house didn’t really deserve to have it. Wouldn’t put it past them to have stolen it.

And as we know, this week I dropped the box with the very first Christmas ornaments I ever got *sighs sadly*.
on November 27, 2010 at 5:47 pm Schnookie

And as we know, this week I dropped the box with the very first Christmas ornaments I ever got *sighs sadly*.

That gets a big, huge :( .

It’s a pity, the bitches in that house didn’t really deserve to have it. Wouldn’t put it past them to have stolen it.

Grrrrr…

I will say of beloved Christmas tree ornaments, I am CONSTANTLY getting suckered into buying new ones, so at this point I could easily break a couple of handfuls of old ones every year without really even noticing. Heh. (We got some new ones today, as a matter of fact… I just can’t resist!)
on November 27, 2010 at 5:49 pm Schnookie

Dude, “The Great Race” is on TCM right now! WOO HOO!!!!
on November 27, 2010 at 6:56 pm Patty (in Dallas)

I’m like, “NO! It MUST be the paper from 1987, or it’s just NOT THE SAME!”

:^::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: Oh, my gosh! My mom still has the angel topper from our childhood and I vividly remember REFUSING to replace the tissue paper she was wrapped in every year.

I made a little bell wreath aeons ago.

I’m so sorry! That sounds adorable (and not to always make it about me, but it also sounds like just what I’m looking for). I hope you find it.
on November 27, 2010 at 6:57 pm Patty (in Dallas)

(Sorry. I guess it’s gone for good. I totally spaced on that part.)
on November 27, 2010 at 8:07 pm Amy

“Fuck that! I’m a dick, not a pedant!”

That last sentenced is stitched on a pillow in the Pronger home.

And Mags, those socks are gorgeous!
on November 27, 2010 at 8:24 pm Pookie

That last sentenced is stitched on a pillow in the Pronger home.

:^:::::::::::::::::::::::::: I hope so!
on November 27, 2010 at 8:37 pm Pookie

By the way, I have to get this in now because it will probably change soon — take that, Stanley Cup Holders! The Peepsoxers are eating Thanksgiving leftovers out of their Stanley Cup holder! Bwahahahaha!
on November 27, 2010 at 8:50 pm Myra

Aw, your pictures from the farm are great. I love sleigh bells.
on November 27, 2010 at 9:01 pm Schnookie

Thanks, Myra! It would have been funner if Dave had been there. (How was his flight?)
on November 27, 2010 at 9:08 pm Myra

Is on his way to Sweden now. I hope. He called from Newark this morning to say he had gotten that far, had found the other guy he was going to fly over with and they had gotten something to eat. I was relieved, he tends to refuse to buy food in airports because it’s so expensive.

Grace is planning on copying your chocolate peppermint cupcakes. I knew I shouldn’t have showed your flicker to her. Like we need more sweets.

I’m hoping my sister will have made stuffins with the leftover dressing for our dinner tomorrow. I may have mentioned it a time or two or twenty.
on November 27, 2010 at 9:10 pm mcguffers

Happy Thanksgiving everyone!! My family just left this afternoon and as per tradition we got a tree for my father’s house. Eleven of us went to the Amerks game last night where they lost to the Toroto Marlies (while the Sabres beat the Leafs) and tonight… well I dont’ want to talk about tonight’s game. But I do have a funny hockey related story:

The sound system in the Rochester arena blows, so we never know what they’re putting on the video thinger. At one point, they’ve asked an Amerk a question and we had no idea what he said, so I asked one of my cousins if he got it and he goes, “I think he said ‘skill, manifests, and jack ‘o lanterns’.” So I go, “What question do you think he was asked?” and my cousin shrugs and responds, “Maybe it was ‘What are your three favorite words?’” Besides the Amerks’ power play, that was the funniest thing from that game and I can not wait for the day when someone asks me what my three favorite words are, because I’m using that answer.
on November 27, 2010 at 9:11 pm Pookie

I may have mentioned it a time or two or twenty.

:^:::::::::::::::::::::::::: I’m keeping my fingers crossed for you! And tell Grace the cupcakes were deeeeelish. She might try less red food coloring to get a more peppermint pink, though. :D
on November 27, 2010 at 9:13 pm Schnookie

I’m so glad he at least made it to Newark okay! I’m also really jealous that he gets to visit Stockholm. I bet it’s really festive this time of year.

I may have mentioned it a time or two or twenty.

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And the peppermint cupcakes were awesome! They were just chocolate with regular white frosting that we flavored with a little vanilla and a lot of peppermint extract. Then sprinkled with crushed peppermint, and voila! Delicious cupcake treats! (I also had a kind of heavy hand with the pink food coloring in the frosting. A lighter touch might have been a bit more pepperminty than carnation-y. Heh.)
on November 27, 2010 at 9:15 pm Pookie

my cousin shrugs and responds, “Maybe it was ‘What are your three favorite words?’”

:^:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: I would love to know the three favorite words of all my favorite players.
on November 27, 2010 at 9:15 pm Schnookie

“I think he said ‘skill, manifests, and jack ‘o lanterns’.” So I go, “What question do you think he was asked?” and my cousin shrugs and responds, “Maybe it was ‘What are your three favorite words?’”

:^::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: That is TOO funny! (And I’m so glad to hear that you had a good holiday!)
on November 27, 2010 at 9:16 pm Myra

She was all excited about the cupcakes and started rattling off how she would make them, buttercream icing with a dash of peppermint extract… I thought, wow, she has been listening.
on November 27, 2010 at 9:19 pm Schnookie

I thought, wow, she has been listening.

:^:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: They grow up so fast, don’t they? :D

(Oh, and we used pre-crushed peppermint. Baker’s Catalog sells it. It seemed like the coolest thing EVER. I mean, peppermint that’s ALREADY CRUSHED! It’s good to be easily pleased, right?)
on November 27, 2010 at 9:20 pm Schnookie

I would love to know the three favorite words of all my favorite players.

That’ll be the second thing we ask, after “Can you swim?”, once we’ve got media credentials.
on November 27, 2010 at 9:32 pm mcguffers

I would love to know the three favorite words of all my favorite players.

That’ll be the second thing we ask, after “Can you swim?”, once we’ve got media credentials.

Mine is going to be “Two years before you plan to retire, are you going to ask to be traded to Detroit so you can win the cup, or ask to be traded to the Rangers so you can get overpaid?”

She was all excited about the cupcakes and started rattling off how she would make them, buttercream icing with a dash of peppermint extract… I thought, wow, she has been listening.

I’m truly impressed! I didn’t even know there was such thing as peppermint extract until I read the past few comments.
on November 27, 2010 at 9:34 pm Amy

I would love to know the three favorite words of all my favorite players.

Outside of the profane & the lewd, right?

And that baby ox in your Flickr album is ridiculously adorable.
on November 27, 2010 at 9:36 pm Schnookie

Mine is going to be “Two years before you plan to retire, are you going to ask to be traded to Detroit so you can win the cup, or ask to be traded to the Rangers so you can get overpaid?”

:^::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: I bet your most frequent answer is “Touche”.

And that baby ox in your Flickr album is ridiculously adorable.

Ohmygod, isn’t it? I could barely handle how cute that thing was. I mean, HONESTLY. It’s a teensy, tiny, fluffy, curled-up OX. ::faints dead away from the unbearable cuteness:: It made all the other animals look like piles of puke.
on November 27, 2010 at 9:38 pm Pookie

Mine is going to be “Two years before you plan to retire, are you going to ask to be traded to Detroit so you can win the cup, or ask to be traded to the Rangers so you can get overpaid?

Ooooh, good one!

Outside of the profane & the lewd, right?

I figure their answers will be entirely profane and lewd, but it’ll be interesting to see if any of them are remotely creative in their profanity and lewdness.
on November 27, 2010 at 9:43 pm mcguffers

I bet your most frequent answer is “Touche”.

:^::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: I was going to make a joke about Kaleta pronouncing it “touch-EE” but then I laughed/cried because we’re obviously never losing Kaleta so I’d never even bother asking him that. (And yes, I know he scored last night and played well, but I don’t care. His goal celebration is douch-EE.)
on November 27, 2010 at 9:46 pm Pookie

His goal celebration is douch-EE.

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on November 27, 2010 at 9:46 pm Schnookie

mcguggs, :^:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
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And I can laugh because I’m sympathetic. Some guys are just too shitty to ever manage to get rid of. And some of those too-shitty guys are SO shitty your asshole xenophobic head coach strips your European captain of the C just so the too-shitty guy can become entrenched as the captain so he’s DOUBL-EE impossible to wrestle away from your franchise. Not that I can think of any examples off-hand.
on November 27, 2010 at 9:59 pm mcguffers

the too-shitty guy can become entrenched as the captain so he’s DOUBL-EE impossible to wrestle away from your franchise. Not that I can think of any examples off-hand.

:^::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: I may need more clues to figure out who this person is of which you speak…

And if Kaleta ever becomes captain of this team, I’m out. Seriously. I lost a bit of my die-hard love for them when the broke up with the Amerks, but there were enough ex-Amerks on the Sabres to keep my connection to them. But I can not tolerate a captain with an obnoxious goal dance and the IQ of toothpaste.

I’m getting kicked off my father’s computer, so I have to say goodnight! I can’t wait to get back to Buffalo with my laptop, Center Ice, and snow!!
on November 27, 2010 at 10:05 pm Pookie

Goodnight, mcguffers!
on November 27, 2010 at 10:14 pm Schnookie

and the IQ of toothpaste.

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

G’night, mcguggs!
on November 28, 2010 at 9:19 am Grrrreg

I just read your comments from last night, and 1. your spot-on impressions of Pronger answering questions cracked me up; 2. “brioche stitch” makes me hungry.
on November 28, 2010 at 5:42 pm Mags

It seems to be my week of dropping things. I just shattered one of my Pyrex bowls while I was putting away the dishes. Rats, rats, rats (no, not real rats, I’m just annoyed).

On the bright side, that means I get to go Pyrex shopping. Hurrah!
on November 29, 2010 at 9:24 am Schnookie

On the bright side, that means I get to go Pyrex shopping. Hurrah!

Ooooh, that IS good news! You should have seen Boomer and me the last time we trekked up to Costco. It is WAY hard to not buy the big sets of Pyrex and Rubbermaid and the like.

And good morning, everyone! Welcome back to work! Heh. I’m looking at my office all, “Oh. You again.”
on November 29, 2010 at 9:49 am Mags

You guys, I was just turned into a snow lady. I was walking home from Uni and about halfway it started to snow. It completely ruined my hair, but I don’t care. Snow! That is sticking! SNOW!

I’m looking at my office all, “Oh. You again.”

I did that with the Spinoza 2 (the big lecture hall, where the seats and tables are too small even for me). Except I didn’t have any days off :P
on November 29, 2010 at 10:15 am Schnookie

EEE! Snow that’s STICKING? I’m so jealous! Ruined hair is totally worth it in that situation! It’s just stupid sunny here. And supposed to be warmer this week. How can it snow if it’s going to be WARMER?

Except I didn’t have any days off :P

That’s just cruel!
on November 29, 2010 at 10:27 am Schnookie

Okay, it’s not actually warmer here today. In fact, I just looked outside and there’s ice on the pond. Huh. I guess it COULD snow… :P
on November 29, 2010 at 10:39 am Mags

EEE! Snow that’s STICKING?

I know! I’m bouncing around all happy like. Even though I know it means I’ll have to walk to school tomorrow, because the city won’t have done anything about cleaning the bike paths, and car drivers will be completely freaked out because “SNOWMG” (seriously, calm the fuck down) so you can’t cycle on the road.

I guess it COULD snow…

Fingers crossed! It’s supposed to stay cold here for at least another week. We’ll see!

Hockey practice cancelled, because apparently coach can’t make it from Utrecht to us on time in this weather. Hmm, don’t mind. I’ll just sit here and eat pie.
on November 29, 2010 at 10:47 am Schnookie

Hockey practice cancelled, because apparently coach can’t make it from Utrecht to us on time in this weather. Hmm, don’t mind. I’ll just sit here and eat pie.

You know what? It sounds like you’re living right, Mags. :D
on November 29, 2010 at 10:50 am Mags

It sounds like you’re living right

I would be, were I not staring at an Int’l Economics assignment that’s asking me to find some p dt(s+e)/[s+s*+e+e*-(n-n*)(Qc-Dc)] formula which I’m SURE is actually mathematician speak for “I hate you”.
on November 29, 2010 at 10:51 am Pookie

SNOW?!?!? EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!

What are the chances it’ll snow really hard in the next 20 minutes, thus giving me a snow day here?
on November 29, 2010 at 11:04 am Mags

What are the chances it’ll snow really hard in the next 20 minutes, thus giving me a snow day here?

I don’t know. What offers have you made to the Snow Gods recently?
on November 29, 2010 at 11:27 am Myra

Good morning all, I have the “Snow! Snow! Snow!” song in my head from White Christmas, but I don’t mind. I love that movie.

Speaking of snow, I sent a link to Pookie of where David is in Sweden for this week. It’s the company farm and conference center. This is his first full day of employment!

(I couldn’t figure out how to post just a picture here and I wasn’t sure I should link directly to the company website. Sorry, I’m not sure how all the works in the comment section.)
on November 29, 2010 at 11:41 am Schnookie

p dt(s+e)/[s+s*+e+e*-(n-n*)(Qc-Dc)] formula which I’m SURE is actually mathematician speak for “I hate you”.

:^:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: Yeah, that’s the only thing that could POSSIBLY mean.

Myra, that is so cool that Dave works for a company that has a farm! And that the farm is in Sweden. Has he reported back on whether it’s as pretty as I’m imagining it is?
on November 29, 2010 at 11:48 am Mags

Dave’s company has a farm? In Sweden?

Are they hiring?
on November 29, 2010 at 11:59 am Myra

We only video chatted with him briefly yesterday and it wasn’t a good connection. Basically enough to know he had gotten there alive. :)

It is a Swedish company that develops dairy equipment, so the farm is where they test the equipment. The company purchased the farm in 1894 to use as their research farm. So they’ve been around a while. The pictures on their website are gorgeous. We’ll have to see what Dave says, he is 7 hours ahead of us, I think. So we should be hearing from him again fairly soon.
on November 29, 2010 at 12:12 pm Mags

he is 7 hours ahead of us, I think.

Sweden is in my time zone, so yes, he’s 7 hours ahead of you! I’m going to stand on the balcony and wave in the direction of Sweden, just for kicks :D
on November 29, 2010 at 12:14 pm Myra

Mags, email me at lafs2loud@gmail.com and I’ll send you the link of where he is.
on November 29, 2010 at 12:14 pm Amy

and car drivers will be completely freaked out because “SNOWMG”

My favorite is the weatherpeople who cause every single snowfall to sound like it’s Snowmaggedon, thereby causing everyone to mob the grocery store.

It is WAY hard to not buy the big sets of Pyrex and Rubbermaid and the like.

Hmm. I may have to check out the local warehouse store for mixing bowl sets. Thanks for the idea.
on November 29, 2010 at 12:33 pm Mags

The total of the assumed to be snow-related traffic jams (that is, the total minus the average around this time of day) is 900km. For a country that 300 km North-South and 200km East-West, that’s pretty impressive.
on November 29, 2010 at 12:35 pm Myra

and car drivers will be completely freaked out because “SNOWMG”

My favorite is the weatherpeople who cause every single snowfall to sound like it’s Snowmaggedon, thereby causing everyone to mob the grocery store.

I thought that only happened in Texas.

It is WAY hard to not buy the big sets of Pyrex and Rubbermaid and the like.

I’ve been trying very hard not to buy anymore household items until after we move but, gosh, it’s hard. I am a total addict to kitchen stuffs and dishes. Instead I am just obsessing over houses.
on November 29, 2010 at 12:39 pm Mags

I thought that only happened in Texas.

No, I think that’s just weatherpeople shtick.

I am a total addict to kitchen stuffs and dishes.

Moi aussi. I didn’t get out to the household store today (not because of the snow, but because they’re closed on Monday), but I’m definitely going tomorrow. In my defence, I really do need a new bowl. Since the Great Shattering of 11 PM, I don’t have a bowl that’s big enough for mixing cookies. And that won’t do.

Anyhoo, holy wow that far is cool. I’d heard of that company! We did a case on them for innovation management.
on November 29, 2010 at 1:15 pm Myra

We did a case on them for innovation management.

I hope it was because they were good at it and not because they were bad.
on November 29, 2010 at 1:21 pm Mags

I hope it was because they were good at it and not because they were bad.

That was up to us to decide, but I think we decided they were pretty exemplary in that field.
on November 29, 2010 at 1:24 pm Myra

Oh good!
on November 29, 2010 at 1:54 pm mcguffers

Myra, congrats on Dave’s first day at work!! I’ve missed some comments, but I’m piecing together he is now a Swedish farmer?

Mags, I feel your pain about the mixing bowl! My dad broke one of my favorites many years ago and this year he made pumpkin pies using salt instead of sugar. (Play-Doe pie anyone?) So I think it was the mixing bowl gods getting him back for killing one of their own. Getting a mixing bowl that can easily hold a double recipe of your late grandmother’s sugar cookies is not a simple task, and having it broken is soul-crushing!

Also soul-crushing? The beating andrew’s team is going to take this week in fantasy hockey.
on November 29, 2010 at 2:03 pm Schnookie

but I’m piecing together he is now a Swedish farmer?

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

And I have to chime in to say that it’s just so, so sad to lose a favorite mixing bowl. The other thing I am inconsolable about is the Skippy jar we used to hold baking soda. It was from waaaaaaaaaay back when peanut butter came in glass jars, with metal lids. I suspect the jar pre-dated me, because I can’t remember a time when baking things that needed baking soda didn’t involve using the old Skippy jar. I inherited it when we moved back east from Arizona, and I think I just plain left it behind when we moved from our townhouse to stately IPB Manor. I ABANDONED OUR HEIRLOOM SKIPPY JAR! This makes me almost unreasonably sad and furious at myself whenever I think about it (shockingly frequently, considering that it’s just our baking soda container), and I’ve had five years to let it go. (I’ve looked on ebay and the like, and people only have older skippy jars, not the early ’70s kind I’m talking about. It’s so sad.) And that’s my story.

That, and I spent my lunch hour Christmas shopping for Boomer. Now I have to figure out a way to convince her she has NO REASON to buy herself a Bernette 46 sewing machine sometime in the next four weeks. That’s actually going to be harder than it sounds.
on November 29, 2010 at 2:26 pm mcguffers

Now I have to figure out a way to convince her she has NO REASON to buy herself a Bernette 46 sewing machine sometime in the next four weeks.

I used to do that with my brother (who’s birthday is a month after Christmas), but EVERY time he’d figure out what I was doing.

Brother: “I was thinking about spending my Christmas money on [insert name of some new gaming technology].”
Me: “Oh, you should wait, I think there’s a special or something online, er, something, starting in, uh, February…”
Brother: “You got it for my birthday, didn’t you?”
Me: “Yes. Yes I did.”

As for the Skippy jar, it’s always stuff like that I miss the most! The flour containers we had when I was a kid were from my grandparent’s wedding gifts. I cried when we had to throw them out.
on November 29, 2010 at 2:28 pm mcguffers

who’s birthday

*whose. This semester needs to end soon.
on November 29, 2010 at 2:32 pm Schnookie

“Oh, you should wait, I think there’s a special or something online, er, something, starting in, uh, February…”

Oh, I know that tactic well! We like to have all our Christmas shopping done by December 1 (I actually told the lady in the quilt store today that this was my ‘last-minute’ present for Boomer. It took me a minute to recognize why she was staring at me like I was crazy), so we spend pretty much all of October and November every year trying to keep each other from buying things without giving the game away. There’s lots of sweeping moratoriums on purchasing, and squirrelly “Oh, um, that thing you’re looking at in that catalog? Nah, it’s lame,” and other tiptoeing through the gift-giving minefield. This year Pookie and I were actually trying to get each other the same thing; it came to a head a few weeks ago, and Pookie had to admit she’d already gotten it for me before I went out and bought it for her. It was like “The Gift of the Magi” but more tragic. :P

The flour containers we had when I was a kid were from my grandparent’s wedding gifts. I cried when we had to throw them out.

Oh no! That’s just HORRIBLE!
on November 29, 2010 at 2:40 pm Mags

I ABANDONED OUR HEIRLOOM SKIPPY JAR!

YOU HEATHEN! My baking soda lives in a glass jar that used to have honey in it. It is the best baking soda jar in the history of baking soda jars.
on November 29, 2010 at 2:49 pm Schnookie

It is the best baking soda jar in the history of baking soda jars.

::sniffle:: No, it’s the second-best. :(

(I’m sure it’s very nice. It’s just no Skippy jar. ::sobs:: )
on November 29, 2010 at 2:52 pm mcguffers

Pookie had to admit she’d already gotten it for me before I went out and bought it for her. It was like “The Gift of the Magi” but more tragic. :P

:^::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: I guess that’s one of the benefits of having a brother. We rarely want the same thing. Plus, I’m pretty sure he can’t read, so no Kindle for him!
on November 29, 2010 at 3:03 pm Schnookie

Plus, I’m pretty sure he can’t read, so no Kindle for him!

:^:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: Wait, you guys aren’t getting each other quilt designing software? :P
on November 29, 2010 at 3:06 pm Mags

Plus, I’m pretty sure he can’t read, so no Kindle for him!

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

My sister and I have always been pretty different in our interests, but up until we were 17 our wishlists always seem to collide. We blame Mummers, for dressing us in identical outfits when we were little. It clearly instilled a subconscious desire for sameness in us. But then I took up knitting. And the rest, as they say, is history.
on November 29, 2010 at 3:11 pm Schnookie

We blame Mummers, for dressing us in identical outfits when we were little. It clearly instilled a subconscious desire for sameness in us.

That’ll do it! And if you add in sharing a bedroom? You’ll end up like Pookie and me. Parents of young daughters, don’t make the same mistakes our parents did! :P
on November 29, 2010 at 3:12 pm mcguffers

Wait, you guys aren’t getting each other quilt designing software? :P

Not two years in a row! Pshaww.

Actually, he and his girlfriend have a little white dog, so I’m making the puppy a snuggie made from this Minnesota Vikings fabric I found. Seeing my 6’2 brother sitting next to a tiny white dog in a snuggie is my gift.
on November 29, 2010 at 3:18 pm Schnookie

Seeing my 6’2 brother sitting next to a tiny white dog in a snuggie is my gift.

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! That is a brilliant idea! I think then you should make a snuggie for your brother for his birthday, so he and the dog can be twinsies.
on November 29, 2010 at 3:19 pm Mags

And if you add in sharing a bedroom?

Been there, done that!

I don’t think I could stand to spend more than 2 weeks in the same living space as my sister these days. She drives me up the wall.

Seeing my 6’2 brother sitting next to a tiny white dog in a snuggie is my gift.

:^::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: I’d like to issue a preemptive “Pictures, or it didn’t happen”.
on November 29, 2010 at 3:26 pm mcguffers

I’d like to issue a preemptive “Pictures, or it didn’t happen”.

Oh there will be!! Hahahaha All on Facebook, too!

I think then you should make a snuggie for your brother for his birthday, so he and the dog can be twinsies.

I think I’ll need some more fabric…
on November 29, 2010 at 3:45 pm Mags

I think I’ll need some more fabric…

Meh, he’s only 6’2″. You’ll be fine.
on November 29, 2010 at 4:20 pm Amy

I’m pretty sure he can’t read, so no Kindle for him!

My father bought my mother a Nook because he’s tired of dealing with all the books that are around the house. However, he didn’t take into account the fact that my mother can’t operate a device as simple as a flip-top cell phone without the instruction manual. This Nook thing is not going to end well.
on November 29, 2010 at 5:57 pm carolbrowne

Rats, rats, rats (no, not real rats, I’m just annoyed).

Language, Mags! Jeepers!
on November 29, 2010 at 5:58 pm mcguffers

However, he didn’t take into account the fact that my mother can’t operate a device as simple as a flip-top cell phone without the instruction manual.

Wouldn’t it be funny if the Nook operating manual was actually on the Nook?
on November 29, 2010 at 6:27 pm Pookie

I have to say, having seen the link Myra sent, Dave is not only a Swedish farmer, but he’s a Swedish farmer on THE MOST BEAUTIFUL FARM EVER. Seriously, I’m sitting here thinking, “Why did my employer buy a Swedish farm in the 1800′s?!?”

Seeing my 6’2 brother sitting next to a tiny white dog in a snuggie is my gift.

:^:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: Nice!

I borrowed Boomer’s Kindle and it was actually strangely not really intuitive, but that could be because I’m used to using a touchscreen now with handheld devices. The fact that I couldn’t just tap the corner of the screen to bookmark my spot before turning it off what such an affront, you’d almost think I was taking for granted the fact that when I decided I simply must read “The Hunger Games” during jury duty 8 hours later I was able to procure it without going to a store I could. :D
on November 29, 2010 at 7:54 pm Myra

I have to say, having seen the link Myra sent, Dave is not only a Swedish farmer, but he’s a Swedish farmer on THE MOST BEAUTIFUL FARM EVER.

It is pretty, isn’t it. Did you see the pictures of the restaurant? I’m so jealous. I’m hoping there is a family trip in the future. He emailed this afternoon that it had snowed everyday, was very picturesque and the temp that morning had been 18F. He said he had added a few layers to his clothing. Of which I am relieved to hear.

He also said they had been by the Royal Palace, City Hall (Nobel prize fame) and the Grand Hotel (from Hitchcock’s North by Northwest fame).
on November 29, 2010 at 7:57 pm Myra

And by “fame”, I mean putting it in cultural context for our family. I’m a huge Hitchcock fan.
on November 29, 2010 at 8:01 pm Schnookie

And by “fame”, I mean putting it in cultural context for our family. I’m a huge Hitchcock fan.

:^:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: It sounds awesome for him! I remember when one of my bosses (ages ago) went to Sweden this time of year for a business trip. He bought a fur hat for his wife for Christmas, figuring he kinda had a handle on the exchange rate, so he sorta knew how much he was spending… Turns out he didn’t. And that’s how his kids’ Christmas got ruined. Heh.

And MAN, this Forslund/Razor broadcast team is bringing back memories for me. I love that they put up that picture of them from their Hartford days!
on November 29, 2010 at 8:05 pm Myra

Grace and I are eating dinner so we have the sound off but I saw their picture that was hilarious.

Also, nobody tell Dave that Grace and I are eating dinner with the tv on and both of us are on our laptops. We are breaking all the rules tonight. Now, Grace is singing. We really are breaking all the rules.
on November 29, 2010 at 8:17 pm Schnookie

HAHAHAHAHA! You two are WILD! Dave’s not gone for 48 hours and it’s Lord of the Flies at Casa Myra!
on November 29, 2010 at 8:24 pm Schnookie

Boomer and I, meanwhile, are having our usual low-key Monday, where we sit in stony silence in the living room while waiting for Pookie to get home from the late shift. Although today we’ve added some fancy-schmancy rum to sip while we sit. So I’m feeling very warmed and happy while not speaking.

Also, I turned on the Rangers/Pens game in time to listen to Sam and Joe try to think of nice things to say after the Pens scored two quick ones to open a 3-0 lead. ::sips more rum:: Life is good.
on November 29, 2010 at 9:07 pm mcguffers

I need James Neal to stop hogging all the goals and let Brad Richards get one. Then I get to watch Kings/Ducks. And yes, I said “get to watch” because now that Bobby Ryan is my new boyfriend, I actually look forward to Ducks games. Don’t judge me.
on November 29, 2010 at 9:12 pm mcguffers

Oooh, perfect time for a short-handed goal by Rub-a-duck.
on November 29, 2010 at 9:22 pm Schnookie

And yes, I said “get to watch” because now that Bobby Ryan is my new boyfriend, I actually look forward to Ducks games. Don’t judge me.

I would NEVER judge anyone’s reasons for looking forward to Ducks games! Because I can’t throw stones from my glass house. Heh.
on November 29, 2010 at 9:34 pm Myra

I love Bobby Ryan too, except when he plays the Stars because he always scores. But he is fun to watch (and adorable, just sayin).
on November 29, 2010 at 9:41 pm mcguffers

Because I can’t throw stones from my glass house.

Doesn’t your glass house have a Kokopelli wine bottle holder?

I love Bobby Ryan too, except when he plays the Stars because he always scores. But he is fun to watch (and adorable, just sayin).

He’s been a beast for my fantasy team two years in a row. Luff him. And that video he did with Getzlaf for the NHL awards makes me laugh everytime they play the “Rhymes with Duck” game.
on November 29, 2010 at 10:06 pm Schnookie

Doesn’t your glass house have a Kokopelli wine bottle holder?

Why yes it does! I love shopping the kokopelli booths at the local swap meet.
on November 29, 2010 at 11:46 pm Kathleen

Watching the Kings feed is so instructive. Before this season, for example, I thought that “Shakey’s Pizza” was a creation of Matt Stone and Trey Parker’s collective brain, but no, it’s real! I also didn’t know that SoCal hockey fans are all degenerate gamblers with a franchised bailbondsman on speed dial, or maybe the Kings somehow just got bamboozled into going in on the Raiders’ media buy.
on November 30, 2010 at 8:05 am Schnookie

I also didn’t know that SoCal hockey fans are all degenerate gamblers with a franchised bailbondsman on speed dial, or maybe the Kings somehow just got bamboozled into going in on the Raiders’ media buy.

:^:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: I love the bail bondsman commercials on the Kings’ feeds. It makes me feel all highbrow and klassy.

Good morning, everyone! You know what tomorrow is? DECEMBER! Advent calendar, here I come!
on November 30, 2010 at 10:25 am Myra

This is for mcguffers, from Bobby Ryan’s Tweeter feed last night: Huge home win. Great effort. Glass of red and a little acoustic guitar before bed. Dave Barnes “chameleon”. Great tune!

What the? That is way too cosmopolitan for a 23 year old hockey star.
on November 30, 2010 at 10:45 am Schnookie

What the? That is way too cosmopolitan for a 23 year old hockey star.

:^::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: To be fair to Bobby, he tried to toughen up his image a bit by failing to mention the silk smoking jacket and quilted slippers.
on November 30, 2010 at 10:53 am Myra

Yeah, but you know that was what he was wearing.
on November 30, 2010 at 11:17 am Mags

What the? That is way too cosmopolitan for a 23 year old hockey star.

he tried to toughen up his image a bit by failing to mention the silk smoking jacket and quilted slippers.

:^::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: to both of you!

I think this bears repeating: snow makes people do weird shit in traffic. I saw so many almost-accidents. I’m glad I took the time and walked.
on November 30, 2010 at 12:17 pm mcguffers

What the? That is way too cosmopolitan for a 23 year old hockey star.

he tried to toughen up his image a bit by failing to mention the silk smoking jacket and quilted slippers.

:^::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: That’s it! I am thoroughly in love! I hope Komi doesn’t mind. It doesn’t count as cheating if it’s in another conference, right?

Mags, I’m with you. I don’t care how cold it is, I would so much rather walk vs drive in crazy snow driving weather.

I was introduced to the show Hoarders by a cousin over Thanksgiving so now I’ve been watching it on Netflix. Holy. Schnikies. This is just… wow… just… *shakes head in shock*
on November 30, 2010 at 12:23 pm Pookie

Good morning, everyone! I just got back from 2 hours of sexual harassment training. The gist of it all was, “if someone tells you to stop, stop”. Nice.
on November 30, 2010 at 12:44 pm Mags

I just got back from 2 hours of sexual harassment training.

Oof, ouch.

I’m trying to decide whether to email the Martha Stewart people to complain about their Speculaas recipe. Or whether to email a proper version to the Kitchn. Or whether to make some tomorrow and blog it (the only issue there is that I don’t have speculaas molds). In any case, it needs to be address, because that recipe is ALL WRONG, and is doing delicious speculaas a disservice.
on November 30, 2010 at 12:45 pm mcguffers

“if someone tells you to stop, stop”.

When I worked in HR, the one thing I could never get over was when someone truly didn’t understand why what they said was wrong. How does a full grown man not understand that he can’t tell his 18 year old employee that she “can’t come to work dressed like a hooker”?
on November 30, 2010 at 12:45 pm Mags

it needs to be addressED. My bad.
on November 30, 2010 at 12:49 pm Schnookie

In any case, it needs to be address, because that recipe is ALL WRONG, and is doing delicious speculaas a disservice.

Hm. I think we were going to try that recipe this weekend. Perhaps now would be a good time for me to ask what recipe you would recommend instead, Mags?
on November 30, 2010 at 12:50 pm Mags

Schnookie, I’ll email you.
on November 30, 2010 at 1:12 pm Schnookie

Oooh! Thanks so much!!
on November 30, 2010 at 1:14 pm Mags

Youse got mail.
on November 30, 2010 at 1:16 pm Schnookie

You are the BEST, Mags!
on November 30, 2010 at 1:17 pm Mags

I know, I’m pretty spiffy.
on November 30, 2010 at 1:20 pm Pookie

We were going to use this recipe because the picture looks most like the ones we had in the Hauge:

LINK TO COOKIES, MMMMM COOKIES
on November 30, 2010 at 1:29 pm carolbrowne

The recipe looks okay, but could use more chocolate. I guess you could dip them in chocolate, couldn’t you?

YES PLEASE!
on November 30, 2010 at 1:29 pm Schnookie

Oh. I guess I lied about our speculaas, then. Sorry about that! But still, thanks so much for the recipe! Maybe we should have a speculaas-off…
on November 30, 2010 at 1:32 pm Schnookie

The recipe looks okay, but could use more chocolate.

You know, I often end up saying that. And about two months ago, when Pookie and I tried some new (to us) recipe for something non-chocolatey, we declared that there was NO POINT making desserts that aren’t chocolate. And now we’re doing a new cookie recipe every weekend for the holidays and so far we’ve had bourbon pecan molassesy cookies and spice cookies, and speculaas coming up. So we’re really sticking to the “only chocolate” plan here. :P
on November 30, 2010 at 1:34 pm Pookie

“Only chocolate” only doesn’t count at Christmastime. The rest of the year? ONLY CHOCOLATE!
on November 30, 2010 at 1:37 pm carolbrowne

The rest of the year? ONLY CHOCOLATE!

Words to live by. Yummers.
on November 30, 2010 at 1:38 pm Schnookie

I have to say, I think Mags’s instructions for speculaas spices sound better than the recipe we’d picked out, Pookie. At the VERY LEAST, we need to do a mash-up.

The speculaas we had in the Hague were thin and crispy and fresh-baked so the bag we carried them in down the street was almost too hot to hold, and I was HIGHLY doubtful, because they had the coloring and appeared to have the texture of, like, health-food biscuits or something, but OHMYGOD they were SO GOOD. KtG tried to tell us that it was an unusual texture and thinness for speculaas, but now I’m on a mission to recreate it in our own kitchen.
on November 30, 2010 at 2:06 pm Pookie

At the VERY LEAST, we need to do a mash-up.

Works for me! Mmmmmmmm warm spice cookies….
on November 30, 2010 at 3:13 pm mcguffers

My only rule for cookies is they have to be chewy. I actually like the taste of ginger snaps, but I have to soak them in milk first. (Which being lactose intolerant, kind of destroys the enjoyment of the cookie.)

… I could really use a chocolate chip cookie right now…
on November 30, 2010 at 3:21 pm Schnookie

I could use ANY cookie right now. And we even have gazillions of spice cookies at home, but I stupidly didn’t bring any with me to work today. What was I thinking???
on November 30, 2010 at 3:40 pm mcguffers

but I stupidly didn’t bring any with me to work today. What was I thinking???

Clearly you weren’t!!
on November 30, 2010 at 4:55 pm Mags

And we even have gazillions of spice cookies at home, but I stupidly didn’t bring any with me to work today.

I take my leave to question your judgment.

Re: speculaas, they can be as thick or thin or chewy or crunchy as you want them. I prefer 0.5cm thick and crunchy (and shaped like moose, but that is another matter), but ymmv.
on November 30, 2010 at 4:56 pm Mags

judgment.

Judgement, even. Jeepers. I can’t even be judgemental properly.
on November 30, 2010 at 6:16 pm Karen

Mmm, I love to make thick and chewy gingerbread cookies! Holiday baking is totally imminent.