A Postcard From Europe

Well, we made it one piece across the Atlantic, and have remained in one piece since disembarking in Amsterdam. And look who also got a stamp in his passport: Mats loves it here, cheering for the Netherlands with his new best friend Beesie. But don’t worry — if the Devils were playing in the World [...]

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We’re Hitting The Road!

By this time tomorrow, we will be on our way to the Netherlands for a week-long bacchanal of cheese, beer, wooden clogs, and hanging out with our non-Ookie sister. We don’t normally go places we have to fly to; in fact, the last airplane trip we took had Dallas as our destination. We had a [...]

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Hey! We’ve Been There! No, Really. We Have.

Now that we have successfully converted this space from a hockey blog to a “Walker, Texas Ranger” blog, we’d like to share with you a true story of what it’s like watching that fine, fine show on DVD with us. The way it works is that “Walker” does its hilariously awful thing, and we spend [...]

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Wherein We Go On The World’s Most Random Roadtrip: Episode 3

Gentle Reader, we have had an exhausting day. We were such go-getters! We started at the crack of 10 a.m. and headed out to the Franklin Park Conservatory for a photo excursion. It’s a beautiful place, all gorgeously sunlit and plant-filled, and the grounds beyond the conservatory are lovely (although they were covered with snow [...]

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Wherein We Go On The World’s Most Random Roadtrip: Episode 2

Today was the centerpiece day of our trip to Columbus — game day! We greeted the day at the crack of mid- to late-morning, and were thrilled to find it cold and gloomy outside. Perfect weather for traipsing around town and then walking to the arena! The first stop on our busy itinerary was the [...]

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Wherein We Go On The World’s Most Random Roadtrip: Episode 1

Okay, so at some point early this season, when the Blue Jackets were acting as our secondary, back-up reserve tranny brides, we decided to plan a road trip to Columbus. We checked our schedules, checked their schedule, tried to estimate when, during the season, we’d be looking for a vacation, and picked a random, far-off [...]

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Chuck The Duck’s Awesome New Tattoos

So we mentioned in our last post that Chuck the Duck got some body art to commemorate his first trip to The Rawk on Saturday. Chuck is wildly proud of his tattoos, and we’re sure you’re dying to see them in more detail. His first tattoo is this one: Yeah, you read that right — [...]

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