Random Thoughts On A Quiet Saturday Night

– For a variety of uninteresting reasons, Pookie arrived at work this morning with about 20 minutes to spare and a hankering to find videos about Beaks on YouTube. She found this: When she sent the link to Schnookie this exchange ensued: Pookie: I found a HILARIOUS video of Beaks and CoreyPerry CoreyPerry. Fighting in [...]

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We Never Thought We’d See The Day

We are, by principle, extremely opposed to the idea of third jerseys. But you know what? We love, love, love the Blue Jackets’ new third jerseys. WE LOVE THEM. ::CANNON BOOM!!!:: P.S. They could be improved if Stinger was shooting out of the cannon, but we’ll take what we can get. EDITED TO ADD: We [...]

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Devils vs. Rangers, 11/05/10

Just when you think it can’t get worse, the Rangers come to town. Join us for an open thread!

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Devils @ Sabres, 10/13/10 — Woolgathering And Open Thread

Whew! We just got home in time to plop some cheese and bread onto our plates and settle down in front of the TV for the game! It’s hard to believe it’s that time of year already, where friend hates friend and the Devils play the Sabres. Join us for some woolgathering and open threading, [...]

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Wherein Life Has Nevertheless Been Worth While Living

Every October we pop a bottle of champagne and toast NHL Opening Night with this passage from Halldor Laxness’s Independent People: And when later in life he thought of those days of the face that reigned over them, then he felt that he too, no less than the blue mountains, had been fortunate enough to [...]

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An Open Letter To The Flyers On The Final Day Of The Season

Dear Flyers, You’re probably all really busy getting ready for this afternoon’s big win-and-you’re-in game, but we’d like to bug you for just one quick second. See, we have a problem. The Rangers have stolen all our marbles. What do we mean? Well, you know that foxy blogger up in Buffalo, Katebits? She once explained [...]

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Devils @ Flyers, 03/28/10: Open Thread

So the Devils have clinched their 13th-straight playoff berth. All that remains between now and the first round loss start of the playoffs is convincing Kovalchuk he should sign a Hossa-esque 1-year deal with the Devs, convincing Paulie his arm really is bionic and his shot is now unstoppable, and convincing Zharkov the Candygram is [...]

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