FogBat

To see the score posts and then wait for SXM to catch up takes away some of the thrill.

I’m starting to have a soft spot in my heart toward musicians and artists (like I already do toward engineers) - regardless of their worldview. They can have an exceptional talent that most of us could only dream of having. Having said that, while I never seriously followed Foo Fighters, I’m trusting everyone else’s appreciation toward Taylor Hawkins. While their genre isn’t exactly my cup of tea, I wouldn’t write them off. TBH, I was more shocked when Robert Miles of “Children” fame died a few years ago. That song alone captured the emotions and feeling of suffering youth in other parts of the world.

I was thinking of Kotalik as well when we went to the shootout last night. (Caught the last few minutes of the game on SXM.) IIRC, he had a habit of taking bad penalties at the worst of times in regulation, but he was always lethal on shootouts.

I can’t begin to imagine, man. And yet, I think back to when I saw Rush twice on their Test For Echo tour: first in downtown Buffalo, the second at Darien Lake - knowing that Neil Peart is gone. Maybe not in the same league, but this would be like Cannibal Corpse losing Alex Webster and/or Paul Mazurkiewicz.

Oops! She did it again.

I gave you a thumbs up because I thought the GIF summed up what everyone’s thinking right now. Or Neil Peart to Rush.

I’m always up for a good laugh, especially when other people ought to know better. https://www.huffpost.com/entry/dc-trucker-convoy-peeing-pants_n_623ca0efe4b0c727d489760a/amp

My wife and I are in a serious conundrum. I was about to take a job offer from my old boss in Alabama which would have paid at minimum $73k per year. Unbeknownst to my current employer, they came out with a new pay and incentive package to where I could see six figures for the first time in my life - as a company driver. Sounds easy, right? Not even close. I hope to explain more next week since I wanted to post this before the thread got locked until next Thursday.

You, along with most of the regulars on here, are blessed with the ability to watch more hockey than I am able to. That said, I get the general impression that the team has improved considerably since getting rid of the previous coach AND the guy Craig Rivet unloaded on after the VGK game. (Names not mentioned for good reason).

Something like that. It must be a Texas thing.

Been there too. Nothing to write home about, unless you like seeing a few old Cadillacs with the front ends in the ground and the rear ends facing the sky.

Yes, they do. This proves it. New Mexico is probably one of the most depressing states I’ve ever driven through - especially with all of the things I’ve heard about it. I have no plans to go there again - not even to throw a pizza on a roof.

Taking all of these things into account leaves me with a very uneasy feeling: either Brandon Beane is very good at what he’s doing, or his bluff will be called when we all least expect it and the whole franchise will crater and implode exponentially worse than when the USFL was awarded a measly $3. And that whole thing about moving numbers around should have us really concerned since it sounds a lot like Enron.

That wasn’t directed at you.

Did that piece come from Feckless Eklund?

Well, when someone like that becomes a useless old crank, this is all he has.

I honestly thought that this was a good thing. Maybe the franchise will finally turn the corner and snap this playoff drought next season.

If Jerry Hughes goes to NO, will this happen?

Thanks, Captain Obvious.

Even more so than Chicago?

That would not surprise me one bit. There’s quite a bit of history and bad blood between those two countries. The Katyn Forest massacre is still fresh on the minds of those who lived to tell about it, and was made all the more raw when an official Polish delegation that was on their way to memorialize the event died in a plane crash in 2010.

Don’t feel bad. I’m English and Scottish, and both countries aren’t known for producing stellar hockey stars. However, there was Mariusz Czerkawski. I thought you might have remembered him from at least 10-15 years ago.

So true. That’s been the overall consensus. Craig Rivet made that abundantly clear in his bellicose and unhinged profanity-laced tirade against Jack “Oaf” Eichel on the After The Whistle podcast the other day, and yet he lauded Okposo for his leadership.

They finally won the gold medal in men’s hockey. Back in 2006, I really wanted them to get it since I was a huge fan of Teppo Numminen back then. Everything worked out this time.

How about Team Finland!!!