Law Goalie

Somebody get that man a Maltese!

Nicely illustrated.

Biannual and semiannual are exactly synonymous; biennial, however, means every two years. This post brought to you by The Notorious OED: pimpin' words since 1861. Incidental rant: if I hear one more bloody person in my field - where they really ought to know better - getting all censorious about the word 'niggardly' I'm going to be forced to found a Clockwork Orange Institute of Compulsory Dictionary Review.

"Sorry, I haven't figured out how to torch NHL goalies using only my thumbs."

Ellipsis: the gift that keeps on giving.

I completely missed that, so my thanks for posting it: definitely got a good chuckle. The sales guy was probably thinking, "Damn I should recruit this kid for my beer league team... 'Hey man, we play Thursdays, and...'"

The word biannual always struck me as positively filthy.

Agreed. I played games on our 6-month and 1-year wedding anniversaries and on consecutive Valentine's Days; all I get now is good-natured groaning. Part of this is just simple honesty: if your actions say that hockey is important, she won't be confused by hockey's importance to you later. If you make it clear that occasional celebrations trump your hockey, then change your tune later on - even if it's for a perfectly sound reason in your mind, like a playoff game or a game where you're short players - it's open to interpretation.

Basically, with a little bit of good old-fashioned personal jealousy thrown in.

Woke up this morning, after a really fun skate yesterday afternoon and looking forward to another today, with yet another paper acceptance waiting in my inbox: still batting 1.000 in peer-review, 5-for-5, and not in fluff journals either. Side-vent: still not getting the funding I deserve, despite outpublishing the entire DEPARTMENT -- and that's getting old fast.

Mouthguard... that, and Radio's clearly getting ready to throw down on him. I recognise that look from the time Chikin gave him a whack in front of my net. Incidentally, there's a kind of synthetic leather that would look *amazing* as a glove material when paired with those Easton matte helmets. I don't know the trade name, and I'm 99% sure Ennis doesn't distribute it, but it's on the tendon guards of the Flexlite 10/12 and 18/20. Could be a Majalite offering.

Took a massive hit and kept on going... here's hoping he feels good over the first 72 hours after impact!

Beautiful, McSorley still rolling with the Jofa Colander.

13 points in 14 games - best PPG on the Blues by a mile since his return.

Had an Olympian out to guest-coach with my goalies, got my first ice in months, received an absolutely glowing review on my latest paper, and discovered a blindingly good Sicilian table wine. Now to start on making my pads... Brilliant. Next year: goal-light on top, siren in the base.

Chin up, Joey. The world gives what it owes. I spit on his grave.

CBC just made a point of showing David's goal and putting it in context. He may now have the longest goal-scoring streak in NHL history, temporally speaking, since he scored in his last game and his first game back.

Unpegged nets... argh! And one very small unsolicited suggestion for 'Ricky': he'll find his positioning (and his position in general) a lot less tiring and far more successful if he plays inside-out rather than outside-in -- that is, by waiting with his back against the crossbar, tapping off on the short-side post and telescoping/challenging out to meet each scoring threat, then returning, rather than spending the entire game at the hash-marks and trying to find his angle and retreat from ten to twelve feet out. It seems like more skating (out and back every time) but it's actually far, far less effort to track the play and stay on-angle, and makes it way easier to play the puck behind the net. Inside-out is the way every single NHL goalie plays, and a very small change that can improve every goalie's success and enjoyment. Idiot coaches tended to beat outside-in positioning into young goalies through the 60s, 70s and 80s, which is a trend that serious goalie coaches only later began to reverse.

UPS. With any luck, you'll get the guns AND never have to see them for the rest of your life - or at least the rest of their lives.

You're doing it right -- and the ring just seals it.

Dreger's reporting that he played a full contact practise today. Congratulations, David: one more step up. With reason hath deep silence and demur Seis'd us, though undismay'd: long is the way And hard, that out of Hell leads up to light. (PL 2.431-2) (If the comparison with Milton's Satan is a forgivable one.)

No, wait, the real money's in licensing other people to act as dealers: then you just sit back and watch the royalty cheques roll in!

Suicidal tendencies are a nightmarishly common side-effect of anti-depressants. Unless you've been diagnosed with a specific organic dementia that is the cause of or has been caused by your alcohol addiction, and which your prescription is specifically aimed at neutralising, get the hell off them and consult your doctor immediately. This isn't my opinion, informed or otherwise: it's invariably on the script or the package that if you have suicidal thoughts, discontinue. Beyond that, find a better psychotherapist. Check in with the American Psychological Association (apa.org) for a recommendation. You'll likely find that some combination of group and one-on-one work will be most effective, but it's important not to only do one, or to get discouraged because one or the other doesn't seem to work. Even if you don't "believe in" whatever particular approach a given psychologist favours, or psychology generally, if they have a specialty in your area they will have unfathomable experience in the kind of problems you're having, and they will have seen people who got better before their eyes -- enough to know what may help.

Wear light clothing, but more importantly, produce less carbon dioxide and lactic acid. Seriously. Change your respiration and you'll be less of a target. What they're keying on isn't what your sprayed on your skin, but what's coming out of your mouth and nose.

I'm guessing you're well past the point of saying, "Honey, what about a nice, intimate family wedding..." and still keeping your neck and/or genitals intact.