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wow. thats one for the record books. But a lions hat is WAY better than a yankkes jacket, just saying. :P

Be Careful out there guys, lol http://sports.espn.go.com/espnmag/reillygofish http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/columns/sto...mp;sportCat=nba Two pieces by ESPN's Rick Reilly on bad athlete tattoos. My personal favorite is Shawn Marions, which is kanji and should say "The Matrix" but instead says "Demon Bird Mothballs." Of course you can't go wrong with praying hands holding a glock. As for the last one (in the second link)... I'm speechless.

Our team, sitting at 1-6-2 on the year, matched up against the hated State Farm team, who were 7-0-2 coming in. they've crushed us twice all ready. We both came in shorthanded, 6 skaters each, (we have 11 guys, they have 13) but we played great, winning 5-0. One guy had his first hat trick, I fed a guy up front for his first goal of the year, and picked up another assist, and we were able to help our goalie get his first shutout of the year. yesterday was also the first time we went out to the bar as a team to celebrate the win, at least the first since I turned 21 two weeks ago. Surely a tradition I will enjoy in the future. B)

Great story, and a really nice tattoo. I'm pretty sure thats the same shop my dad has been looking at for his tattoo...which is apparently on hold again.

Never heard of the cage rule...all though we might need it. Last year, we had a guy get cut on the chin with a stick, three days before his wedding. 6 stitches, and my uncle who runs the game got an "unpleasant" email from the bride to be. The groom has never been seen without a cage since. :D

Sometimes a lack of scoring is not only the forwards fault. Take a look at where the D is getting them the puck. Are the forwards getting passes in open ice on their stick or in their feet with an opponent nearby. The right first pass can make a huge difference. Why don't you move up to forward for net year? Its not like they can get worse, and hopefully you'd enjoy the change of scenery. Think of it as a new challenge you probably couldn't get if you guys were 9-0. Reyno can attest from playing against us, of our 6 forwards, none of them can truly handle the puck. it comes down to the four defenseman (one of whom has Mono and is done for the year) to carry the puck, and as soon as one of us starts moving the puck up ice, the forwards stop skating at the blue line, lose all momentum, and wait. by the time they start skating again the defenseman carrying the puck is triple teamed, forced into a bad shot, and left with an odd man rush the other way , because the forwards don't try to move back and play help out D. Plain and simple, I have been playing for three years, I'd rate my hands at a 3/10 and my skating as maybe a 4/10, and I'm probably the second best player on the team. We simply have no talent on this team, and we are completely over matched in the league. As far as skill level, I am in the middle of the pack in the league, I can compete and play well, but I'm on a team that depends on me to do more than I'm capable of. And the reason I played D was because I felt I was a stronger backwards skater than most of the rest, and because literally no one else wanted to play. Next wednesday is our last regular season and I will be asking to play forward just to shake things up and for my own enjoyment I guess. I liked playing D, but I just want to change it up. No, you don't. And that's why you won't see me in the league either. The only way I would play is if I move up to B league. I'm thinking I'm going to B league as well. I'm lobbying my roommate to move, up, but he's not sure if he wants to. Shoot me a message next spring if you end up going to B League.

I seriously miss Hudler as much as I miss Hossa. He was a sparkplug, so fun to watch, and every year he just kept developing that scoring touch.

I would think those are from the NCAA Skills Challenge. I know one place was selling RBK pants from that event.

8-0 loss tonight. On a team thats 1-6-2, with one game left against a team that has 1 loss all year. And the Captains said even though next spring there will be a draft for the new season, it will probably be pretty close to the same teams next year. Do I really want to pay $160 to play 10 games of beer league on a team with no forwards who can do anything with the puck?

Come on mack, like you haven't been to the midnight premiere of the last three Ice Age movies. Seriously though, leary may have done a lot of crap, but Rescue me is an awesome show.

Have you checked http://www.blackstonesport.com/fbv_where.cfm#Michigan ? Supposedly pretty up to date. I don't know Michigan too well so don't know if any of those are close. oh thanks, that should help.

Any shops in the Flint or Saginaw area of Michigan doing FBV? Or Ann Arbor or Lansing?

Working from 11:30 to 8:30 yesterday, lunch at 3:30 Punch out for lunch at 3:31 at my job at a major supermarket. Go to buy food. Get to the juice aisle (aisle 5, this becomes important later) and someone, wearing a navy T-shirt and blue jeans, with several earrings (also becomes important later) says to me "Hey, we got a spill" and points to a Sobe bottle broken on the floor. I go to the front of the store and and tell my manager theres a spill with broken glass in aisle 5. She tells me to go "Guard the spill" and she will get someone on it. So I go back to aisle 5, using a broom and dustpan to get the glass off the floor. I get the glass and wait in that aisle for the next 40 minutes, waiting and trying to flag down other employees, but because I'm in the middle of the aisle and cant stray too far from the spill. Finally catch someones attention, and about 10 minutes later two guys come with a mop and bucket. It is now ten after four. I go to take care of the glass. In the back I see...The guy with the earrings. I don't recognize him immediately because he rushed off so quickly, so I say "I have broken glass here, what do I do with it." He laughingly replies "Yeah, I know. I dropped it." I'm pissed at this point because this guy is wasting my lunch dumping this on me, with me not realizing hes a fellow employee. So he tells me to throw the glass in the receptacle, but save the UPC for a write off. Naturally, I try to be careful as I reach into the glass, but still manage to cut myself. Just a poke, but it bleeds pretty quickly. So I get that cleaned up, and go to tell my boss I have now spent the last 50 minutes addressing the spill, while on lunch. She tells me she thought the spill was on the Cashier aisle 5, which makes sense because that was the Cashier aisle I was working on. So, lucky for me they let me take my full hour lunch, but it still pisses me off that this was all caused by a fellow employee, only I didn't realize it was because he was wearing jeans and we are supposed to wear khakis, plus no name tag.

haha I'd trade it in a heartbeat for a game used jersey, gloves and a ride in that Lambo ... that's not asking too much is it :) Guys, think of Mike here. He just kicked the CNT's, if you give him one, he'll relapse and have to go right back to the beginning. Respect the healing process! :lol:

"It was my understanding there would be no math in tonight's debate." I had a lengthy algorithm prepared based on distance from the bronx, and amount of money spent on yankee paraphenalia, but it kept coming up that the biggest yankee fans are all in florida so I scrapped it.

Maybe where you're from, but whenever I meet "yankee fans" in michigan I usually strike up a conversation. 15% of the time it's a die hard who remembers David Wells' career ERA. 65% of the time is something along the lines of "They're AWESOME!!!" or "I just like the hat" (meaning they don't know shit.) But my favorite are the 20% I meet, who are really among the 65% but try to bluff their way into the 15%, until I lay a bear trap, like my favorite from about 2 months ago. Me: "Yuniesky Betancourt has been so good since you guys called him up from Double A. I guess the Yanks have finally replenished the farm." Poseur: "Oh yeah man, I know, he's been lights out for us, good pick for sure." Me: "Well, I'll see you around, talk to you later." Poseur: "Yeah, and GO YANKEES" Tip: always use a name the person would have heard on Sportscenter at some point, but who's anonyous enough that he probably doesn't know what team he's on.

Forgot to mention the other sucky part about last night. I had been skating on a 1/2 hollow, felt like I needed more bite, so I asked for a 7/16. Love it, much more bite, felt quicker and all in all, something I'm going to stick with. However, we only get a 3 minute warmup, so I didnt really get used to them until about the second period. Early in the first, Im skating backwards on D, forwards rushing at me. I see his eyes go down so I move to try and pokecheck. What I thought I was going to do was swerve in front and past him, taking the puck off his stick and lead a rush. What really happened, was my skates dug in more than I expected, and he steamrolled me without seeing me, and I went down hard. Hurt like hell, really embarrassing, and it cost us a 3-1 in a game where we had no offensive pressure. Plus I was worried I had a concussion, but luckily it became apparent fairly soon afterward that I was fine.

Played an absolutely brutal game today. Our team, which has had the shortest roster all season, has 3 guys missing, one (a good defenseman) has mono and thinks hes done for the year. We play against the most talented team in the league, who also just so happen to have a deep bench. (we dressed 8 skaters, they had 14. fun stuff) They crushed us 5-0. It was 5-0 at the end of the second, they spent their whole third period feeding the puck to everyone on the team who hadnt scored yet. We STILL couldnt get any offense going, even as they ragged the puck. So frustrating.

Orientation in the morning, finally have a job, huge load off my mind.

6-3 with 3:50 left...looks like the Leafs beat the raptors to the punch.

Am I reading it right? They say "Hammer" on the cuff? any idea who those belonged to?

I think they're going to have to wait until the Blue Jays come back :lol:

Ah the cliche guy. Kid I used to play flag football with in IM was always talking himself up as a "possession reciever" who wasn't afraid to go over the middle, and "If its there I'll bring it in." This translates to "I have no speed to beat anyone deep. I'm not afraid to catch a pass over the middle in a strict no-contact league, and I will drop 75% of the passes I demand you throw me, and come back to the huddle saying things like 'next time hit my outside shoulder' or 'that was interference he was all over me' or 'You mis-read my cut, I tried to come back for that but it was too late." And then he would come in and draw up another play in the huddle where he got the ball. When the QB threw to someone else, he'd come back and say "make sure you look at the first option, he can't cover me on those out routes." He went through every difficulty to ensure he got the ball, without ever getting angry or looking selfish. At least he thought.

why are the habs booing Higgins everytime he touches the puck? I mean, he got traded, it's not like he forced the move. Was he an unpopular player in Montreal?

Agreed, and I thought a lot of players looked pretty cool in it. Really hoping I can get my hands on an NME at some point, especially if Bauer puts their brand/logo on it. fingers crossed...