Last Cup of Sorrow

Candace and I were perturbed by Detroit claiming the Stanley Cup last night. We generally do not like the Red Wings, so our support naturally gravitated to Pittsburgh. This had carried-over form the Conference Finals, where we had to root against Philly, so we had gained an affinity for Pittsburgh. In Candace’s [...]

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Long since I saw you, so have you been?

I was debating whether to take the entire month of May off from updating, but I decided to come back for the final week. The past 6 weeks have been pretty crazy for me, with school seriously kicking my ass. For some stupid reason, I thought it would be a good idea to take all [...]

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Is It Just Me?

Can someone else please chime in on this?  Throughout the day I periodically visit the bathroom like most people.  In the past week I’ve been in the bathroom twice while someone was on the phone.  Now I can kind of understand if you needed to find a semi private place to talk and there was [...]

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Spring Has Sprung

Okay we’re about 1/2 way through the deck project.  Half of it has been power-washed and half of what has been power-washed has been sealed.  We made the executive decision to not power-wash this weekend and just concentrate on getting the washed part sealed because it was supposed to rain on Sunday. 

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The Great Outdoors

When we were considering what house to buy and Chris was in love with the house we are at now, his selling point was that it’s got a big yard and I could have a nice garden. I was like yeah I don’t know it’s kind of a small house and the yard needs [...]

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The waiting is the hardest part

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I wholly expect today’s opening of the NHL free agent market to be a letdown. While the Bruins would seem a good fit for Marian Hossa, reuniting him with his former GM, friend and former teammate Zdeno Chara and former favorite setup man Marc Savard, the economics of his expected contract would be tight. Chiarelli mostly confirmed that he won’t make any immediate moves, which would seem to indicate he is waiting for the few top-tier players to sign, then go after someone like a Michael Ryder or Radim Vrbata. A number of rumors have continuously linked the Bruins to Hossa, but hack Globe writer KP Dupont continues to dismiss such rumors (of course, Dupont also wrote an earlier article talking about how recently signed winger Blake Wheeler was a great defenseman, including apparently made-up quotes from Wheeler’s agent supporting this). More on page 57

chris @ July 1, 2008

Almost Cut My Hair

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In case you missed it, we took Caleb for his first hair cut last week.  It was obvious that he was irritated by the length, as it was in his face, he would pull on it and because it had become a significant chore to wash, requiring detangling conditioner.  His hair was so long that even when we corrected people that called him a girl, they would ignore us and continue to refer to him as “Her.”  More on page 55

chris @ June 18, 2008

Perpetual Black Second

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I forgot to mention this yesterday, but the final minute of game 6 was amazing, right down to Hossa’s near goal as time expired (the best modern end to a Cup Final?).  Candace and I were livid waiting for a replay, which NBC took far too long to cue up.  The initial angle made it look very close to having crossed the goal line.  I will credit NBC that when they finally did come up with the replay, it was a very good view that showed how close Hossa was to tying the game.  Given the outcome of game 5 - 30 seconds from hoisting the Cup, Detroit gives up the tying goal, at home - I think it would have been too demoralizing for the Wings to overcome.  In the end, it didn’t matter, but it did strike me as odd that Detroit celebrated, ignoring such an important play that appeared so close. More on page 54

chris @ June 6, 2008