"You know what people have always told me? That I'm a trier, not a doer," pouted Therien. "That and 'Next time remember your skates.'"

I always appreciate it when friends email me links to put up on my blog. This link is courtesy of one 'Gallum' MacKendrick and it is from mcsweeneys.net which you may remember from such posts as, An Open Letter to Shrink-Wrap, Embarrassing Things That Might Happen to You While Using a Lightsaber, and Baseball Knowledge Will Not Help You Pick Up Girls. The link is to The Philadelphia Flyers Have a Time Machine, By Dave Johnston, but they are all very funny. However, if you are not procrastinating like me, or you are The Duke with limited time to screw about on the internet from your cushy job, I personally enjoyed the 4th installment the most and recommend you start there.

So the Oilers lost tonight (in the game ending shootout so Dallas won 6-5). I know it is a team sport but I'm blaming it on Conklin. And Reasoner. The crowd wasn't really into it for some reason...maybe it was the 2 Dallas goals in the first minute of play? (The 'music dude' working for the Oilers decided to use U2 songs when the teams take to the ice (All Because of You, Vertigo) and then played Beautiful Day and New Years Day between plays!!) Oh and does anybody know what the penalty is if the goalie plays the puck outside the allotted area behind the goal? This happened tonight but the referee did not do anything about it and that confused me. Shouldn't they whistle down the play and face off?

The Fish also lost this afternoon (7-17 against the Jets), as did the Smos! It's Black Sunday ladies and Gents, Black Sunday indeed. At least the Bears football team put one in the win column (3 TDs in 59 seconds during the 3rd quarter!) for fucks sakes.

On our way home form the game The Dude and I were coming up the escalator in the University LRT station and he made a glib comment (quoting Mulroney) about how, ""[The Meech Lake Accord was] the sweetest deal ever known to man and it was thrown away." We both giggled but the gentleman just ahead of us on the escalator turned around and shot us a rather mean looking glare. This may have been because he was native, or not a Mulroney fan, we are not sure, but The Dude hastily added, "quote, unquote." Am I the only one who finds this fall down funny? So I guess I have a word to the wise: don't quote Mulroney in public.

Song Du Jour: All Because of you ~ U2