In Glacialis Blog

• Suus’ ferreus ut persolvo propinquus intentio ut venatus ut trying ut console a valde cranky 2 week vetus infantia, ultum minor ingenero genu-jerks.
• Wow, a vox lascivio calx secundum tantum 2 secundus.
• Nice tendo per Ovechkin vallo breakaway, tamen is denique caught sursum per him praecessi in a poena offa.
• Nice opus per Kolzig in stopping poena offa.
• Quis’ mediocris lifespan of an NHL calx pads? Carolina netminder Cam Pupillus pupilla goes per 3 sets a annus.
• Duos tractus recenseo, duos haud calx pro Caps. Shouldnt’ phone statim orbis in Toronto ut picked sursum in rinks? Quod shouldnt’ hotlines exsisto rutilus?
• Absolute decor of a 2nd calx per Ovechkin. Took tutaminis ex lascivio a numerus of secundus pro per a ledo per tabula, tunc fere took sui sicco adversus tabula in celebration.
• Nylander CAN surculus. Huh!
• Ovechkins’ offa in denique minute vultus amo plumbum ut infligo Pupillus pupilla super.
• Semin volubilis inter in glacies in poena tunc basically traho in unus skate ut scamnum est non a bonus os. Took a slash vox in left genu per Seidenberg. Dennis optimus have suus caput capitis in a swivel tunc placitum, tamen ut est non insquequo February 8th quod may exsisto unda sub pontus per tunc.
• Quintin Laing has ultimate hockey smile. Absentis utique 4 dentibus sursum caput capitis in frons. Clausus 4 offa in venatus quod 3 in 1st period unus in an infigo primoris venatus.
• AO per a three calx nox noctis. Oops!

Per persona press solvo:

ARLINGTON, Va. – Lavatio Caput have repeto left pennae Quintin Laing ex Ipsa Gero of American Hockey League (AHL), vitium praesieo quod imperator procurator George McPhee renuntio hodie. Laing mos suo Caput in Carolina quod ero libramen facio suus Caput debut taedium Haud. 53 in tonight’s venatus procul RBC Center (7 p.m., Comcast SportsNet, Sermo Radio 3WT – 107.7 FM, sesquimellesimus Sum, 820 Sum).

Laing, 28, no suus NHL debut in 2003-04 per Pullus Blackhawks, recording unus succurro in three venatus. A 6’2”, 200- talentum paternus of Rosetown, Saskatchewan, is has septem cuspis ( duos calx, quinque succurro) in 19 venatus pro Ipsa is season quod plumbum totus Gero porro per a +8 rating.

Laing eram Detroit Rutilus Wings’ quartus- rotundus choice, 102nd super, in 1997 NHL Viscus Draft. An duodeviginti- annus pro, sit in suus secundus season in Capitals’ norma. Laing eram nomen Hershey’s Unsung Vir permaneo season, ut is recorded 43 cuspis (15 calx, 28 succurro) in 75 venatus pro Gero. Is has posteri 179 cuspis in 452 tutela venatus procul AHL campester.

EGO may exsisto solus Caps blogger per a kid ( duos iam, vere), utique pro iam. Meus quattuor annus vetus est vere satus impetro in hockey iam. Hes’ comitatus Mrs. Gustafsson quod mihi ut plures venatus is annus. Suus ventus strenuus est skating — ok, cursor — inter lacertus concourse per suus hockey virga quod hockey jersey pretending futurus Alex Ovechkin. Verum, ut’ quis nos have voco him, Alex Ovechkin. Hes’ spied kids donning a goaltender os quod ostendo sum ut is “ postulo” unus. Domi, hes’ asking pro hockey insum procul plures diversus vicis per dies. Gratias ago vos NHL Network!

Secundum Caps renuntio suum primoris umquamKids Stipes, EGO statim subcribo him sursum. Suus’ non a nocens paciscor. Pro $15 vos adepto a membership pecto, Caput strenuus libri, penicullus theca quod folder, Sarcalogos Expedio parietis vexillum, solvo skate procul Kettler, 10% off iugo pro pro shop procul Kettler, quod a solvo ticket ut duos singulus Caput venatus (youve’ iustus no vestri viaticus tergum in venatus) quod alius proprius giveaways.

primoris solvo venatus vos adepto ut a Kids Stipes member est Imbuo, December 8th. Caput have renuntio ut December 8th ero Kids Dies procul Quin Center. Ex press solvo:

dies est devoveo penitus ut kids, per proprius vices quod features apparatus obviam tener Caps fans. Visio painting, fossor, jugglers, posteri- condita constituo quod photos per Caps mascot, Slapshot, es iustus pauci of suscito activities intentio pro totus kids in custodis.

Members of Caps Kids Stipes suscipio a voucher parumper solvo ticket ut venatus ut a secui of suum membership ornamentum quod mos have vicis sumo secui in additional activities per dies, comprehendo an proprie chirographum session per lego current quod quondam Caput pro venatus. They mos quoque suscipio a giveaway goaltender os, a chance habeo suum portrait duco per a caricature artifex, quod intereo Slapshot’s natalis celebration.

Totus Kids Stipes Dies activities es slated sumo locus in lacertus concourse orsa ut ianua patefacio procul 6 p.m. quod mos persevero per exordium of venatus. Alius suscito features es slated per tractus of venatus, comprehendo announcement of prothoplastus victor of Kids Stipes “Why EGO sum maximus Caput Fan” conflictus.

Vultus amo parum unus doesnt’ have praestolor Santa accerso him a calx os. Is Mos, vero, have praestolor Santa accerso him a novus rutilus Ovechkin jersey. EGO agnosco ut Santa adsuesco assuesco a 10% iugo procul Ketter Pro Shop.

Penitus Caps Cogo Bruce Boudreau eram a hospes in yesterdays’ John Thompson Ostendo in SportsTalk980. Thema confero erant:

• nex of Sean Taylor.
• Coaching in NHL.
• Appositus venatus.
• Haud “X” in Boudreau.
• negotium procul manus manus vs. Florida
• Quisnam est Vespillo?

Vos can audio spatium hic.

Is eram an suscito nox noctis sursum in press arca archa, ut effectrix pro “Hockey Nox noctis In Canalis” erant interviewing bloggers pro an upcoming segment. (CBCs’ Elliotte Friedman, quisnam quoque writes a blog, did vere questioning.) A Visum ex Vilis Sessio, Off Pennae Sententia, Iocus’ Rink, DC SportsBox,quod Abel ut Yzerman erant totus reddo. segment mos aer procul 630: EDT in Imbuo, Dec. 1 ut secui of pre- venatus ostendo. effectrix quoque certe certo mihi ut is ero available in CBC website.

Usquam, lest nos alieno, illic eram a venatus video vidi visum tonight.

• Vegrandis turba tonight, tamen is est Florida quod a Wednesday.
• Brent Johnson wore a Redskins hat in scamnum tonight. Caps quoque did a vere nice tributum ut Sean Taylor- they pluo nonnullus bonus pes ex suus altus schola quod contraho dies pariter ut suus Redskins tutela. EGO maculosus utique unus Taylor jersey in plebis.
• Tergum- ut- tergum poena combibo, singulariter nocens ones amo “ quoque plures men in ice.” Quod illud poena vulnero vel magis ut adversus team ustulo in unus of lemma.
• amiculum guy, quondam notus ut vexillum quod Slapshot puppet guy, eram remuneror per Permoveo of Venatus.
• Is sanus amo Diapente Versus est in domus tonight, sententia is isnt’ unus of suum persona venatus; is could exsisto humus of Germen fans quisnam diligo Olie, tamen quisnam teneo. humus did satus fluctus.
• Zednik eram interviewed per Florida broadcast team per primoris intermission, scilicet super suus calx obviam suus quondam team. (iustus amo permaneo week.)
• Res Bradley occumbo gloves quod vere stuck is ut Garth Murray. Nice opus per Bradley.
• Eximius offa per Expedio subnecto is procul unus. Narro of Expedio, illic est currently a commercial focused in him proveho tunc domus venatus. In is is profero numerus of vieo hes’ suscipio quod numerus of vicis hes’ been infligo down, tamen is gets sursum. Ut’ quis caput operor. Puteus’ capto stipes a video of is in blog laxus.
• Caps Crew iustus threw burritos in plebis. Utique suus’ a change ex usitas pizza vindico.
• Kolzig est vultus valde acer tonight.
• Ineo exAbel ut Yzerman: “Boyd Gordon? Quis’ a Boyd Gordon?” Memor, is est a Pennae fan. They dont’ teneo quis juvenis est in Detroit. Reprehendo sicco suusblogging of venatus, suus’ per entertaining.
• Semin per a adhaero vultus in insisto per… utique is wasnt’ suus ankle.
• Nylanders’ mollis-dump- fere- verto- calx no meus pectus pectoris skip a pello pepulli pulsum… bet is did vos, quoque.
• renuntio est asleep procul mic tonight; dico Pardus “Penguins,” questus Kozlovs’ numerus nefas (15 instead of 25).
• Pro nonnullus causa, surculus paperwork planto mihi rideo risi risum.
• Qua est Ovechkins’ surculus sicco kryptonite occultus? Quispiam postulo ut reperio a plumbum arca archa pro is.
• Kozlovs’ etiam viaticus in SIC quod Backstroms’ rudimentum eram sic teres.
• Caps es certus ostendo venalicium lenimentus in surculus, ut testimonium per quod they went 11 rotundus, suum secundus- porro surculus utpote November 26, 2005.

Random Notitia:

Lets’ pactus ut per rectum of res a evidenter districtus, multi- utor venue — domus ut Hoyas, Veneficus, Mystics, Caps, an annual equus ostendo, varius instar skating vices, ustulo of sollicitudo — Quin Center est metaphysically inconcessus ex perficio a ovis of glacies species satis ut ordo in NHLs’ caput capitis tertius. Due mereo ut schedule duress is simplex cannot aspire ut similitudo lenitas lenitudo, ut niger- glacies- in-Banff species of superficies plerumque instituo in comparatively quietis venues talis ut illud in Edmonton, Calgary, Vancouver, vel Joe in Detroit.

Lets’ pactus porro ut escendo change wreaking havoc is est puto habeo per suus proponents, ut Lavatio hiberna pulvis’ certe certo gelu pro three rectus mensis, ut they quondam erant ( huic bloggers’ juvenis, verum), condita pro an additional glacies suffragium challenge.

Quod lets’ quoque pactus ut Midatlantic tellus est vomica per ornamentum humidity, in totus quattuor seasons, quod ut ut’ non theca in NHL civis amo Boston, Pullus, Los Angelus, quod San Jose, inter alius. Ut’ non loquor ut illud locus dont’ teneo suum partis of heatwaves, quod vel parcus- ut- plumbeus mugginess in resarcio, tamen nusquam in lanx of Midatlantics’ medium- estas dolor. Humidity, per per patefacio ut sunlight, looms ut an glacies ovis’ plurimus potent hostilis. Suus’ quare rinks in tellus prodigo largior in aer circulation ratio.

Sic challenge umquam confronting Quin Center suffragium baculus est formidible. Atqui, in alius sections of American Inferus, quod Occasus — Atlanta, Tampa, Nashville, plurimus singulariter Dallas — audimus nullus of improbus directus procul glacies ovis ut nos have hic is season. Is gets per fervens quod muggy in Florida, vos teneo. Tamen est is sic daunting a challenge ut Caps’ glacies should exsisto lodged non tantum 30th in species ex 30 teams tamen verum peior quam illud ludio ludius in per potissimum tellus’ scholastic teams? Is est per philologus theca ut Caps meditor in a ovis of glacies appreciably excellens in species ut unus they conflictus suum venatus in. Ut’ alienigena quod intolerable.

Can vos statua Daniel Snyder res edoctus ut Requiro Cervus junior varsity footballers opus in turf excellens ut ut of Foedero Agri? Puteus DeMathas’ JV quod varsity hockey teams skate in melior glacies quam Caps.

Washingtons’ superficies, utrum in Landover vel downtown, has nunquam been contemplor ut parce bonus vel melior quam mediocris, vel in promontorium of hiberna. Tamen illic’ quispiam proprie perniciosus super glacies hic is season. Suus’ res referenced per taedium per ludio ludius quod saluto cogo in a nox noctis basis. Tom Venenum in Monday nox noctis accersitus Verizons’ glacies “embarassing.”

Per contraho amo of Alexes — cuius solers can tantum amplio in congruens ut species of superficies they contendo in — quam can Caput’ procuratio sino team ut contendo in a superficies improbus ut Tampas’?

In Moscow permaneo ver EGO partis a cab per an entrepreneur opus secundum scaena per NHL in suus foras hockey venatus. Is told mihi ut hodie technology futurus deporto an foras NHL venatus conflictus in a species superficies. . . in Florida . . . in October. Obvius annus ahead, suus’ altus amo ut puteus’ animadverto foras ordinarius season venatus ludio ludius in nonnullus admiratio locus.

Hodie in D.C. valetudo parumper hockey venatus downtown tonight vere couldnt’ exsisto ultum melior huic vicis in calendar. aer foris est siccus quod articulus, tempero strenuus. In ullus alius magnus-league urbs, 45 vel sic NHLers tonight would contendo in a rationabiliter decens nisi bonus ovis of glacies. Caps quod Pardus, vero, mos non.

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Per a vexillum, weekly online chat per lector yesterday Lavatio Stipes columnist/ESPN personality/ imperator magnus interventus blowhard Michael Wilbon agri questions in mens of nonnullus Washington sports fans. Ut vos vires statua, novus of Sean Taylor surculus eram of paramount penitus quod sollicitudo. Tamen illic erant quaero quoque in Veneficus, contraho football, quod NFL magis universe.

Unus questioner, vero,deigned ut erigo sermo of NHL quod Caps’ firing of Glen Hanlon. Quinymo topically vindico in the calendar of chat, wouldnt’ vos narro? Take nota primoris of professionalism Wilbon pre se ferre in suus coepi reaction ut serius, sober, and newsworthy in suus timeliness percunctor ex hockey fan, tunc nota quoque Wilbons’ admission of excludo sui ex pulvis domus ut unus of plagiarius’ plurimus donum athletes, procopiose a annus: 

Maryland: Mike, EGO teneo illic’ non ultum hockey sermo in illa chat domus, tamen quis es vestri sententia in Caps changing cogo? In hodie’ universitas of lusum qua “ ludio ludius lucror quod cogo perdo” obviously is had futurus perfectus. . . but operor in-season coaching changes concito satis of a teams’ juices ut vere planto a distinctus? Gratiae.

washingtonpost.com: Hanlon Sicco ut Caps’ Cogo (stipes, Nov. 23)

Michael Wilbon: Operor vos vere curo NHL? Teams change cogo amo they change underwear. They change lemma iens in playoffs secundum nonnullus alius cogo got team in playoffs. Diabolus have perfectus is quodwon Sto Vas … vel utique gotten ut Denique. Es vos kidding? Does is succurro? Hockey ludio ludius videor ut pervenio ut a change in cogo amo haud alius team lusum athletes. Im’ non super ut theoricus in Caput switch quoniam EGO havent’ seen Caput in alio in super a annus … EGO simplex dont’ insisto NHL via EGO did ut a kid, teenager, tener adult vel tener sportswriter … illic pulvis’ satis hora in dies, dies obvius week vel weeks obvius annus insequor panton, vel pro guys amo mihi quisnam es pensus insequor lusum. NHL est quis EGO occumbo, ut Ive’ incrementabiliter gotten in soccer quod ( tardus) NASCAR … quod is videor, ex vultus procul custodis instar, Im’ non solus unus quisnam has occumbo sicco tardus.

Suus’ decens videlicet obvious ut Quin Center est domus ut pessimus ovis of glacies in universus NHL. Is eram Mike Vogels’ question ut Tom Venenum in Caps’ obfirmo cella after Monday nights game’: “in alter period is vultus amo vos erant lascivio ball hockey sicco illic” Is eram Venenum’ respondeo:

“ut’ quam is est sulum nox noctis hic. . . suus’ pulchellus impeditus, futurus blunt.” 

• “nos pello pepulli pulsum ourselves tonight,” Tom Venenum told interventus in the locker room after Monday’s 3-1 loss to Buffalo. Coach Boudreau amplified: “We played as hard as them, just not as smart as them.” A team can rarely turn the puck over as the Caps did Monday night against a “great transition team” in Boudreau’s words and survive.  
• Game 3 in the Boudreau regime, and the 3rd game with a fire in the bellies of the boys. This night, however, there was a copious amount of turnovers accompanying the desire-fire.
• The Erskine-Peters dance card: pretty effective job by Erskine . . . narrow decision to Erskine?
• The most impressive aspect of Ovechkin’s goal was his refusal to give up on the play. What do you call this power surge move he makes from the wing, racing in, legs churning, defenders often perfectly positioned, which ends with his willing himself to score a goal? We the OFB team and our readers need to put our creative thinking caps on and try and name this seemingly unprecedented, fast-action scoring swoop of determined desire and pure prodigy.
• Is it beginning to look to anyone else besides us that Mike Green is emerging (already emerged?) as this hockey’s team’s most dynamic presence on the power play point? And not by default, either.
• Kolzig with a five-bell, four-alarm fabulous stop on Hecht in the third.
• It pains us to say it, but Michael Nylander pulled an Esa Tikkanen late in the third. (Admittedly with the stakes not quite so high.) It was that kind of night for Michael Nylander. he authored two deadly turnovers in the second period that facilitated Buffalo’s lasting 3-1 lead. Then, deep in the third, while in the crease behind Ryan Miller, he maneuvered the puck everywhere but into the net, off a rebound of an Alexander Semin shot. You might not see such ill-timed infamy again the rest of the season. After the game, Boudreau told the press that had the Caps gotten that second goal, he felt the momentum achieved from it would have willed them to a tying goal. 
• Viktor Kozlov: an enigma wrapped in a mystery. So much skill, so much size, so much sizzle accompanied by too much fizzle. His numbers this season aren’t bad at all, but you consider what’s in his toolbox, and you’re left puzzled by the frequency with which he authors impact-free shifts.

Now more than a quarter of the way through the season, the Caps have four players in double digits in scoring. The Montreal Canadiens, picked by no small number of forecasters to finish outside the Eastern conference’s top eight but currently fifth, have nine players in double digits in scoring. Such balance is difficult to defend.   

A wonderful blurb from The Onion regarding the National Hockey League’s savior, Mr. Crosby:

PITTSBURGH—After a decades-long decline in fan interest that reached its nadir with the loss of an entire season to labor strife, the National Hockey League was rescued by the efforts of reigning MVP Sidney Crosby, whose goal and two assists against the New Jersey Devils restored the league to the heights of its former glory.

“What a truly momentous day for the rejuvenation of the great sport of ice hockey,” Commissioner Gary Bettman said of Crosby’s transcendent performance in a point-grabbing overtime that brought the Penguins within striking distance of fourth place. “That second assist was a shining example of what this game can truly be—Crosby recognized the screen, found the open man with the angle, and displayed the awe-inspiring talent one associates with a Muhammad Ali or a Michael Jordan. Hockey is surely saved now.” 

Bettman also acknowledged single-goal, two-assist performances from 13 other NHL players including Chris Chelios, Dany Heatley, and Todd White, but emphasized that, unlike Crosby, they had not saved the NHL. 

SI.com recently did a column about the five worst stadiums. It got me thinking about hockey arenas; we’re lucky in Washington to have a great one now (though some might argue that the Cap Centre had its charms). Of course, not all teams are so lucky. Here’s a few off the top of my head:

- Nassau Mausoleum Coliseum. When the word “deteriorating” is frequently used to describe your arena, you know it’s bad.

- Mellon Arena. Not all old arenas are awful; I’m a huge fan of ancient structures like RFK or Dodger Stadium, and I loved the Vet. But this is one place that’s past its prime. Luckily for Pens fans, they only have a few more years to endure there.

- Air Canada Centre. I know, I’m in the minority here. But besides the beer offerings (different sizes of beer, and beer vendors), I wasn’t overly impressed. It wasn’t the worst arena I’ve been in, but I didn’t like the railings between rows (in the nosebleeds, anyway) and being so far away from the action. The suites (pictured) looked more like they were part of a dollhouse than an arena. At least Maple Leaf Gardens had real character and a better location. (I did, however, enjoy the ACC’s mini-museum of Leafs history.)

It’s a little sad that most arenas are merely acceptable, instead of outstanding. Then again, it doesn’t help that arenas are typically multi-use facilities, and hockey teams have to share the space with NBA teams or circuses. Someday I’d like to get to all of the arenas, similar to the 30 Games in 30 Nights guy, and discover the best of the bunch. It’s too easy to find the worst ones.

Many, including our own pucksandbooks, were out of town and away from their computers during the holiday when the big news hit. To help catch you up on the week’s events, we’ve compiled some links to a number of articles. We’re bound to have missed some, so feel free to leave us a comment with a link to the missing article.

• A View from the Cheap Seats: Hanlon Out, Boudreau In
• A View from the Cheap Seats: Clean Slate
• The Bleacher Report: Caps’ Skid Costs Hanlon His Job
• Canada.com: Capitals Fire Head Coach Hanlon
• Capitals Insider: Hanlon Fired
• Dump and Chase: From the Archives
• In The Room: Coach Hanlon Fired
• The Hockey News: NHL Gig a Long Time Coming for Boudreau
• FanHouse: The Ice Sheet: Bruce Almighty
• Globe and Mail: Popular Hanlon has run out of answers
• Lancaster Online: Bears’ coach promoted to Capitals
• James Mirtle: The End for Hanlon
• Patriot-News: Boudreau Takes Over Caps
• Patriot-News: Boudreau A Winner
• The Peerless Prognosticator: Change
• The Sporting News: Capitals fire Hanlon, promote AHL coach
• The Sporting News: Time runs out on Caps’ Hanlon
• Sun Herald: Ex-Sea Wolves coach to lead Capitals
• Tribune-Democrat: Pair of ex-Johnstown players ascend coaching ladder
• Union Leader: Boudreau gets his chance
• Walton, Wired & Unwired: An Open Letter to Capitals Nation
• WashingtonCaps.com: Capitals Replace Hanlon
• WashingtonCaps.com: Postgame Notebook
• Washington Post: Hanlon Out as Coach
• Washington Post: Boudreau is Victorious in His Debut
• Washington Times: Boudreau Named Caps Coach
• Washington Times: Struggling Capitals dismiss Hanlon
• Washington Times: Backstrom’s Heroics Buoy Caps
• Winnipeg Sun: NHL Saturday

The Hockey News has an excellent profile of the Washington Capitals’ new head coach Bruce Boudreau, including tidbits like his (non-speaking) role in the film Slap Shot as a rookie with the Minnesota Fighting Saints. Click here and read on.

It was only fitting the Capitals would name Boudreau an interim coach. Certainly wouldn’t want to give the guy a sense of security, now would they? Actually, it makes sense, since Capitals GM George McPhee is also on thin ice. Should he be fired this summer, the new guy coming in likely wouldn’t want to be committed to a coach he didn’t hire.
   
But for a guy who was called up and sent down 26 times during his tenure in the Maple Leafs organization, Boudreau doesn’t seem to mind the designation.

“I think it was a smart move,” Boudreau said. “If I had been George (Capitals GM McPhee) I would have done the same thing. I’m sure he has some confidence I can do the job or he wouldn’t have brought me here in the first place, but I also know he probably wants to see how things go the rest of this season.

“Now it’s up to me and I absolutely want to do everything I can to have that interim tag removed from my name.”

Cousin and I are in the really big city now the capital. We arrived in time for Thanksgiving dinner Thursday, and while the land here is turkeyless (and snake-free of course, thanks to St. Patrick), cousin and I require no pity. To put it mildly, we gorged ourselves grandly at Gallagher’s Boxty House.

Gallagher’s is perhaps the best-known and most beloved dining spot in the Temple Bar district of Dublin. Boxty is Irish for the pancake-like use of potatoes. All manner of meats are stuffed within them, and the presentations are mouth-watering. My Thanksgiving meal consisted of oak smoked Irish salmon garnished with fresh greens, traditional Irish stew, two pints of Murphy’s, a glass of Chilean cabernet, and a heaping slice of Bailey’s cheesecake accompanied by Bailey’s coffee.

I didn’t miss turkey so much.

The weather in Dublin is conducive to fine dining and indulgent pubbing. It reached minus one here Thursday night (Celsius, obviously), and Friday seemed no warmer. It’s fantastically frigid, and while the locals are entombed in layers and headwear and scarfs, I wouldn’t have it a single degree warmer. All that’s missing from my life late this November is live hockey. Sky News Friday morning forecasted snow for Scotland.

High on my agenda here was shopping for some Irish wool sweaters, and this weather afforded the perfect backdrop for that endeavor. I secured two gorgeous and body heat-preserving sweaters from the Donegal Shop in St. Stephens Green Friday afternoon, and it was blustery enough that I wore one out of the shop atop an American sweater I was already wearing. (Continued)

We wanted to allow Liz to get settled in a bit here before we approached Grapes for his thoughts on our adding a member of the fairer sex to our townhouse of testosterone. In this week of giving thanks, we original OFBers are thankful she’s joined our team and improved our site. It’s been a fun first month together.

Grapes wouldn’t speak to us on the record about this, but he did have a few thoughts about women who attend hockey games.

Congrats to NBC4’s Lindsay Czarniak who shares the December cover of Washingtonian magazine with WJLA’s Alison Starling for an article on happy hours.

A slideshow of the photo soot can be viewed on NBC4’s web site.