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Category Archives: Frivolous Summer File

"Can't-Miss" Carpenter's Legend Lives On

13 August, 2009

I recently came across a post on Mental Floss (home of the great Don Cherry quiz) titled “Where Are They Now? High School Kids Immortalized By Sports Illustrated” and skimmed it. Then I came to #7.

Also filed in Former Coaches & Players, Washington Capitals | Comments (0)

The Potential for Reformed Government: Hockey for Everyone

30 August, 2008

I don’t know about you, but I’m both startled and delighted at the frequency with which we’re seeing hockey included in American’s contemporary political dialogue. Up until the very end of the veep selection process, there was a widespread belief that Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty could get the nod from nominee McCain. Ultimately, he chose [...]

Also filed in American Hockey, Hardcore Hockey Fans, Hockey, Hockey Moms, Hockey Movies, Pond Hockey, Shinny | Comments (23)

Charmed, I'm Sure

21 August, 2008

Given Puck Daddy’s recent obsession with Alyssa Milano’s touch clothing line, I figured it was time to take a look. I saw her MLB designs last year, and wasn’t hugely impressed. So when I initially heard about her NHL offerings, I wasn’t compelled to run over to the NHL Shop website and see [...]

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Stark Relief on Olympic TV

16 August, 2008

Just one blogger’s opinion, but there’s way, way too much attention on Michael Phelps and his Olympic heroism in the pool and not nearly enough on the liberation of broadcaster Melissa Stark. Recall that the Maryland native once captured the Monday Night obsession of male football fans coast to coast. Then she left MNF for [...]

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In Defense of Hockey Sweater Weather in August

15 August, 2008

This essay is addressed to those readers who feel betrayed by summer, and specifically, that the arrival this month of humane, universally appealing, and temperate conditions is an act of short-circuiting Mid-Atlantic misery by Mother Nature.
What is wrong with you?
Would you have us believe that our opened windows and naturally ventillated homes are inferior to artificial [...]

Also filed in Morning cup-a-joe, Sweaters, Washington Capitals | Comments (2)

Rockin' the Red Ushers in Global Cooling

9 August, 2008

Approximately eight feet away from my laptop station I have a patio screen door that’s opened this morning, to allow fresh Washington August air into my home.
It’s 69 degrees outside. In August. In mid-morning. In Washington. At 6 the other morning I had the top of my Wrangler lowered en route to the gym, and [...]

Also filed in Kettler Capitals Iceplex, Morning cup-a-joe, Washington Capitals, Washington the Hockey Town, detroit red wings | Comments (3)

For Shooting a Movie About the End of the World, There's Only One Location

8 August, 2008

A new movie themed on the end of the world arrives in theaters this fall, titled ‘The Road,’ based on Cormac McCarthy’s novel of the same title, and in seeking the perfect locale for principal photography, director John Hillcoat found it in western Pennsylvania.
Pittsburgh, to be specific.
“In winter [there],” Hillcoat told USA Today this week, [...]

Also filed in OFB, Pittsburgh Penguins | Comments (14)

Bettman's Apocalypse – A Distraction from Hockeyless Summer

31 July, 2008

As July winds down and August draws near, hockey fans everywhere are itching for the NHL to return. This time of hockey drought is difficult; sure, a few storylines remain, like Mats Sundin (the NHL’s version of the Brett Favre saga) and for Washington Capitals fans the team’s salary cap management decisions. But this is [...]

Also filed in Gary Bettman, NHL Salary Cap, Puck Daddy, Washington Capitals | Comments (0)

Boy and Girl First-Date at Caps' Game, Make Life Together

29 July, 2008

We never imagined that offering up a mere coffee mug would occasion the outpouring of superb reminiscence of Caps’ hockey memories that’s transpired here since last Friday. By Saturday night we needed two or three dozen mugs of honor to bestow. We don’t have that, but we are going to make multiple awards with our [...]

Also filed in Internet, Media, OFB, OFB Loot, Washington Capitals | Comments (7)

On the Road Again for Rock

17 July, 2008

I’m in Hershey amid some Bears’ hard-rockers for the Rush concert in Hershey Stadium tonight. I’ve had good sport with DC Sports Chick the past 24 hours, whose Canuck husband wanted to name their first child Geddy (irrespective of gender) but who herself would prefer a life free of any more Spirit of the Radio. [...]

Also filed in American Hockey League, Hershey Bears, Music, Rush | Comments (5)

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