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rass wrote:That was apparently Scuderi's first ever fight. The hit on Vorachek looked clean enough to me.

Oh, another fight! Knew Downie was going to fight at some point...

This game is quickly getting out of hand. The refs better get a handle on this, or it's going to turn into 1970s goonery very soon.

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Why the fuck is Zac Rinaldo? Fucking ass. I've argued with SanCarlos and others here about Matt Cooke. And now that I've seen Steve Downie play more, I can acknowledge that he's not entirely a worthless human being. But Zac Rinaldo, man. Is it just because I don't watch him very often and only noti...

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Is it time to rewatch 'Syncecdoche, New York'?

Nope.

I need to watch a hockey game to stabilize myself. Pens/Flyers tonight. Sounds good. Somebody hit somebody! Don't let me down, Steve Downie!

SixPoint Resin: Still amazing. If this beer were an actor, it would be Philip Seymour Hoffman.

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Seven bottles of beer on the wall. Or, rather, in my fridge. Okay, it's actually six bottles and one can. Whatever. The plan is, once these run out, to not buy anything new for a while. A month. Six weeks. Whenever it feels right. I did this last year, too. Just seems like it's a healthy thing to do...

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I'm finally getting around to reading those Paul Thomas Anderson articles that Grantland published last month. Just finished the 'Boogie Nights' article that Brian linked to it earlier in the thread. I rummaged around the basement, looking for my VHS copy, but I must have thrown it out when I did my...

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I'm getting into full daydream mode about Hall and/or Kadri coming available and Sather pouncing. Bapo and I would probably get into a major fight over Taylor. Nah, I would love to see Hall (or Kadri or Eberle or Ryan O'Reilly) on the Rangers. If they end up on a better team, then they'll be on tel...

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These guys? Thanks for the link, Johnnie. That's the article that I read in 2010. It was worth a re-read. (And those abs still make me swoon.) Can't find any reliable info about them now, just some gossipy stuff. But they were dropped by their production company a couple of years ago and apparently...

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Þ I would have been perfectly fine with the French colonizing the United States. But no, it had to be the fucking Puritans! So annoying. (This is one of those thought exercises in which the 'original' settlers of America were from a different country, of a different mindset, with different goals and...

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McDavid Eichel McDavid Eichel McDavid Eichel McDavid Eichel Do the Sabres have some sort of cloning plan that I'm not aware of if they don't win the lottery? The last two or three weeks, I've been hearing about what a mess the Minnesota Wild are. They lost to Pittsburgh 7-2 on Tuesday. So for the S...

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but other than that, nobody I know of. That you know of. Just stroll thru the sub-categories on the tube sites and see all of the stuff that's listed there. Those videos are being made for a reason; your friends are watching them. The psychology behind this stuff fascinates me, too. There are thing...

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I've been enjoying the New York Magazine series on sexual taboos. The most recent piece is about an 18-year-old in a relationship with her biological father. It's a great read. I just hope that she's as happy in 10 years as she is now. I have my doubts. My favorite piece from this series so far is t...

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Washington Twp, PA Just looked it up, and there are, not surprisingly, 22 Washington Townships in Pennsylvania, but I'm going to hope/assume that this is the one in Westmoreland County. Your crossword books may have been touched by greatness. Or, at least, somebody I went to high school with. How f...

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Had one of those nights where I realized how setting/circumstances can affect how a beer tastes. Hung out with a couple of friends in the Mexican War Streets section of Pittsburgh. My friends form one of those disgusting couples who are happy and full of energy, and they're just so proud of their ne...

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I have nothing of value to add to this thread, but I wanted to post because a) it's a testuser thread, so I wanted to show in-state solidarity, and b) I wanted to post in the same thread as dem3pigs and pretend that it was 2007 and I was still young and ridiculously handsome. Various thoughts on poi...

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Ryan wrote:Washington Twp, PA

Just looked it up, and there are, not surprisingly, 22 Washington Townships in Pennsylvania, but I'm going to hope/assume that this is the one in Westmoreland County. Your crossword books may have been touched by greatness. Or, at least, somebody I went to high school with.

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1/13/15
Digital copy of the new Panda Bear album

Sent from: Amazon's servers
Arrival, several seconds later: My computer, via a series of tubes

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What makes this Hopsalm stuff special? What makes Calvin Johnson special? What makes Pavel Datsyuk special? What makes Toyota Jan special? Don't ask questions when confronted with greatness. Just drink up and enjoy. I really liked Hopslam when I had it, but that was four years ago. (I even remember...

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I'm not sure what to make of the Founders and Southern Tier news. Craft beer isn't new, but business-wise, this stuff is still in its infancy. There are so many breweries now, so many ways to make money, so many reasons and motivations for getting into the business in the first place, and there's go...

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Adrian Dantley was there when the Pistons lost to the Celtics in the "Bird stole the ball" Eastern Conferance series. And he was there when the phantom foul call allowed the Lakers to beat the Pistons to win the NBA finals the next year. One of my favorite sports memories of those years i...

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So, New Zealand hops seem to be a thing. Huge floral and citrus notes. Not that they're new, but people are noticing them more and talking about them and using them more now. Devilfluff, you were raving about Alpine up-thread. Alpine's Nelson, which uses Nelson Sauvin hops, is one of those great bee...

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One of the headlines that I've seen today is about a man in Tampa Bay throwing his 5-year-old daughter off a bridge. Whenever I checked the headlines on Google News, I would see this story, accompanied by the man's mug shot. Mentally unstable. Unlikeable face. Awful story, but easy enough to brush i...

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SanCarlos, I know that you're very twitchy when it comes to east-coast bias, but I don't think that that's in play when it comes to Russell Wilson. The hype was building around him before he even played his first game as a rookie. He doesn't have as many endorsements as Manning or Brees, but no thir...

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When I was a wee lad and just getting into basketball, Dantley was one of the non-Celtics* I deemed worthy enough of being one of my favorite players. The others? Kelly Tripucka, Mark 'The Wrath of G-d' Aguirre, and Bernard King. I had a magical childhood. *I'm typing this as I wear a Larry Bird jer...

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The Boston Magazine article about Jim Koch/Sam Adams that Mister Jersey linked to earlier is an interesting read. Koch is a giant, and he's probably done more than anybody else to spread the word about good beer. All craft-beer drinkers are indebted to him. But Sam Adams has been surpassed. There's ...

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Hardy Astrom The top of the standings mean nothing as long as 8-seeds can win the Cup. So, let's look at the bottom. With most teams playing between 39-41 games: Edmonton 27 Carolina 28 Buffalo 31 Arizona 34 New Jersey 37 Philly 37 Buffalo is 1-8-1 in their last 10 games. That's how you do it! I've...

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The New York Knickerbockers were 2-15 when the USBL folded. Because of course they were.

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degenerasian wrote:McDavid can't kill penalties. Canada took 3 in a row.

I was going to say that they weren't short-handed the entire time, but I guess they almost were. That stat-sheet is ugly.

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rass wrote:Oh bapo.

I thought that if I verbalized what everybody was already thinking, then it would be less likely to happen. Instead, three quick goals were conjured out of the air.

Why was McDavid benched for half the period?

Okay, deep breath. This third period is going to be crazy-fun.

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degenerasian wrote:Wooi! McDavid

And now Domi. This is almost too perfect. Like, 2011 perfect.

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mister d wrote:Can we agree anyone who says Duclair isn't the best player on Canada is a racist?

I will admit that he's the best Rangers prospect in the game. (He's been very impressive.)

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Some cartoonishly big hits in this game. Huge crowd with an emotional investment. A lot of history. This is perfect so far.

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Yeah, I have the feeling that anything could happen here. A lot of after-the-whistle stuff. And that Reinhart/Duclair/Domi line has been amazing again. Max Domi never stops.

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Manziel's face seems to be everywhere, but that won't last long if he can't actually play. (I'm hoping that he can. I find him entertaining, on- and off-field. Sports needs a few tabloidy stars to keep things interesting.)

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I went back home to Vandergrift this weekend and stopped in a somewhat-upscale supermarket to pick up a couple of things for my mother. I was surprised to see that it has a beer section. (Supermarkets that sell six-packs/bombers are still a novelty in Pennsylvania.) It's set up the same as the other...

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Nick Petan's hat trick was great to see last night. I loved watching him work his way into a bigger role as last year's tournament wore on. The fact that McDavid set up all of his goals made last night's game pretty much perfect. (Well, almost perfect. I didn't see the third period, but seeing a rep...

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Canada vs. Russia in the World Junior Final. It's a capital-E Event, so it deserves its own thread. I hope that some of the hockey bros are around tonight and want to chat. That said, I know that the Swamp isn't exactly a hot-bed of junior-hockey talk, and any talk at all in the evenings can be lack...

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Mark Sanchez comes off well in Nick Dawidoff's 'Collision Low Crossers,' for whatever that's worth. Laid-back and goofy. (That book is a must-read for football fans, by the way. One of my very favorite sports books of all time, right next to Ken Dryden's 'The Game' or David Halberstam's 'Breaks of t...

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It's nice to see others rate Tony Romo so highly. I latched onto him early in his career, perhaps dazzled by his good looks. Then, as the anti-Romo backlash grew, I started to feel protective of him. Sports fandom, for me, is more about the athletes than the teams, so my secondary favorite teams ten...

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I don't know anything about Brandon Halverson. The only talk I've heard about this tournament has been about Demko, so I think he is the clear #1. Are we not talking about Progressive Flo's Eddie Murphy turn? I've enjoyed those, of course. Also enjoyed All State's Mayhem getting some prolonged expos...

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Faulk? I like Faulk, but he doesn't really get my heart-rate up. And sadly, I don't think it's ever going to happen for Ryan Murphy. Is Demko perpetually over-committing side to side a real thing or just something I notice because 99% of the time I'm watching pro goalies? Demko is pretty highly reg...

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