These are stills captured from video shot March 2006 in the Lower 9th Ward of New Orleans specifically the area between N. Claiborne, Florida Ave, Tupelo and Tennessee.
These are photos and stills captured from video taken August 2006 of the Lower 9th Ward specifically the area between N. Claiborne, Florida Ave, Tupelo and Tennessee.
And no, I'm not going crazy over the Hawks. I don't really follow the NHL, nor the Hawks because they sucked for so many years and also because it's too goddamn expensive to go to a game, and I feel lame jumping on the bandwagon now, like I haven't earned it. Badger hockey starts in October, and I'm counting the days until then.
For most of its history Wisconsin
has been on of the crowning programs in college hockey. Six national
titles, a slew of final four appearances and an armada of players in
the professional ranks are all trappings of the program’s lofty history.
But there is one jewel still missing from their crown.
No Badger has ever claimed his sport’s highest
individual honor, the Hobey Baker memorial award. Since its creation in
1981, the award had gone to four Minnesota Gophers, four Duluth
Bulldogs three members of the Harvard Crimson, but never a Wisconsin player.
Only two Badgers have even made it to the final
three in voting, known as the Hobey Hat Trick, those being goaltender
Brian Elliott, who came in third in 2006, and forward Steve Reinprecht,
who was the 2000 runner-up.
Well, now make it three UW players to survive to the final round of voting.
Senior forward Blake Geoffrion joined Elliott and
Reinprecht as he was named a Hobey Baker finalist Wednesday afternoon.
He is joined by New Hampshire’s Bobby Butler and Maine’s Gustav Nyquist as finalists.
Tune in around 2 p.m. CST for crackage. Because Doc asked, and hey, we did the Super Bowl.
I watched the USA team wax the Finns today via Yahoo Sports' liveblog. By the second period the US was up 6-0, and the jokes started coming:
"Nokia's stock is tanking today ... go figure."
"America just announced they're building a bunch of Wal-Marts all over Finland. No one can stop us now."
"Is there now a free-throw line in hockey?"
"Does Wal-Mart carry Purina reindeer chow?"
"I feel like I'm watching Bambi's mother get killed."
"Hockey
is not a red-headed stepchild. Hockey is more like a crazy uncle who
smells bad, but a couple of the cousins like him anyway because he
tells dirty jokes when he's drunk."
[Comment From Finlands Defense Finlands Defense: ]Hey sorry guys, that bathroom break took a lot longer than expected. I'm ready to go for the 2nd though. What did I miss?
First off, this is not merely an attempt to suck up to the boss lady. Rather, it's a confession that, once again, I fail miserably at "getting" hockey. Even during the US/Canada match the other night, I was more interested and amused by the online response of the faithful who were live tweeting it than I was in the actual game. (I wonder, do "real" hockey fans even use Twitter?)
I don't know, maybe I should try more than just every four years, or actually attend a live game. Meantime, in my defense, I can offer that two songs I absolutely love are about hockey. Below, the dearly departed Warren Zevon's Hit Somebody:
Of course, Zevon was no slouch; still I can't help it — Jane Siberry's Hockey is my favorite of the two. Surely, we can all agree that this is a lyric for the ages:
"This stick was signed by Jean Beliveau
so don't fuckin' tell me where to fuckin' go"
In the spirit of full disclosure, the folks I've shared the song with who actually are hockey fans find it far too twee. One of them even said the use of the word "benched" with respect to Richard's historic suspension was downright revisionist history that completely invalidated it as an artistic effort.
See? You guys are hardcore! I'm gonna stick with figure skating...
Canada out-superstarred the United States. The Americans outplayed the Canucks. Works everytime.
The United States was opportunistic on offense and selfless on defense.
The Yanks got two goals from Brian Rafalski and one each from Chris
Drury, Jamie Langenbrunner and Ryan Kesler, none of them stars, all of
them part of the team concept that recalls the choices Herb Brooks made
with some runny-nosed college kids 30 years ago.
WASHINGTON - Democratic Party officials agreed Saturday to seat Michigan and Florida delegates with half-votes, ruling on a long-running dispute that has threatened the party's chances in November and maintaining Barack Obama's front-runner status as he moves closer to the nomination.
The decision was a blow to Hillary Rodham Clinton as she was on the verge of watching Obama make history as the first black Democratic presidential nominee.
[snip]
The resolution increased the number of delegates needed to clinch the nomination to 2,118, leaving Obama 66 delegates short but still within striking distance after the three final primaries are held in the next three days.
A.
* Wisconsin hockey joke. How long until October 25?
So the poster for this year's team shows a few of the players with the headline: They Trust One Another. They Care for One Another. They Play for One Another.
Still using his Wisconsin goalie pads, glove, blocker and goalie mask with the trademark moose on the back, Elliott turned away 27 of 28 Thrashers' shots to earn his first career victory.
Here is a excerpt from the Associated Press recap posted on the Ottawa Senators home page:
Elliott did his part to keep the winning streak going, though he wasn't even expecting to play. He's only on the roster because No. 1 goalie Ray Emery is recovering from offseason wrist surgery.
"It was a surprise," said Elliott, the 291st overall pick in the 2003 entry draft. "You're nervous. You're playing in the NHL. It's a game you have to be prepared for, and I was prepared."
The Ontario native, who played college hockey at Wisconsin, watched the first four games while Martin Gerber posted a 1.73 goals-against average. But, with the first of back-to-back games, Elliott got the call.
"From age seven, this has been my goal," he said.
The actually-still-in-college Badgers did okay at the McFadden invitational, though if Connelly doesn't get his head together ... Still, it's early. They can lose to Our Lady of the Rosary Welding School (tm my dad) these first couple of weekends if it helps them kick the shit out of the Gophers this winter.
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