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December 30, 2005

Let's Go Pens

here's a few pictures i took with my nifty new digital camera at the pens game thursday night


Fleury warming up

















Pens take the Ice











Hines Ward in the crowed (in the Crosby jersey next to the lady in the red hat)










The Good News; Pens Score Again. The Bad News; Ulfy Has Really Let Himself Go










Crosby Scores Again

















The Kid is Just That Good, If you haven't seen him play yet you need to get to the Igloo. He's better than advertised and Fleury's pretty amazing too
























That's a Beautiful Scoreboard

















Pens Win Big











Ok that's all I've got. Don't forget Penn State plays Florida State January 3 in the Orange Bowl. The game will be on ABC Tuesday at 8. Penn State has declared a White Out for the game so this one's not to be missed.

peace out yo, and happy new year

December 15, 2005

"The Great One" is a Moron


A few remarks about the current state of hockey,

First, I liked Edzo he did an amazing job with the 2003-04 team. Yea I know they were the worst team in the league but believe me they could have been a lot worse. That said, I think it's safe to say that firing him was the best move the Pens have made in the last five months. Let me let you in on a little secret, during the 90's, even during the cup years, the Pens were probably the least coach able team in the NHL. But you know what? It didn't matter, they were just that talented, they were so good that they were able to completely ignore the systems of some of the greatest minds in hockey and still win. Just imagine if they would have actually listened to what Ivan Hilinka or Herb Brooks had to say, maybe there would be more than two banners hanging from the disintegrating roof of the Igloo. When we started this season everyone seemed to think it was going to be a return to the glory days, no more dump and chase, no more neutral zone traps, a fore-check? ha! that's for talent less losers like the Minnesota Wild. Well guess what, it's not 1994, John LeClair is washed up and though I hate to say it Mark Recci is well on his way. In a league where clutching and grabbing no longer exists Sergei Gonchar is no longer an offensive-defensemen, he's a fourth line winger that just happens to line up on the blue line and can't hit the net to save his life. Ric Jackman is an offensive-defensemen Gonchar is no more a defensemen than Straka was when he played the point on the powerplay, and at least he would score every now and then while giving the other team countless shorthanded beakaways.

The simple fact is the Pens are not good enough; heck nobody's good enough to play without a system. Michel Therrien is an NHL quality head coach and as one of the few people from the Burgh to actually follow the Baby Pens I can tell you that the Pens probably should have hired him to coach the big team two years ago and sent Edzo to Wilkes Barre. If Craig Patrick is as smart as I used to think he was he'll let Therrien implement his system and fire any player that doesn’t buy into it regardless of their NHL pedigree. If anyone can turn this team around in 40 odd games he can, and if he can't I guarantee that no player on that roster will take as much as a shift off and still see any sizable amount of playing time.

Second, I know his Mom just died but that dosen't excuse Gretsky for being a complete hockey idiot. If you weren’t aware apart from his job of destroying the Phoenix Coyotes by pretending to be an NHL head coach he is also in charge of the Canadian National Hockey Team and today they announced their roster. Now since Mario he's not playing in this year's Olympics there was an open spot on the team, Mario even suggested that the spot should be given to his young and insanely talented teammate Sidney Crosby. But Gretsky who spent his entire career moving from franchise to franchise, from one pre-built team to the next on a never ending quest to pad his stats and sell his crap merchandise didn't think Crosby was a good enough player to make "his" Team Canada. Who did make the team? Scott Niedermayer, Kris Draper, and Adam Foote, that's a heck of a line up in 1996 but maybe if your putting together a national team it might be a good idea to include the most talented player to come out of your country in the last twenty years instead of your washed up friends.

That's all I’ve got, if anyone interested I'm thinking of hitting up the Pens-Flyers game Friday night. So since I'll probably be too lazy to update before Sunday, Merry Christmas and I'll talk to you all next week.

peace out yo

December 13, 2005

Flexbone Baby, You Can't Stop The Flexbone















Spread the word from Tillies to the Onion-Top Church,the the McKeesport Tigers are the best football team in the state of Pennsylvania. PIAA CHAMPIONS! Congratulations Tigers you've made this washed up Steel Town very very proud. The Tube City is a little bit brighter place to go home to this weekend thanks to you.

Hey Tube City, Party Like It's 1994!

peace out yo

THIS JUST IN.....
McKeesport's star Running Back/ Linebacker Travis McBride has committed to play football at Penn State in the fall. Here's hoping he's the next Brandon Short. Good luck big guy, we'll see you on the field in September.

December 10, 2005

State Championship Tonight!


McKeesport Tigers vs. Bethlehem Liberty
AAAA State Championship
Saturday, December 10, 2005
7:00 p.m.
HersheyPark Stadium
Hershey, PA
The game will be televised on the Pennsylvania Cable Network (the one that shows the Gettysburg stuff every year). Just thought I'd give every body that's been living in a cave for the last month a little heads up. So bust out the Tiger Tails boys and girls there's a big game tonight.

Good Luck Guys, Bring That Hardware Back to the Tube City Where It Belongs

peace out yo

December 07, 2005

Of Rodents and CAT Scans

It's that very special time of year when you get that warm fuzzy feeling deep down in the pit of your stomach. That's right kiddies it's Finals Time! And that emotion that you’re currently experiencing is a delightful mixture of doubt, far too much cheap coffee, and a healthy helping of impending doom.

This is that magical time of year when my very favorite medical aliment in the whole wide world makes it's presence known. No not the Black Plague, I'm a big fan but they've yet to connect the Black Death to end of the semester testing. I do have my suspicions though, I've met a few professors in my college career that I'm pretty sure were at least distantly related to a plague rat. The horrible illness of which I speak is of course the now legendary WEASEL HEADACHE.

No that's not what happens when you watch Encino-Man and Bio-Dome back to back (I think the correct term for that would be Pauly-Shore-icide buuuuuudy, but you shouldn't be too concerned it's only fatal if you watch Jury Duty along with those two) I'm sure anyone out there who has spent any extended period of time with me has heard of this horrible malady. But once again in the spirit of public health I'll explain it to the rest of you.
The Weasel Headache
The Weasel Headache is a peculiar medical condition that only appears at times of high stress, high caffeine ingestion, and decreased blood-alcohol level. The symptoms are very easy to spot, nervous twitch, diminished eyesight from trying to read six weeks worth of Sociology texts in four hours, thoughts of dropping out of school to get a job selling meat on a stick out of a cart on the side of the road, and last but certainly not least an unbearable pain that has been compared to having a small angry rodent with "sharp pointy teeth" crawl into your cranium and start chewing on your optical nerve. Is there a cure for the Weasel Headache? Well some mythologies say that if a weasel fought a basilisk it would win but end up dying, then again perhaps if you already have a stoat roaming around the inside your head introducing a mythical snake to that environment isn't the best of ideas.

So it is with an ill-tempered varmint taking up residence in my skull that I stop and take one last gasp of freedom before the plunge into finals. I wish you the best of luck in the upcoming week and for those of you that survive the hell that awaits, there will be a VIP party at my place Friday the 16th, velvet ropes, a door man, and we're going to christen our yet to be named bar. See you there (if you’re on the list).

peace out yo, and watch out for those weasels

December 02, 2005

Geography Lesson

So in the spirit of creating an army of superior Trivial Pursuit players through this website I give to you the following completely useless fact.

Malawi is: an African country slightly smaller than Pennsylvania bordered by Mozambique, Tanzania, and Zambia.
Malawi is not: a rare tropical fruit similar to the Kumquat.

Remember this fact and some day you may find yourself capturing that elusive blue pie piece. Proving once and for all that you are in fact the all-powerful lord of useless knowledge.

Just remember this stuff may never get you a job but it will make you look really smart while watching Jeporday with friends

peace out yo