Betcha this guy would have fared better than Alex Auld last night; Auld's positioning is truly starting to freak me out. Nonis better lay off the buttertarts this holiday season and get on the phone. Our goldtending situation is fragile. A few more bad games, or even worse and injury, and the price for another keeper is going to go up steeply. I really hate the postition the Nucks are in at the moment: WCE is rocking, even without a completely absent Morrison. Anyone remember the days when he used to hit as well? No more. Second line is our best, matter of time before some bastard runs right over one of the twins and takes him out for a while. I'm liking the third and four lines, though Kesler needs to eat some popcorn and watch from above. The kids wheels are great, but he needs to find his touch again. Great seeing Cooke back in the lineup, they truly are a differnt club with him in the lineup. Again, this brings us to goaltending. Freaky, freaky, freaky. Don't know if Nonis is thinking of a no. 1 or no. 2 - I think he should be thinking of a starter. Cloutier can be packaged in the summer for some pics/prospects. No more can we deal with these freaky injuries. I feel horrible for the guy; but the more Nucks hockey I watch, the more I realize Auld is being pushed too far along, too quickly. he will be a great goaltender, but the pressure of being a no. 1 is getting to him. He's letting in weak goals that Cloutier would have on an off night, and his overall positioning and rebound control has been steadily dwindling over the past few weeks. Alas I ramble, and hope that our GM makes his mark by shaking up this club and aquiring the pieces we so desperately need.

Well, Cloutier's knee is shot, requiring surgery. What Nonis going to do? As much as I've loved Auld's play of late, I doubt he can carry the load for a full four months. As the cap doesn't count against players on the injured reserve; I suspect we'll see a move in the near future with Nonis attempting to pick up a new keeper.

I'm moved back in!!! Some prelim pics. Still a few odds and ends to take care of, but I can tell you I've never just wanted to stay in my room for so long once I got moved back in. Odd how we get so in a funk with such a simple wee change...

The Nephew told me the other night that this mask (AKA Chief Dan George) freaks him out...anyone else out there scared of painted Cedar?

Loving this album, what a recording, check it out.

/www.emilianatorrini.com/

Saw this truck going across the bridge the other day and snapped a shot of his licence plate. Think he's a nerd who sits in fields all night looking for flying sacucers, or is he some mutant alien spy in our midst waiting for just the right time to call down the ships and turn us all into Yoda food???

Well well, long time no post. Just to inform you all that I've still got the renovation touch. Redid a bedroom here at home that some silly bastard had destroyed. Found a 3/4" solid oak floor hiding beneath a sexy red disco rug that was in fact - GLUED to this oak. Suffice to say, after 6 hrs scraping, approx 18 hrs sanding and five hours varathaning, it looks swell. Will be tacking on the trims, tassing round some filler, caulk, and paint to touch up and I can move back into my room. I'd be willing to provide this sevice to anyone out there who can provide me with vast amounts of Tech Cominco stock, BJ's from supermodels, or simply vast sums of the almighty Canuck Buck. Do not reccomend wasting days of your lives doing it, do what I should have - hire some shmo.

If a Canuck goaltender is weak or fragile, the elder members of the bandwagon will kill and eat it. Thus the circle of life continues.

Hey kids, in addition to driving one of these:



I got my new job and also get to run this:



and this:



As well as one of these:



And best of all, this baby:



Should be a hoot learning all the new equipment, God know I need a change. Training will be about four months, then at least a day or two per set after that.

A link from Rob's blog, some seriously funny stuff. Be sure to check out the blurb re Corey Feldman, man that kid's had it rough. LOL. By the way, Ken here scares the hell out of me! Shivering as we speak!

http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/features/weekly/worst-album-covers/

Followed Lex's link yet again to discover I am:

Haymaker

You are one of life’s enjoyers, determined to get the most you can out of your brief spell on Earth. Probably what first attracted you to atheism was the prospect of liberation from the Ten Commandments, few of which are compatible with a life of pleasure. You play hard and work quite hard, have a strong sense of loyalty and a relaxed but consistent approach to your philosophy.


You can’t see the point of abstract principles and probably wouldn’t lay down your life for a concept though you might for a friend. Something of a champagne humanist, you admire George Bernard Shaw for his cheerful agnosticism and pursuit of sensual rewards and your Hollywood hero is Marlon Brando, who was beautiful, irascible and aimed for goodness in his own tortured way.


Sometimes you might be tempted to allow your own pleasures to take precedence over your ethics. But everyone is striving for that elusive balance between the good and the happy life. You’d probably open another bottle and say there’s no contest.

What kind of humanist are you? Click here to find out.

OK, maybe Cathleen was right all those years ago...I'm and old soul attracted to old tunes. Been listening to a lot of Ray Charles lately, and loving an original fusion I don't recognize in anything new. I know that's a broadly painted stroke from a musical buffon. Regardless, loving these tunes - and thinking more about searching back into my Mother's Mo-town collection. I remember a lot of Ray's songs from when I was wee, wondering what else will spark memories?

Found a Canucks babe to rival Ron's Calgary gals!

Here's her blog link:

http://www.jennifergood.net/?cat=6

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/3583856.stm

Uh oh - got a tip from Lex regarding the avain flu jumping to pigs. Link is above. To quote Lex, we're screwed!

A normal person will keep a gun locked up.....

A nut will wave a gun around..............

A lunatic will shoot himself in the foot...........

A Canuck player will shoot himself in the foot, limp to the store, buy more bullets and shoot himself in the good leg

Thought this was a good description of my Nucks of late...........

My face hurts...constant state of smiles right now. Life is great, Tech Cominco is going to donate a whole ten minutes of my day tommorrow so that the United Way can thank the HVC employees for our charitable contributions (Weyhauser beat us again I belive) with a breakfast in the morning. All the good greasy fixins onto a plate, ate standing up and onto the buses ASAP to get that ore into production. Sounds like I'm complaining, but I'm not. Nothing can ruin the vibe I got going on right now. There are new jobs on the board that have got my name all over em, and some interesting changes higher up the food chain that will (eventually) have some affect on the hierarchy of management. Today was one of the better days I've had at work in ages...Cool! Wait, they did claim to cancel our flu shots because of a vaccine shortage, so I suppose that's something to bitch about. Be willing to bet that the bloody bosses have had their needles. LOL By the way, how many of you would get the shot given the opportunity through work? I'm coming up on my fifth year, have always got the shot, and never suffered the flu. Especially interested in the two Doc's take on this...especially with all the recent headlines

Most of my waking hours of the last three days were spent in the company of someone new. And not that grumpy, brooding voice in my head! Oh, that's just the MP3 playing Dennis Miller jokes! Anyway, I'm living proof that all good things come to those that wait. Occasionaly those things happen to be tall, lithe, clever and very adorable. Expressive eyes that make me melt. Sometimes they're very Scandanavian (with a touch of the Scot in her!)and they enjoy all the same films and pass the Daphne Odjig litmus test. Unlike others I've dated recently, this gal makes me thrilled to see ye olde phone ring. Oh yeah, she smells amazing too...

My nephew's wee un's back home. Love this pic; I won't get to see them til next year, but their Great Papa is booked for Scotland this Christmas. Gonna have to send pressies home in lieu...

The Roberston family pumpkins of 2005...twas a good year!

OK, in advance - this a a troubling post. Those with weak stomachs may not appreciate what you're about to witness, but it's in the public's best interest I send this out. Someone I know well (OK - he lives directly below me!) showed me with some disgust a purchase he had made at the local North Shore Safeway. In the bakery to be exact; the same bakery I shop at every week I shudder to say. Had I been the purchaser of this item, I would have sought some $$$'s one way or another I think! With such damning evidence, I'm sure it would have been worth more than the two packages of Cinnamon Rolls he received as compensation. The pics below refer to what I speak of:





So, yes, that is a bloodied band aid sealed in there, anyone reccomend a good bakery?

Mmmm...Jessica. This scene will go down as a classic; thinking of it, every scene from 'Sin City' is magic.

Ti - i - i - me, It's on our side! Yes it is...

Got that song in my head last night, and came up with this idea. Fuck do I ever need a life...heehee. Lord know I don't need a watch!

Does this make Jon a pot of gold???

Some shots of a landscape covered in Fall Color that cought my eye recently on a trip to Kelowna.

The HorseMen prowling the mean streets of Kamloops, keeping the ruffians in check outside the local Discos. Love this pic, just wish I could remember what bloody setting I used!

Check out Rory having some fun in the sky! I'm getting so old, just looking at that pic makes my bones fracture!

These are apparently who I am according to Lex's tests...oh yeah, and I'm Marge Simpson also...hmmmm

One amazing portrait, thanks for the link Jon, very moving blog!

http://operationeden.blogspot.com/

Blond - James Blond!?!?

Craig could be officially introduced as the new Bond, James Bond on Friday at a press conferece scheduled by franchise masterminds Barbara Broccoli and Michael Wilson.

This is fucked, I hope Clive Owen goes all Medival on their ass - at this point I think the role out to have been his; though judgement must be saved til after the film is released.

Per the latest spate of reports, Craig recently met with Broccoli about donning the tuxedo and was also spotted in London bookstores asking about a first edition of author Ian Fleming's first Bond caper, 1953's Casino Royale, upon which the next 007 movie is based.

At last month's Toronto Film Festival, he said Casino Royale will take Bond back to basics, eschewing spectacular special effects for a more character-driven, plot-oriented spy thriller, in the vein of the early Sean Connery films.

"We're trying to reinvent Bond. He's 28," Haggis told reporters. "It's very difficult to think of new ways of blowing things up. It's the journey that's the thing--finding a new journey for the character."

OK Ron, here's what I want you to do - stare at this logo for, I dunno, and hour up to a day. You'll be OK eventually. Looking at the standings is only going to hurt you; looking at a post I made earlier re. 'Kipper' shitting the bed aka Theodore will hurt you further. We care for you, we don't want to see that happen - so please, stare at the logo, feel the whale, be the whale.

Ripped this off from some punk ass kid on canucks.com God I love the internet; let the nerds do the work. Let them create what you yourself never contemplated, nor even began to have the inspiration to create. Hope it works dammit!

Hiya Kids - want to touch on one of Ron's recent posts here. Forget Liz Phair, even her interviews suck now, and the new album sounds truly awful. Getting lots of play on Sirius, and I find myself changing channels often to avoid listening to Liz sounding like Avril. For a gal fix - check out Fiona Apple's latest. Really good stuff, one of my fav albums of the year (before some of you say it - I ain't heard tons!) Anyway, I reccommend it, and may even rank it higher than both of the Kathleen Edwards albums I treasure so.

"Lyrically, Apple has never been as clever, as angered or as anguished." Rolling Stone

Testing this out, hope this is a Vid - Bitch Slap!

How the league moves along after just a game. The Leafs only get worse with a serious injury to Sundin, Naslund looks possessed and Calgary lose to Demaire's Wild. Crazy shit! Think this post in only here to incide rabid comments from a given few? We'll soon see...see the bumper sticker, read it, believe it..........

Tonight made me realize something. Getting together with friends to break bread and enjoy a hockey game is a super thing; especially with no open flame in the house! Gas ranges are dangerous y'all! A mobile call from a lovely young French gal always makes one overlook the near death experience and focus on the upcoming week! Cheers kids.

I'm hoping (against all odds) to get a new posting running one of the above shovels at the mine. There appears to be the opportunity for movement to go through the roof this coming year, but I need a change stat. I'm becoming increasingly fed up with having to throw my mind's switch into neutral every time I board my truck. I keep reminding myself that it's only for four days, and that it affords a fine lifestlye. That said, change is a good thing - and I'd be happy changing jobs every two years in this industry. Word around the campfire is that we're hiring 80-100 employees within a year to keep up with the aging workforce who are set to retire. Good thing, because another year or two on a truck whould really have me wondering how some guys have managed to do the same thing for 20+ yrs!?!? Which brings me to the question: are the majority of us working to maintain a lifestlye, or are we working to challenge ourselves?

Couple of pimps...wow - there's just no shortage of sweet pics of these guys. My god, would you just look at that scene!

Only Jr could pull this one off; wondering though if this was before or after the latest concussion? Perhaps it infuriated someone enough to throw the afore mentioned hit! You may have to past this into your browser, I'm having a bastard of a time gettin a link up! Be sure to however, as this is hilarious.

http://www.lakings.com/kingsvideo/09242005_jr_dancing_512k.wvx

Cute Stewie site!

Check this out y'all

005 & 006 undercover at a recent wedding. The two MI6 operatives try gallantly to uncover the mystery of a rogue Sicilian assassin working as a bartender. Alas, they drank too much and forgot the assignment.

Good morning, apparently Mr. Morgan would like this blog updated everyday, I'll try my best to cooperate. He also has an annoying habit of signing of on his comments with grand comments regarding his flavor of the week, the Calgary Flames. Though I'd enclose this picture of a young Canuck's fan who already knows how to treat those Albertan bastards and bitches!

I had something I had really wanted to put on here this morning, but sleep deprivation is hitting me hard, looking at my bed I feel only the urge to rest; not to share my innermost thoughts. So, damn you all I'm going to embrace sweet slumber.

Tommorrow's the day when globally people will run in the name of Terry Fox, a BC boy, a man in a boys body doing what so few could dream. Take a minute and think of what it must have been like...we owe him that much.