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but still better than Booche

Yeah, I can't wait to see how the Habs training camp goes! Only 9 more games til we see how Gainey's summer signings might pan out!!

re: cody bass what is "skate bite" and how does one get it, and get over it?

Thank you for the good conditions. Tremblant will be excellent on Sunday!

mmm i totally forgot about sweet potatoes. delicious

mashed potatoes with any of the following in them -grain mustard -blue cheese -truffle oil -garlic (obviously)

i did some looking yesterday - Ottawa had enough snow on Dec 31 to break Toronto's all time record (207 cm). Ottawa averages 235 cm, more than Toronto's record. Quebec City and a lot of the maritimes are probably smashing ottawa's totals for the year. we have 17.4 cm to go, to tie the record.

wasn't your fault, no need to apologise. hope the event goes well

except that the first number was 8760 times larger than it should have been. so yes, it shouldn't be downplayed by anyone, but it shouldn't be exaggerated by sloppy journalists either. i'm gonna participate too because it's a start and it's better than not participating.

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Lazy reporting is gonna further the notion that people are doing more than they actually are. Drop in the bucket. Not a bad idea, but not really all that grand considering what the real challenge is.

I don't think I believe this stat. Earth Hour is such a crock drop in the bucket. [color:purple]Now everyone can feel all good because they've saved the Earth. Hopefully people can remember this one mobilized hour across the globe and repeat for the 8759 other hours in the year.

A few obituaries, from the Hockey Capital Blog National Post: "A team that loses its second-leading scorer, who crumples with a knee injury; that loses the star-crossed kid who seemed to have made it, only to fall again; that loses its best player, just as the old lion was roaring loudest. He only had one more day until retirement, damnit. Or one year. Whatever." Toronto Star: "The loss sealed the Leafs' fate, and possibly Paul Maurice's, unless the new hockey boss looks at the past two non-playoff seasons and identifies progress. The goodwill generated by good efforts in recent days was rudely washed away by a stark reminder that when opportunity was still very much at hand, these Leafs weren't even close. Not even close." Toronto Sun: "The setback put the Leafs six points behind the Bruins, who have 86 points, for the final playoff spot in the Eastern Conference. Toronto has five games remaining, including tomorrow night in Beantown, but the players might want to stop kidding themselves and head down to the basement to dust off the golf clubs." Globe and Mail: "The big tease known as the Toronto Maple Leafs in recent weeks stopped tormenting their beloved fans last night. The Leafs' dream of a miracle, late-season run at an NHL playoff berth all but died with their 6-2 loss to the Boston Bruins." TSN: "When mild-mannered Matt Stajan kicked a sock across the Toronto Maple Leafs dressing room, you knew this wasn't your run-of-the-mill loss. This one stung big time. The players wouldn't say it, but Tuesday night's 6-2 defeat to the visiting Boston Bruins very much felt like the last game of the year. At least the last game that mattered." Reuters (via UK Guardian): "A grim-faced capacity crowd quietly exited the Air Canada Centre knowing the Leafs are poised to miss the playoffs for a third straight year, the storied franchise's longest post-season barren stretch in 80 years." Sportsnet: "That's why this annual sprint for 8th spot is such a huge insult. In a market the size of Toronto that features an organization rolling in dough and a devoted fan base, it's a joke that the Leafs have been so pathetic for so long." The Hockey News: "It must irk Leaf fans to see how teams like Chicago (Jonathan Toews, Patrick Kane), Washington (Alex Ovechkin, Nicklas Backstrom), Edmonton (Andrew Cogliano, Sam Gagner), Pittsburgh (Sidney Crosby, Evgeni Malkin) and Anaheim (Ryan Getzlaf, Corey Perry, Stanley Cup) have positioned themselves with youth while Toronto, year after year, nearly makes the playoffs and winds up with a lousy draft pick." Battle of Ontario blog: "Is there anything to look forward to next year? Some of the performances since the last time the Leafs were written off might provide some solace until you remember that they did the same thing last year...and the year before that..." Pension Plan Puppets blog: "Thank God Uncle Cliff wasn't fooled by these Leaf punks. I mean, Krecji and some other kid I had never heard of had two point nights for the Bruins. How could they let that happen? Gah, I hate the Leafs so much this morning. Why do we do this to ourselves?"

oh man. please tell me you wrote that...

interesting article today. pretty (a)pathetic.

the show starts at 9, i imagine that is the cut-off

that's putting it lightly. it's illegal. (i know you know that kev, just wanted to make it more black and white here). there has to be consent or prior authorization to look at real-time communication. otherwise it's an unlawful intercept. there may be some 'terms of service' way of circumventing that, but still....

Ah, the ol’ ‘preference to the preferred’ trick… hehe

so SOCAN gets fees from my internet connection charge, even if I don't download any Canadian artists?

if you're worried about the occupancy, just don't have everyone standing around at the check-in desk.

yup, got my other confirmation as well.

looks like a few places covered it too bad you missed it. i just found out about it as a result of this thread. mentioned the toronto YES show to a fan here at work, he told me he was at the gig on friday. woulda posted it in the calendar had i known ahead of time.

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