Northern Wish

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Anyone interested in holding one of the following letters when they take the stage at Bluesfest?: F-I-G-H-T T-E-S-T I'd love love love to hear that live!

While I am enjoying this album from start to finish- a little part of me wants a little more 'rising action'. It seems that they abandoned all of the up tempo stuff from the past albums. This feels alot like It Still Moves. Great, but its not going to make my year end list.

Some wild numbers at the end of this series: - all seven games decided by one goal (if you toss out the Wings' game 6 empty netter) - both goalies faced exactly 246 shots - Niemi stopped 229 and Howard stopped 228 that's about as tight as a series can get... which is exactly what a 2 vs. 3 series should be

It was a good run. Until next year, I bid you goodnight.

Happy birthday!

If you know where to look, that is an easy fix.

Dave Bidini just retweeted this: from fan 590's greg brady: "Spoke to an Thrashers player via text message. He's been told to expect a major announcement regarding franchise relocation"

And now onto Weird News..... I have never heard of this band you are speaking of (well that I can remember anyways), but just yesterday in unpacking a few boxes from a recent move I found the cd case (no cd) for Fish and Birds' "Left Brain Blues". If it is yours, claim it. If not I'll download the music and use the cool little sleeve.

In. And I'll stay for a while if the TV is showing the hockey game..... Show is over around 12 for those who have to work tomorrow!

Tonights the Night!

All bad luck has to end sometime Ollie. I have faith in you!

I can't wait for Thursday night! I think San Jose is going down. They knew they had to win to put it away last night and they came out and were outshot 11-1 in the first 10 minutes. And even after Marleau gets called 'gutless' by good ol JR, he shows up with 1 shot and no points. Come on Jeremy can you call out Heatley for being a douchebag tonight please!

It wouldn't have mattered, our PK was outstanding. I'm surprised we weren't winning 3-0 at the end of the first. SJ looked absolutely bagged!

I have been laughing at this for 3 minutes now. Wooooh! One more chance for glory....

Are you sure it won't be Robbie?

In a previous post there was some discussion of cilantro tasting like soap to a few. I am a Cilantro-phobe and I am not alone: FOOD partisanship doesn’t usually reach the same heights of animosity as the political variety, except in the case of the anti-cilantro party. The green parts of the plant that gives us coriander seeds seem to inspire a primal revulsion among an outspoken minority of eaters. Culinary sophistication is no guarantee of immunity from cilantrophobia. In a television interview in 2002, Larry King asked Julia Child which foods she hated. She responded: “Cilantro and arugula I don’t like at all. They’re both green herbs, they have kind of a dead taste to me.†“So you would never order it?†Mr. King asked. “Never,†she responded. “I would pick it out if I saw it and throw it on the floor.†Yet cilantro is happily consumed by many millions of people around the world, particularly in Asia and Latin America. The Portuguese put fistfuls into soups. What is it about cilantro that makes it so unpleasant for people in cultures that don’t much use it? Some people may be genetically predisposed to dislike cilantro, according to often-cited studies by Charles J. Wysocki of the Monell Chemical Senses Center in Philadelphia. But cilantrophobe genetics remain little known and aren’t under systematic investigation. Meanwhile, history, chemistry and neurology have been adding some valuable pieces to the puzzle. The coriander plant is native to the eastern Mediterranean, and European cooks used both seeds and leaves well into medieval times. Helen Leach, an anthropologist at the University of Otago in New Zealand, has traced unflattering remarks about cilantro flavor and the bug etymology — not endorsed by modern dictionaries — back to English garden books and French farming books from around 1600, when medieval dishes had fallen out of fashion. She suggests that cilantro was disparaged as part of a general effort to define the new European table against the flavors of the old. Modern cilantrophobes tend to describe the offending flavor as soapy rather than buggy. I don’t hate cilantro, but it does sometimes remind me of hand lotion. Each of these associations turns out to make good chemical sense. Flavor chemists have found that cilantro aroma is created by a half-dozen or so substances, and most of these are modified fragments of fat molecules called aldehydes. The same or similar aldehydes are also found in soaps and lotions and the bug family of insects. Soaps are made by fragmenting fat molecules with strongly alkaline lye or its equivalent, and aldehydes are a byproduct of this process, as they are when oxygen in the air attacks the fats and oils in cosmetics. And many bugs make strong-smelling, aldehyde-rich body fluids to attract or repel other creatures. The published studies of cilantro aroma describe individual aldehydes as having both cilantrolike and soapy qualities. Several flavor chemists told me in e-mail messages that they smell a soapy note in the whole herb as well, but still find its aroma fresh and pleasant. If the flavor doesn’t fit a familiar food experience, and instead fits into a pattern that involves chemical cleaning agents and dirt, or crawly insects, then the brain highlights the mismatch and the potential threat to our safety. We react strongly and throw the offending ingredient on the floor where it belongs. “When your brain detects a potential threat, it narrows your attention,†Dr. Gottfried told me in a telephone conversation. “You don’t need to know that a dangerous food has a hint of asparagus and sorrel to it. You just get it away from your mouth.â€

But seriously, how about Brett Keisel from Steeltown?:

Franzen is out, Modano is in (I'm calling Mike for a game winner in what could be his final game in the NHL in front of his Michigan family and friends). Clowe is OUT! Come on Hockeytown; you can dooooo it.....

Nope we missed both shows. I only had tickets for the Black Sheep- the NAC show was a songwriters circle thing with other acts. Infact quite the opposite- my evening was completely derailed by an old friend who sent his spaceship into orbit far too early and we had to babysit a bit.

This festival is turning into Camp Bisco: Antigonish.

They've been around for some time, are currently signed to Six Shooter Records, and last night at the Elmdale they exhibited nothing short of band perfection. If you're in Ottawa, they play the next three Thursdays at the Elmdale Tavern. Two sets; 9:00 and 10:45 approx., finishing up a little after midnight. Do not miss your chance to catch these guys! Or if you're not in Ottawa be on the lookout: 05.07.11 - CREEMORE ON - Avening Community Centre w/ Justin Rutledge 05.12.11 - OTTAWA ON - The Elmdale (show 9pm) 05.19.11 - OTTAWA ON - The Elmdale (show 9pm) 05.26.11 - OTTAWA ON - The Elmdale (show 9pm) 06.14.11 - LONDON ON - London Music Hall w/Drive By Truckers 06.15.11 - TORONTO ON - The Phoenix Theatre w/Drive By Truckers 06.16.11 - KITCHENER ON - Starlight Club w/Drive By Truckers 07.08.11 - ORILLIA ON - Mariposa Folk Festival 07.09.11 - ORILLIA ON - Mariposa Folk Festival 07.10.11 - ORILLIA ON - Mariposa Folk Festival 07.16.11 - OTTAWA ON - Ottawa Blues Festival 07.20.11 - ALLISTON ON - Gibson Cultural Centre w/Serena Ryder 07.21.11 - HUNTSVILLE ON - Algonquin Theatre w/Serena Ryder 07.23.11 - PETERBOROUGH ON - Del Cray Park w/Serena Ryder 07.24.11 - GUELPH ON - Hillside Festival w/Serena Ryder and Kevin Drew