FTB - The Duality of Tanking

by Chemmy on Jan 12, 2009 9:07 AM EST

You write "Born to Kill" on your helmet and you wear a peace button. What's that supposed to be, some kind of sick joke?

Can we, as Leafs fans, cheer for the fruits of a crappy season (Tavares, Cowen, Hedman, etc) even as we hope to see our team succeed every night?

Steve @ Hockeyanalysis got me started with his article about the future.
Torontosportsmedia has a review of Toronto sports radio.
Garrett Bauman has his thoughts on the Leafs at the half.
Steve @ Hockeyanalysis wants you to know that Kulemin is back. He did not re-enter the Leafs locker room by bursting through a brick wall and yelling "Oh yeah".
eyebleaf is playing NHL94.
wrap around curl has begun video blogging about crappy movies.
loser domi has a new Maple Leafs chat up.
Ninja wrote about the rebuild. Good to see him posting.

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got tickets to Sundin’s return. I’m paying out the ass, but it has got to be done.

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by eyebleaf on Jan 12, 2009 9:10 AM EST reply actions

I must say

Ottawa is trying awful hard to one-up in the losing department.

"God's in His heaven. All's right with the world." - Robert Browning (1812-1889)

by Winkle on Jan 12, 2009 9:24 AM EST reply actions

don’t worry, we’ll beat em with the lotto pick, that’s like the playoffs of losing

Because Taking The Leafs Seriously Is Not An Option

by JaredFromLondon on Jan 12, 2009 9:24 AM EST up reply actions

Speaking of losing

where is LD and today’s chatty cathy

I want to rant about how I’m at the office and don’t want to be here at all.

"God's in His heaven. All's right with the world." - Robert Browning (1812-1889)

by Winkle on Jan 12, 2009 9:28 AM EST up reply actions

I want to bitch about how much I hate Deathclaws in fallout 3

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by JaredFromLondon on Jan 12, 2009 9:30 AM EST up reply actions

Oh yes

Have you visited the Deathclaw Sanctuary? I lasted a total of like 5 minutes before i got swarmed with like 4 of them. Takes me like 4 headshots even with the Lincoln Repeater to take one down.

"God's in His heaven. All's right with the world." - Robert Browning (1812-1889)

by Winkle on Jan 12, 2009 9:44 AM EST up reply actions

Ugh, I’n in the Old Olney sewers, and the most powerfull weapon I have is the combat shotgun. I have died countless times.

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by JaredFromLondon on Jan 12, 2009 9:53 AM EST up reply actions

Is a total pain… this is getting off-topic, we should move this convo to chatty cathy but a quick suggestion, use rifles against Deathclaws at range, shotguns are effective only at close range and you’re pretty much dead if you let them get close enough to use your shotgun.

"God's in His heaven. All's right with the world." - Robert Browning (1812-1889)

by Winkle on Jan 12, 2009 10:12 AM EST up reply actions

chatty cathy ho!

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by JaredFromLondon on Jan 12, 2009 10:30 AM EST up reply actions

Kulemin is back. He did not re-enter the Leafs locker room by bursting through a brick wall and yelling “Oh yeah”.

awwwww…nertz

Making stuff up since real Leafs news is far too depressing

by loser domi on Jan 12, 2009 10:03 AM EST reply actions

Disputed.

See actual photographic evidence.

jrwendelman
The Artist Formerly Known as "Junior", who blogs at heroesinrehab.ca/blog

"But if someone so eager to engage into fist talk, we can always meet after season end in Minsk." (Mikhail Grabovski and a well-meaning but not particularly skillful translator)

by jrwendelman on Jan 12, 2009 10:46 AM EST up reply actions

{giggling}
You know I was surfing your site last weekend because I’m quite taken by it, and that photo — that one I had to share with the Mrs. Well played!

Lighthouse Hockey: an SB Nation New York Islanders blog with hip issues.

by Dominik on Jan 12, 2009 11:18 AM EST up reply actions

Oops

FAIL on my reply; I guess somebody has a case of the Mondays.

See this comment for my intended reply.

jrwendelman
The Artist Formerly Known as "Junior", who blogs at heroesinrehab.ca/blog

"But if someone so eager to engage into fist talk, we can always meet after season end in Minsk." (Mikhail Grabovski and a well-meaning but not particularly skillful translator)

by jrwendelman on Jan 12, 2009 11:51 AM EST up reply actions

Heh, no problem, message received. I notice in my comment I meant to say I shared the photo with “the missus,” but it looks like I know someone named “Mrs. Well.”

Now about those TPS reports…

Lighthouse Hockey: an SB Nation New York Islanders blog with hip issues.

by Dominik on Jan 12, 2009 3:10 PM EST up reply actions

Thanks for the kind words, Dominik! Glad to hear you like the site.

I actually found that photo while cleaning out one of the myriad cluttered email inboxes I own, and just couldn’t delete it. I was sitting there chortling about it for about twenty minutes when the idea lightbulb slowly fizzled on above my head and I went into posting mode.

jrwendelman
The Artist Formerly Known as "Junior", who blogs at heroesinrehab.ca/blog

"But if someone so eager to engage into fist talk, we can always meet after season end in Minsk." (Mikhail Grabovski and a well-meaning but not particularly skillful translator)

by jrwendelman on Jan 12, 2009 11:50 AM EST reply actions