From The Branches

For those of you who may be living under a rock in your parent's basement; tonight marks the beginning of the 2010 Vancouver Olympics games.  For the next two weeks nearly 3,000 athletes from over 80 countries will compete in over a dozen disciplines for national pride

Well my ability to follow the hockey world has been severely hampered the past few days.  And not just because we got a new puppy, but because I'm crate training her and housebreaking her.  I haven't actually watched a full hockey game in about Friday, which

As I sat in the middle of collecting the links for today's FTB, my phone rang. On the other end was newly nuptialed Overlord Chemmy, back from his honeymoon in Cancun, asking me to let him and Mrs. Overlord into the apartment building for he was drunk and

Please forgive me if today's FTB is a little... bland.  I've been taking care of the little critter pictured above and, let me tell you, housebreaking is a lot of work.  She's finally down to bed and I can squeeze in some time to

Hats off to the New Orleans Saints for winning Superbowl 44 and saving us from hearing more asinine comparisons of Peyton Manning to Tom Brady and other legendary quarterbacks. Although this probably will prevent Manning from appearing on SNL again; which was hilarious. Last night's biggest winner however

Luke owns Ottawa so much, they should just rename the team the "Schennators" Our very own Archimedies, via Twitter It's hard to imagine that the Blue and White wouldn't be charged up for the fourth battle of Ontario of the year after events of

I thought we'd give the levity a miss today if it's okay with you chaps. * More on yesterdays desperate news from Indiana from Toronto Sports Media, Maple Leaf Hot Stove, The Hockey Writers, Puck Daddy, NHL Fanhouse, Toronto Mike, Rock Outta SoCal and Wrap. * The Leafs

So I wanted to write some neat little blurb here about the Kovalchuk trade, but then that little blurb ballooned into what is now over 700 words of a FanPost that I'll post later today/tonight.  So be on the lookout for it. If you want some information

With no Leaf game and no Lost last night, my TV was definitely lonely last night. Instead, I relaxed with some music and a book. Having gone through my Beatles Boxed set, I felt it was time to go back further, to another famous music innovator - Elvis. Amazingly enough, when

Brian Burke needed last night's performance to keep the media from calling him a moron for trading away so many players, and boy did his new hires have their bosses back. Three new Leafs; three stars of the games. Dion Phaneuf smashed and punched people; Jean-Sebastien Giguere

Why am I excited? Because Dion Phaneuf is excited! Tonight we see the new look Leafs, sans so many players that we won't miss, and with Phaneuf and Giguere in the spotlight. Can it get more exciting? YES! It's also the premiere of the final season

Wow. What a day yesterday was. I got to bed probably around 2am, pretty late for me, and then just after 8am I woke up because I heard my phone beeping with a text message. It was TSN saying, simply: Dion Phaneuf traded to the Toronto Maple Leafs. I have

Jesus H. Christ. Now, I'm a big believer in that old "It's always the darkest just before dawn" doctrine, but this really takes the biscuit. And the cup of coffee it came with. And the table you're drinking it off. And probably

The arrangements are made, the bells are ringing and no doubt there will be tears and a punch-up before bedtime - for today is the day for our glorious 2IC, Chemmy. That's right folks, the wandering jammies have been been officially retired. From now on, it's

via www.everything.ie Went boozing. Fell asleep. Shit happens. Sue me. Hey look! Links! An Ottawa Senators fan's (like those exist) guide to judging Brian Burke [Battle of Ontario] Rebranding the Toronto Maple Leafs. Why not just use facepalm.jpg as a logo? [PuckDrawn] I'm

With our trip down to Bellevue this past weekend, the husband and I didn't do our weekly grocery shopping last week.  As it's now Thursday, there is a dearth of food in our house.  However, one important thing that we had to buy while in the

So the Leafs played LA last night and lost, again, for the third time in a row. I kind of feel like Bill Murray's character in Groundhog Day. I turn on the game and see the Leafs lose. Some flashes of quality hockey, coupled with stupid elementary mistakes,

So yesterday was a bit of a significant day for us here at Pension Plan Puppets dot com, as it saw Elliotte Friedman responding to Chemmy's post about his proposed trade that would see Tim Thomas don the blue and white. As PPP said on twitter, "We&

For today's FTB intro I want to pass along a story that PPP nation member JaredfromLondon left in Sunday's Chatty Cathy. It is hilarious. So I'm driving home from Pizza Hut, coming along a highschool on the right side of the road, when suddenly

Today is Sunday, January 24th and it's National Compliment Day in the United States.  Seeing as how the US and Canada are good friends, I figure it can be National Compliment Day in Canada as well. So on with some compliments. Brian Burke - You're really good

MattBlack is out of town in England this weekend, so I volunteered to write the FTB for him. By out of town in England, I don't mean that he went on vacation to England or anything.  I mean that he lives in England and went to another part

While many of us have joked about needing group therapy due to the Leafs poor play and utter state of disarray, few of us are strong enough to admit that we need help. Last week I decided that I needed some, so I sought out a support group for fans

So, living in Vancouver has its good points and its bad points.  I hate subzero temperatures and snow, and both of these rarely occur here, which I love.  I have a great job, and managed to get hired right after University and get the company to pay for me to

Today is January 20th, and you know what that means. It's soon going to be Super Bowl Sunday Washinton and Lincoln's Birthdays The Olympics Valentines Day!  While it might seem a bit early, smart boyfriends and husbands are already putting their Valentines Day plans into motion.

Well, last night was quite fun.  In fact, I commented so much that my husband got jealous and forbade me to comment past 8pm.  I had to appease him to be able to write today's FTB.  I think he would have felt better had I let him continue