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Beard Of The Day: May 14th – The Million Dollar Man Ted Dibiase

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Every so often I drop in to do one of these, and aren’t you lucky that today is that day? As you may have seen the past week on Twitter, we’re feeling pretty confident about this series. You might say we’re downright cocky. Well no one showed more derision for his opponents than The Million Dollar Man Ted Dibiase. In Ted’s mind, no one belonged in the ring with him, and he would belittle them by showering them with the cash that he didn’t need or making fans perform humiliating tasks for money, or always getting what he wanted through the use of cash.

Everybody’s got a price, and the Ducks are gonna pay. We just might refer to the GWG in the clinching game as “The Million Dollar Dream.”

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Beard Of The Day – May 13th – Jon Daly

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No, not that one. Or that one. This one is a chameleon-like sketch comic most notably featured in the phenomenal Kroll Show (sky point) as any number of dimly lit, arrogant, terrible people with varying facial hair configurations. But the one that is of concern today is his beard, worn most frequently away from the screen. Though the chinstrap below is quite impressive as well.

 

 

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California Uber Alles – Conference Final vs. Anaheim Preview: The Crease And The Blue Line

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The Conference Final is where it feels like the warm up acts are off and the headliner has taken the stage It’s serious now, maybe because you’re halfway home and each successive win brings you closer to the end than the beginning (which I guess is always true but now you’re over the line). There’s only one game per night, usually, so you have the attention of the whole hockey world throughout the series. Even though this is the fifth time in the last seven years the Hawks have gotten this far, there’s still a tinge or an uptick in the excitement when they do. And for the fourth straight trip, they’ll be heading back to Cali.

What will they find when they get there? Today we start to find out…

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Beard Of The Day – May 12th – John Mahoney

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Though born in England to Irish parents, actor John Mahoney has made Illinois  (specifically Chicago) his home for over 50 years since he first came stateside to live with his sister in the late 1950s. Mahoney has been a fixture in the Chicago theater scene through the world famous Steppenwolf, which he parlayed into his most famous gig, as the gruff father of Kelsey Grammer and David Hyde Pierce in the critically acclaimed (and often annoying) Frasier. Ironically, while playing the supposedly uncultured Martin Crane, it was Mahoney who first introduced Pierce to high art like the opera.

But with his gravelly voice, paternal demeanor, and occasional beard, it led Mahoney to being repeatedly cast as authority figures such as Lieutenant Vince Hardy in the Bruce Willis garbage fest Striking Distance, or as state’s attorney Shaughnessy in the Chicago-set and massively underrated Primal Fear. But bearded or not, Mahoney always brings his A-game to any production he’s in either on stage or screen, and can often be seen around town.

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High On The Hog: Postseason Thoughts

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The Rockford IceHogs have hit a postseason roadbump in the second round of the Calder Cup Playoffs. Rockford dropped the first two games of their Western Conference Semifinal in Grand Rapids last week.

Red Wings forward prospect Teemu Pulkkinen was the harvester of sorrow in Games 1 and 2, torching the Hogs for five goals and six points in the two Griffins victories. A strong Grand Rapids showing at home was not unexpected. However, the IceHogs have their work cut out for them as the series shifts to Winnebago County.

Here’s my take on the way the postseason is developing for the IceHogs as they look to hold serve at the BMO, starting with Game 3 Wednesday night.

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Beard Of The Day – May 11th – Sean Bonnette

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As the lead singer of the folk group Andrew Jackson Jihad, the bearded Sean Bonnette minces absolutely no words. His biting, caustic lyrics juxtaposed against the traditional sounds of an acoustic (and sometimes electric) guitar are laced with dark, uncomfortable humor while making very specific social commentary. By touring relentlessly over the last decade, he and the rest of the band have slowly built a following that’s brought them out of basement shows and into larger rock clubs, all while never once compromising the message he wants to convey.