In the pantheon of rock and roll, there are few if any artists out there who are as intimidating for manifold reasons as Queens Of The Stone Age front man Josh Homme. A mountain of a man who occasionally dons a ginger (these days with a fair amount of salt mixed in) beard, Homme’s brazen personality is backed up fully by the music he puts out.
Tonight: Blackhawks
The series so far: Sporting News
Adversity provides opportunity: Trib
It starts with 19: Daily Herald
GTI and you: TSN
Pens/Sens: NHL
AV is headed back to his parents basement: PHT
From a figurative car wreck to a literal one: PD
I’ve never had Tactical Nuclear Penguin. I’m sure it’s not as fun to drink as it is to say. But then, how could it be? I’ll let the beer geeks nerd out in the comments about it.
Anyway, while I and a large swath of Hawks fans think the Hawks really only have to repeat Game 3’s performance (fort the most part) to win Game 4, Q is going to have to make a couple adjustments here and there to make things a bit smoother. Of course, he’s not going to do anything I’m about to suggest because they are far too logical because I’m just that smart and so smart that no prison could handle me and I’m so handsome that I once looked at a taxi cab and it turned to mash potatoes. And I ate it.
But back at the ranch….
Sometimes we choose a beard because we’re huge fans of their work. Sometimes it’s because they are an inspiration. Sometimes because it’s a funny choice. Sometimes because it’s appropriate for the occasion.
And sometimes because we just really like a dude’s beard. And I just really think this guy has a nice beard.
Not really sure why the uploader decided to bring race into it.. but whatever. (Please don’t go read the comments on Youtube… yikes)
Well, since I teased out the fact that our boy Whitman was a potential candidate for a BotD yesterday, which I’m sure a few of you noticed, I figured we might as well give the man our respect today. Whitman’s first major work was Leaves of Grass, which he started writing in the mid 1840’s, first published in 1855 and continued to update and edit until his death in 1892.
Bitch-Slapped: TSN
Living on a prayer:Cheer The Anthem
Not what they wanted to do: Chicago Tribune
Cloudy:The Third Man In
A Zone of Danger:HockeeNight
Frustration:WFLD Fox 32
Motor City Mayhem: Globe and Mail
Robbed! PuckDaddy
Game 3 is a must win:Daily Herald
If you can help out, please do:RedCross
Well isn’t this fun?
Let’s get some things out of the way first, because they probably need to be addressed. It’s not over. It’s not fucked. Quite simply, and maybe it’s just my opinion, but the Hawks are where or very close to where they need to be. There will be a lot of panic these next two days, they will be Chinese water torture, but if you can find a reasonable Wings fan they will tell you that nothing is cinched up here.
Will Thursday be fun? Oh god no. By the time puck drop hits you’ll be in cold sweats and Johnny Walker Blue won’t even get you out of it. Will you sleep between now and then? No, probably not. But we’ve been here before. I thought it was over down 2-1 to the Preds in 2010. They answered. They’ll answer again. Not even that much has to change.
I tried a subtle suggestion
A more direct approach
A can’t make a connection
You’re beyond reproach
You’re very pleased with yourself I see,
It’s like a walk in the park
You aren’t enlightened by anybody else,
cause You can see in the dark
Now that you have my attention,
What are you gonna do?
You might have good intentions
But they’re not coming through…
