For all of the accolades that OutKast and specifically the mercurial Andre 3000 have gotten throughout their career (as evidenced by the fact that “Hey Ya” is still getting airplay across many different formats of terrestrial radio over 10 years after its release), there’s a reasonable case to be made that the true genius behind OutKast was the more grounded Big Boi. And given his recent output, he’s making a strong argument in his own favor.
You know what’s weird? This is the first game this series where the Hawks have had the upper hand in possession, in terms of Corsi. You could make an argument that for most of this, they were pretty much where they needed to be. But that was the story when the PK was a sure thing. It most certainly isn’t now. That was the story when the Hawks didn’t make boneheaded mistakes or get bad bounces. They did tonight for sure. It’s why they find themselves trailing this series. It’s also probably why they don’t have any reason to panic. Hockey can be weird. It get weirder when you can’t kill the penalties you take, for whatever reason.
Let’s do it:
My shadow.
Change is coming through my shadow.
My shadow’s shedding skin
I’ve been picking
My scabs again.
For a piece to cross me over
Or a word to guide me in.
I wanna feel the changes coming down.
I wanna know what I’ve been hiding in
I’ve been crawling on my belly
Clearing out what could’ve been.
I’ve been wallowing in my own confused
And insecure delusions
vs. 
FACEOFF: 7pm Central
TV/RADIO: NBC for Yanks, CBC for hosers, 87.7 FM
WALKING IN L.A.: The Royal Half, Jewels From the Crown
So for the first time this postseason, the Hawks find themselves even after just two games, having lost for the first time at Fort Kickass on Madison. To regain the lead, the Hawks will have to do something they haven’t done since in San Jose in 2010. That’s win their first game on the road in a series. That’s right, it’s been that long.
Smoked my stuff and drank all my wine.
Going back over something I may have left out in the aftermath of Game 2 and heading into Game 3.
-The score kind of blights it, but the Kings and Hawks at even-strength had the same amount of Corsi events, Fenwick, and shots on goal. That might lead some to conclude that we had a return of “CRAW-STINK IS TERRIBLE” but really only Carter’s goal would I have a problem with (Muzzin’s was pretty perfectly placed). Just one of those things where their power play scored one more goal than the Hawks (and the Hawks really can’t lose the special teams battle because this makes it clear just how even they are at equal strength) with the Kings punching back on the counter.
Really I think it just illustrates how even these two teams are, and how all of us might have gotten carried away a little by Game 1 and the first 38 minutes of Game 2.
One could easily make a case that there exists no greater influence on Western thought/philosophy than Plato. Not only is he responsible for his own incredible theories and writings which are widely taught today but he was also the main source of almost everything we know from his teacher, Socrates. From Plato’s writing, we learn of Socrates’ method of examination, appropriately named The Socratic Method. Simply put, to solve a problem or find and answer to a question, one breaks down the big picture into a series of smaller parts. As you answer each part individually, you reach your answer to the larger original problem. Plato’s writing on Socrates helped humans develop the scientific method which would shape our entire way at looking at the world.
Clearly, Plato did more than simply write down what his teacher taught him. Plato’s own writings have been used to shape everything from logic, ethics, religion and mathematics. After Socrates’ death, Plato would go on to found the Academy in his hometown of Athens. Plato’s Academy is widely believed to be the first school of higher learning in the Western world. So all of us who went to college have Plato to thank for opening the first one. His best known idea, other than perhaps The Allegory of the Cave, is his Theory of Forms, which is basically the birth of metaphysics. Plato’s theory was that all things in our world have a true form or a perfect version in the “real world”, a world of ideas, not physical representations, things we experience here on earth. That’s likely why our guy here is pointing to the sky in Raphael’s The School Of Athens, he’s pointing to the true Form or Idea of everything that exists in thought alone. So basically, everything from your lamp, the chair your sitting on or maybe even the Blackhawks third period has a true form and everything in our world strives to represent that. Everything in this world though suffers from not being perfect. And clearly what we saw from the Hawks was pretty damn far from perfect. Hopefully with a few days rest to stew on it, the Hawks can get a little closer to the Form of hockey.
Shaw’s back for real: Blackhawks
Who comes out: CSN
Q angry: ESPN Chicago
Regehr not skating for Kings: PHT
Not dead yet: NHL
Gorilla Salad: TSN
Nifty: GHL
