Well, it's been nearly 90 hours since the last Thrashers hockey game concluded on Sunday, November 15th, when the T-Birds burned the Oilers with a gritty, never-surrender, come-from-behind victory. Luckily for this dedicated fan, I've had plenty of packing, organizing and moving to keep me pre-occupied during this long stretch between games. K-belle and I are moving into our new palacial digs this week and we could not be more excited as we look to fuse our talents into one unstoppable blogging juggernaut! But alas, the brainstorming "war-room" is far from ready as we still have quite a bit of work ahead of us. 
The good news is that we WILL have one of our flat-screen TV's ready to go for tonite's contest against the Boston Bruins. The cable is hooked up and the SportSouth channel is active (as it should be) on the cable dial. HOWEVER, those fools at Comcast have figured out yet another way to try my patience and make life difficult during a stressful week of moving and unpacking. All I hoped for was to enjoy the soothing sights and sounds of the best channel in all of cable broadcasting, the NHL Network!! But somehow, those douchebagging sons of bitches have figured out a way to grant me access to "free" HBO, the MLB channel, the NFL Network and even the NBA channel (AS IF!!) without granting me the privilege of watching my new favorite channel in the universe. My distaste and enmity for Comcast has peaked as a result of this latest episode of ineptitude and customer DIS-satisfaction. It's just another chapter in the long running book: "How to Aggravate Your Customers and Make Them Suffer - A Monopoly's Handbook for Losing Market Share to Satellite TV."
Anyway, back to hockey. At least we can all be thankful that this recent 4-day hiatus between hockey games marks the final instance in which the Thrashers' fans must endure a long 3 or 4-day layoff between games, save for the Olympics, but everyone shares equally in that regard. To this point the Thrashers have persevered their long, slow journey and have arrived at a very respectable 10 - 6 - 1 record. Even more remarkable has been their ability to overcome the vagaries and trials of lonely life on the road in racking up 6 wins to only 3 losses away from Philips Arena. And what earlier seemed like a House of Horrors for our boys in Blue now seems like an oasis of hockey happiness in the wake of 3 straight wins at home.
But just like Kristen and I have much work ahead of us to get our new home in order before Thanksgiving, so do the Thrashers have a tall mountain to climb in order to reach the pinnacle of success known as a playoff berth. So far, a points-earning percentage of nearly 62% is certainly cause for optimism, but the team has only climbed 20% of this season's tortuous and rocky path. Going forward, they will need to be even better -- especially on home ice -- and even more resilient as they continue climbing towards the heights of hockey success.
The best news though is that this team has already demonstrated the ability to win in the face of adversity. And they also avoided slipping into an icy abyss during a gut-wrenching and maddening 4-game losing streak in which the puck would simply not bounce their way. The bad news is that the Thrashers are only 1/5 of the way into their journey and we're still holding our collective breath awaiting word that Ilya Kovalchuk has signed a contract extension to keep him in Atlanta for a Stanley Cup quest this season and beyond. However, hope continues to float as the Thrashers look to continue their winning streak tonite against the erratic Bruins and, in so doing, further convince Kovy that he is not the Captain of a sinking ship.
We all want THIS! So....LET'S GO THRASHERS!!!
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What I wouldn't give to see the "Arener" packed out and off the cheesy like that again!!! I hope the Blueland Boyz can make the next 80% of the climb to post-season glory with gusto reminiscent of Gordon Ramsay's bouillabaisse sauce!!! "Palatial digs", lol!
What a coincidence, I'm moving into new palatial digs myself. Perhaps we're all moving into the SAME double-booked apartment, and hilarious hijinks will ensue on our new sitcom.
Yeah, Comcast blows epically.
Morts - are you the one in the group that actually lives in Atlanta? Of is it French Cats that lives in Decatur? We'll be right down the road from downtown Decatur and hopefully some of you peeps are close enough to join us at Taco Mac or Twain's for hockey and beer swillin'! Too bad that loser Shooter is out in the sticks with conjuring up ways to refine his white lightning. Where the hell is he lately??
Both French Cats and I live in Atlanta, though Monsieur is closer to your neck of the woods. He's in Decatur, I'm in sort-of-Midtown, sort-of-no man's land.
Shooter living far beyond the perimeter does suck ass, mightily.
Ahh yes, the blurred line between midtown and Buckhead? I know it well...lived there for 4 years between 17th and 20th streets near the Amtrak Station. Fun place to be for awhile, but it became quite aggravating after awhile. I hope you are a little further up the road towards B'head so your neighbors aren't as sketchy as mine were towards the end of the 4 year run. These days, I'm so happy to be living near a hip little town like Decatur.
Hope y'all enjoy and get good use out of the OMGIR Hainsey-hoff pics from K-belle! She is becoming quite adroit at manipulating the photoshop mouse for her twisted and devilish creative endeavors...she rocks like da' Tribe down on the boulevard of Linden!
I actually live on the border of civilized Midtown, sketchy Cheshire Bridge Road area, and a great big industrial type area. All kinds of interesting sights. I DO know the Midtown-Buckhead border of which you speak, though. French Cats used to live right there before he moved to Decatur.
Ha ha! "All kinds of interesting sights" to put it mildly I might say! Hope the bright lights of Onyx aren't shining into your bedroom keeping you up at night. That area is improving rapidly though and I think given some time will really take off.
I do miss being close to the Midtown Bowling Center as it was never crowded, had a good mix of peeps, both black, white and gay, and it was cheap as ballz!! Y'all do any bowling? We could have a blogger bowling bonanza sometime to see how drunk we can get Biggie Smalls by making him "shoot" the beer tower!!
BTW, if you don't know already you need to dine at the divine Woodfire Grill...Exec Head Chef Kevin Gillespie is droppin' it like it's hot on Top Chef this season! We have resv on 12/19 and can't wait!
Ooh! Bowling night with the BLC would be awesome!!
I'm totally down for bowling. I'm moving to a place just down the street from Midtown Bowling, in fact!
Hanging is Decatur is definitely something we should do.
Word to your momz, I came to drop bombs! I gotz more goals than the bible's got psalms!"
~ Ilya Kovalchuk
"We are very exciting for your bowling tournament and me, Max and Slava plan to be there. We take 'no' for answer. But don't worry, Thorburn stays home in front of mirror."
You asked for it. Here I am!!! Been busy lately trying to save the world. Between work, my various non-profit involements, and makin' ALL THAT SHINE, no time for blogging.
But I's likes that bowling! No good at it, but always a fun time. Let's set the date for next week. I shall leave now so I can make it in time...
Oh, and Mr. Speaker... I can hold my own as far as the drinking goes...
Oh snap son! It's on...
Will be in touch with / for details.
Can the damn Birds finally play well in a first period? Uhh, nope. They better start shooting on the PP as we are devolving back into the POWER-PASS!!
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