Friday Links: The "That Was Very Unfortunate" edition.
by hartigan on Jan 7, 2011 7:00 AM CST
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PrintMandi Schwartz, sister to Blues' prospect Jaden Schwartz, is experiencing more setbacks in her battle with leukemia. I know I've been following Mandi's story since the draft, and with the latest story, I think PCS said it best, "FUCK." .[Daily News]
Blues News:
- Alexander Steen and his thoughts on last nights game. [The Hockey News]
- I, for one, had complete confidence that the Leafs would completely collapse.Cue the Team Canada analogies. [CBC]
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The Pension Plan Puppets' rebuttle to gallagher's comment of the Leafs fans booing Steen, Boyes, Colaiacovo. [PPP]
- A little bit of this, a little bit of that. A few snippets from the Blues this week.[Post Dispatch]
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Another game tomorrow. At home. Hey, can we make T-shirts with the word "JUMP" in big, bold block letters?
NHL News:
- I hate curling. I'm not sure why. Perhaps because it was one of the dates on "The Bachelorette," Or, Olympic Hockey was always delayed because CURLING took precedence. Maybe it's because a 6 year old kid beat me in a curling video game. At any rate I hate curling. Here are the Red Wings. Curling. All kinds of hate. [Puck Daddy]
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Martin Brodeur A-OK with not being the losing goalie. [NJ]
- Jamie Langenbrunner predicts his own trade. [NHL]
- "The Sabre spent his pre-super hero life as a scientist specializing in hydro-engineering." Wonderful. Why do I have a feeling that Blues Man will be a very large arch wearing ridiculous sunglasses? Here are all of the guardian project people things that are currently released. [NHL]
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Without HBO, I can't have an opinion on this topic, but Pens Universe waxes poetic about HBO's 24/7. [Pens Universe]
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Josh Gorges will undergo season-ending surgery. [NHL]
- Sidney Crosby concussed, out for a week. If only it were the same for others . . . [NHL]
- Lightning Assign D Marc-Andre Bergeron To Norfolk, Virginia [Lightning]
Other Stuff:
- Speaking of Virginia. 4NA-KATE. Just one of the several vanity license plates that will never be made. Also, the Commonwealth is taking back a license plate advocating cannibalism, among other things.
- A Batman hoodie, I prefer the Taunaun sleeping bag, but it's still bad ass. [The Daily What],[ThinkGeek]
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A Rex Ryan foot fetish parody? Featuring an Oakland Athletics pitcher? Yes and please.[Big League Stew]
Video:
There was some Cricket talk on the game thread last night. So, I have for you a moment from a celebrity Cricket match. Hugh Jackman's having a rough time.
I still hate curling.
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Enjoyed the curling video.
even if it was the Wings.
Curling. All kinds of hate.
You obviously didn’t partake in our Olympic curling threads. We’d rack up the comments and found a healthy new respect here. I think a curling club was started in the area. It would actually be fun and I’m sure it’s much much harder than it looks.
Hockey players wear numbers because you can't always identify the body with dental records.
It is the sweet, simple things of life which are the real ones after all. Laura Ingalls Wilder
That would be something I would like to try. I kick ass in bar shuffleboard.
St Louis Blues - Season Ticket Holder - Sec 106
SUTA
What Exactly is a God Wand?
by I_AM_SPARTACUS on Jan 7, 2011 8:12 AM CST up reply actions
I completely understand respecting the sport. Curling just isn’t my thing, but go try out the club and then kick my ass one day in it. Beer afterwards?
We should have
a SLGT curling meet up.
The St Louis Curling Club has 1 hour learn to curl classes on Friday nights for $25/person
We could all embarrass ourselves and then go for a bite/drink.
Hockey players wear numbers because you can't always identify the body with dental records.
It is the sweet, simple things of life which are the real ones after all. Laura Ingalls Wilder
Sounds fun
We should wait until the end of the season, so our hockey withdrawal will be eased at least a little bit.
I'm Game!!!
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What Exactly is a God Wand?
by I_AM_SPARTACUS on Jan 7, 2011 9:34 AM CST via mobile up reply actions
The Curling Club is great, I initially started with helping get this club organized, but backed out because of work obligations. They are a great group of people who are really dedicated to bringing it to STL. Most of them are transplants from the northern states or Canada, so they have a lifetime of experience in curling and will help you get started. I highly recommend.
Oh and they are trying to stick to a Curling season, which ends I believe right around the same time hockey ends. Both on ice, go figure. So you might want to schedule something soonish. I am not sure in what capacity they will continue to have the classes, so soonish is probably better for them. I’d at least contact them soon to see what they say.
This sounds like a bundle of fun.
‘Course, come fall I wouldn’t be able to do it.
St. Louis Game Time . . . I need another beer.
And I can also write things in 140 characters or fewer.
It sounds like
with the stopping of chemo to Mandi that the doctors have said there is nothing else we can do.
That is so heart wrenching. I feel horribly bad for the family.
The leukemias that develop in late teens and early twenties have some of the lower survival rates.
I pray for strength for the family.
Hockey players wear numbers because you can't always identify the body with dental records.
It is the sweet, simple things of life which are the real ones after all. Laura Ingalls Wilder
That was my first thought too
It looks like it might be the end of the line… three relapses, and a transplant that didn’t solve it… It’s really terrible that someone so young has to suffer through something like this.
Once someone has had the stem cell transplant and relapsed… they really are out of options, excepting maybe volunteering for some sort of radical experimental drug trial. Which would come with a whole new set of risks and side effects, with no guarantees.
http://www.stlouisgametime.com/
You know I don't care that the Blues lost last night
Reading about Mandi puts EVERYTHING in perspective. I’ll make sure I go home and hug my wife and Zach a lot tighter tonight.
Hearing that they stopped chemo breaks my heart. It reminds me of when my mom had cancer, and 6 months before she died, all treatment was stopped and she went home to be more comfortable.
She’s 22 freaking years old, she doesn’t deserve this.
Baltimore Blast - 6-time MISL/NISL Champions
Let's go Blues!
Mandi is living through my worst nightmare
I am in remission from lymphoma (4 years now), my biggest nightmare is that it returns and even more aggressive. I can and can’t imagine what that poor child is going through. I will still pray that the Lord and God will be with her in her & her family in their time of need.
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What Exactly is a God Wand?
by I_AM_SPARTACUS on Jan 7, 2011 9:34 AM CST via mobile reply actions
Yeah
That whole thing with Mandi is rough. I don’t suppose they’re anyway we could do something for the family huh? Even get an address to send them letter or emails or something. She’ll definitely be in my prayers.
Not to break the mood, but in an unrelated note, is it just me or do all those guardian characters sound the same? The back story on them all is something like “He’s a scientist and inventor blah blah blah.” I don’t know what they’re dong with this whole guardian project thing, but I’m failing to see it being anything all that amazing.
Barret Jackman is my hero.
Fueled. These new shores burn. Shadow, my sweet shadow, to you I look no more.
The Blues Guardian should be a goalie or something.
“He’s a goalie, he takes no shit from anyone in the crease. He also claims to have learned his trade at the feet of Ron hextall.”
by Paperwork Ninja on Jan 7, 2011 4:29 PM CST up reply actions
False
The Blues Guardian has already been revealed…
Thats fighting evil
Barret Jackman is my hero.
Fueled. These new shores burn. Shadow, my sweet shadow, to you I look no more.
Post fail. Here.
Barret Jackman is my hero.
Fueled. These new shores burn. Shadow, my sweet shadow, to you I look no more.
Red ''X'' Of Fail, BT...
The Blue is described as a “master musician.” My guess is that his weapon of choice will be a blue Fender Stratocaster, and his power will be to convert sound (specifically, music) into an energy discharge of some sort.
Right now, The Blue is losing badly to The Predator for a Jan. 11 reveal, so get thee to The Guardian Project and vote early, and often, for The Blue…
"If we do not prepare for ourselves the role of the hammer, there will be nothing left but that of the anvil."
-- Otto von Bismarck, 1851
http://futurenotes.blogspot.com
by Tomorrows Blues on Jan 8, 2011 12:02 AM CST up reply actions
Or possibly a blue Gibson Les Paul Special...
I’m just partial to Fender Strats because both Syd Barrett and David Gilmour used them in early Pink Floyd stuff, and Gilmour still plays one.
"If we do not prepare for ourselves the role of the hammer, there will be nothing left but that of the anvil."
-- Otto von Bismarck, 1851
http://futurenotes.blogspot.com
by Tomorrows Blues on Jan 8, 2011 12:03 AM CST up reply actions
IN fairness
It was a picture of Backes punching out Toews. Damn my interwebs.
Barret Jackman is my hero.
Fueled. These new shores burn. Shadow, my sweet shadow, to you I look no more.
I think there is a site to send letters and e-mails to Mandi...
I’ll look for it after I’ve finished and sent my articles to Sean.
"If we do not prepare for ourselves the role of the hammer, there will be nothing left but that of the anvil."
-- Otto von Bismarck, 1851
http://futurenotes.blogspot.com
by Tomorrows Blues on Jan 7, 2011 5:53 PM CST up reply actions
And here it is...
LINK to Yale dot edu “Help Mandi” website.
1. Send Mandi a card or letter showing your support:
Mandi Schwartz
Box 308
Wilcox, SK S0G 5EO
Canada
2. Send a donation to help Mandi Schwartz’s family. Please note: donations are not gifts to Yale University and do not qualify for a charitable contribution tax deduction for federal income tax purposes. Checks should be made out to the “Yale University Relief Fund” with “Mandi Schwartz” clearly indicated on the memo line. Checks can be mailed to:
Yale Athletics
ATTN: Wayne Dean
20 Tower Pkwy
New Haven, CT 06520
"If we do not prepare for ourselves the role of the hammer, there will be nothing left but that of the anvil."
-- Otto von Bismarck, 1851
http://futurenotes.blogspot.com
by Tomorrows Blues on Jan 7, 2011 11:57 PM CST up reply actions
Legitimate descriptions at the bottom of the site?
Don’t try and deny selling out, “Editorial Team.”
No beer and no TV make Homer...something something.
by Poor College Student on Jan 7, 2011 3:44 PM CST reply actions
i didnt do it
St. Louis Game Time Fact: Morning links are part of a well-balanced meal.
SBNSTL Writing about the Blues in more than one line is tough.
Dewey, Cheatham and Howe
"If we do not prepare for ourselves the role of the hammer, there will be nothing left but that of the anvil."
-- Otto von Bismarck, 1851
http://futurenotes.blogspot.com
by Tomorrows Blues on Jan 7, 2011 11:50 PM CST up reply actions
Looks like something SBN ''strongly encouraged'' Sean to do...
It’s really too bad this isn’t a for-profit venture so we could just buy our own website and run it without constraints.
Yeah, SBN lets us get away with a lot, but I know GT senior management chafes at the leash sometimes…
"If we do not prepare for ourselves the role of the hammer, there will be nothing left but that of the anvil."
-- Otto von Bismarck, 1851
http://futurenotes.blogspot.com
by Tomorrows Blues on Jan 7, 2011 5:52 PM CST up reply actions
Nah.
I just did that as a welcome to the new Links teammates. That way when they tell their friends and family to check it out they don’t get a bunch of email that says “Why are you under ‘Battered’ on the masthead?”
The normal chaos will return shortly, I assure you.
oh jesus h christ
is that a mention of “the bachelorette” in a links post? girls are starting to take over the world. next thing we know, they’ll be voting, and we all know it’s downhill from there.
Next in the Nate the Great mystery series: Nate the Great searches for a free-agent forward who doesn't blow dicks.
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